The group soon became known as the Pacific Railroad Ring. Because they controlled the board of directors of the Union Pacific, the ring was able to award building contracts to Credit Mobilier, giving wildly favorable terms and paying exorbitant prices for the work.

2009年6月15日 · The group soon became known as the Pacific Railroad Ring. Because they controlled the board of directors of the Union Pacific, the ring was able to award building contracts to Crédit Mobilier, giving wildly favorable terms and paying exorbitant prices for the work.

2022年11月18日 · Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday announced that a yearlong investigation of train cargo burglaries netted 22 arrests and $18 million in recovered merchandise. In...

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Crédit Mobilier Scandal, in U.S. history, illegal manipulation of contracts by a construction and finance company associated with the building of the Union Pacific Railroad (1865–69); the incident established Crédit Mobilier of America as a symbol of post-Civil War corruption.

2025年1月22日 · For sale is a vintage Union Pacific Railroad ring (unknown size). Inside of ring is marked JL SS with the Union Pacific logo. Light chipping on top glass surface, above Elk backdrop.

2010年4月26日 · Major stockholders in the Union Pacific Railroad formed a company, the Crédit Mobilier of America, and gave it contracts to build the railroad. They sold or gave shares in this construction...

This small gold ring was given to Theodore Judah on his 29 th birthday. It was created from a gold nugget found during construction of the Sacramento Valley Railroad. The ring bears a very faint inscription: "Sacramento Valley Railroad, March 4, 1855.

Ames' ring and watchfob today repose in the Union Pacific's Historical Museum in Omaha, along with a second ring whose original ownership is unknown, the engraving inside it having worn away. On the head of the last spike was inscribed the legend "The Last Spike"; on one side, "The Pacific Railroad; Ground Broken

Union Pacific Stainless steel ring. Estate sale find. Size in pictures it is on a ring sizer for exact size. They are not new, new like or perfect. If we do I will list as such.