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    Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was an American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one of the Big Four of western...
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    HII is named for the founders of its shipbuilding divisions: Collis Potter Huntington, who founded Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, and...
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    since the 19th century include: Collis Potter Huntington (Harwinton, Connecticut 1821–1900) and Arabella Duval Huntington (Union Springs, Alabama or Richmond...
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    Huntington is a city in Angelina County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2020 census. The site is named for Collis Potter Huntington...
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    was founded by Archer Milton Huntington, stepson of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, and Anna Hyatt Huntington, his wife, to feature sculptures...
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    collection that is housed at the Huntington Library in California. She was the second wife of Collis P. Huntington, an American railway tycoon and industrialist...
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    Stanford University founder. Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900) – C.P.R.R. Vice President, for whom the city of Huntington, West Virginia was named. He...
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    Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis Potter Huntington, it reached from Virginia's capital city of Richmond to the Ohio...
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    1871 and is eponymously named for the railroad company's founder, Collis Potter Huntington. The city became a hub for manufacturing, transportation, and industrialization...
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    State Park in Redding. The park bears the name of railroad magnate Collis Potter Huntington, whose heirs donated the lands to the state. The park's web of...
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    Huntington Hotel, and the Fairmont Hotel. The hotels were named for San Francisco tycoons Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, & Collis Potter Huntington —...
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    leads into the lake. The waterfall was named after railroad baron Collis Potter Huntington, who donated $25,000 to its construction. The Golden Gate Pavilion...
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  • Harvey House Dwight Morrow, businessman, politician, and diplomat Collis Potter Huntington, former American industrialist and railway magnate. He was one...
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    engine in 1950. The ship is named for shipyard founder Collis Potter Huntington (1821-1900). Huntington was retired from service at Newport News Shipbuilding...
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    Hill (fuel, coal, steamboats, railroads) – St Paul, Minnesota Collis Potter Huntington (railroads) – California, Virginia, West Virginia Andrew Mellon...
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    gifts from her husband, Louise received a home (formerly owned by Collis Potter Huntington) at 5 West 51st Street and an annual income of approximately $20...
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    south-southwest of Mount Stanford. The mountain was named for Collis Potter Huntington, one of the builders of the Central Pacific Railroad. According...
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  • Baháʼí faith Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), American railway executive Collis Jones (born 1949), American former basketball player Collis King (born...
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  • Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), American sculptor Annette Huntington, New Zealand nursing academic Arabella Huntington, wife of Collis Potter Huntington Archer...
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    New York, to Solon Huntington (1812–1890) and his wife, Henry Saunders (1821–1906) grew up hearing about his uncle Collis P. Huntington. His uncle became...
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    Harriman Henry Huddleston Rogers Oliver Hazard Payne Henry Clay Frick Collis Potter Huntington Peter Arrell Browne Widener Nicholas Longworth Philip Danforth...
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    (including Doyle, who later reconciled and became good friends with Collis Potter Huntington, one of the SP's leaders) simply stayed where they were and purchased...
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    systematically developed in the 1890s by American industrialist Collis Potter Huntington and others. The mining operations were notable for their poor working...
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    principals of the Southern Pacific Railroad: Charles Crocker, Collis Potter Huntington, Leland Stanford, and Mark Hopkins Jr. Initial plans to build an...
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    beginning of Kerman, which was christened Collis in honor of the President of the railroad, Collis Potter Huntington. The first inhabitant, the caretaker of...
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    in Newport News. It replaced an earlier Hotel Warwick built by Collis Potter Huntington in 1883. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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  • F. Dillon Sidney Dillon "Big Jim" Fisk Herbert Melville Hoxie Collis Potter Huntington Edward Turner Jeffery John C. Osgood John D. Rockefeller Russell...
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    Historic Park. Most of Collis P. Huntington's correspondence is preserved at Syracuse University, as part of the Collis Huntington Papers collection. It...
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    Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford, (1824–1893), President; Collis Potter Huntington, (1821–1900), Vice President; Mark Hopkins, (1813–1878), Treasurer;...
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    S. congressman George S. Catlin (1808–1851), U.S. congressman Collis Potter Huntington (1821–1900), one of four men who formed the Central Pacific Railroad...
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