The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Hopkins, Mark, American railroad builder and merchant
1813–78, American railroad builder and merchant, b. Henderson, N.Y. A clerk in a village store and later a commission merchant in New York City, he was more than 35 years old when he went to California. There he became (1853) a partner of Collis P. Huntington and was later one of the incorporators of the Central Pacific RR, of which he became treasurer.
