The Big Four

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Alternate meaning: The Big Four (novel)

The Big Four were the chief entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States.

• Mark Hopkins
• Collis P. Huntington
• Leland Stanford
• Charles Crocker

External link

• The Story of the Central Pacific. The Rise of the Big Four: Huntington, Stanford, Crocker, and Hopkins. By WF Bailey The PACIFIC MONTHLY January, 1908.

The Big Four

Charles Crocker | Mark Hopkins | Collis P. Huntington | Leland Stanford