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To: goldworldnet who wrote (25518)	4/27/2009 7:25:55 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Thanks, Goldie! Excellent links! (I thought that emailed story sounded to picture-perfect to have much truth to it.... And, the email - perhaps characteristic of many such emotive pieces, completely failed to mention such informative details as: ...wealthy Sacramento merchant, a railroad magnate who built the Central Pacific Railroad (and drove the gold spike at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869), and California's eighth governor (1862-63). He was hardly the type of person to dress in a "homespun threadbare suit," walk "timidly" into someone's office (especially without an appointment), or sit cooling his heels "for hours" until someone deigned to see him. Or 1884, or that he planned to found a university ALL ALONG. :-)