Jacob Nash Victor
| Jacob Nash Victor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 2, 1835 Sandusky County, Ohio |
| Died |
October 3, 1907 (aged 72) San Bernardino, California |
| Known for | construction of California Southern Railroad |
Jacob Nash Victor (April 2, 1835, Sandusky County, Ohio – October 3, 1907, San Bernardino, California),[1] son of Henry Clay Victor & Gertrude Nash, was a civil engineer who worked as General Manager of the California Southern Railroad, a subsidiary of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Victor oversaw the construction in the early 1880s of the California Southern between Colton and Barstow, California, including the section that is now one of the busiest rail freight routes in the United States, Cajon Pass.
The city of Victorville, California, is named in his honor.[2]
References
- Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Palmdale, California: Omni Publications. pp. 18–24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
- Waters, Leslie L. (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas Press. pp. 131–133.
- ↑ LeClaire, Barbara (March 26, 2009). "Jacob Nash Victor (1835-1907)". Find-A-Grave. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ City of Victorville, California (March 1, 2007). "Victorville City History". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
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