Hartwell Carver
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Carver's push for a railroad to connect both coasts of the United States began in 1832 with a proposal that was dismissed by Congress. Over the next several years, Carver wrote a series of articles in the New York Courier and Enquirer about the subject.[1] He participated in the hammering of the Golden Spike that officially joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads on May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah.[2]
His historic home in Pittsford sold in 2018 for $1,179,000.[3]
Carver was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York under a 50-foot (15.24 m) monument erected by the Union Pacific Railroad. The monument is the second tallest in the cemetery.[4] The inscription reads: <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
"Dr. Carver was the father of the Pacific Railroad; with him originated the thought of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by railroad."[5]
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Carver was erroneously described on the monument at his grave, as well as by local histories, as the great-grandson of John Carver, who came over on the Mayflower and was the first governor of Plymouth Colony,[6] while this purported ancestor actually had no descendants.[7]
References
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- ↑ Doctors in Pittsford Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Town of Pittsford, New York website
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- ↑ Henry S. Hebard, Monument Maker, Epitaph Vol. 24 No. 1 Winter 2005
- ↑ Hartwell Carver, M.D. Obituary, The New York Times, 19 April 1875
- ↑ Henry S. Hebard, Monument Maker, Epitaph Vol. 24 No. 1 Winter 2005
- ↑ "John Carver Biography", Mayflower Heritage and History, American Ancestors (website), New England Historic Genealogical Society
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