Before we begin our next major thematic section of the podcast on railroads, we will be looking at the life of Leland Stanford who serves a bridge between the Gold Rush era, the Civil War Era in California government, and the Transcontinental Railroad.
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In the second episode in this series, we wrap up our discussion of the Know Nothing party's influence in California.
In this episode, we look at the Ranchos of the Spanish and Mexican periods of Californian History