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Theodore Judah railroads in California and the Pacific Railroad
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Judah
returned to California where he did some more minor surveying jobs, notably
for the Central California and the Sacramento, Placer and Nevada railroads.
Meanwhile, interest for railroads in general and the Pacific Railroad in
particular increased nationwide. In 1859, Theodore Judah and his friend
journalist Lauren Upson of the Sacramento Union organized a Pacific Railroad
Convention gathering delegates from California, Oregon and the territories
of Washington and Arizona …
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