he build railroads
Leland Stanford is the founder of Stanford University.
he gave it to his mistress xD
the many accomplishments of Leland was that he was the president of the first transcontinental railroad and Stanford university was also one of his many accomplishments
Leland Stanford was the founder of Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He was one of eight children. His brothers were named Asa, Dewitt, Charles, Josiah, Thomas and Jerome. He had one sister, named Elvera.
Because he was cruel to his workers and was cheap when it came to paying his workers.
he used to exploited them especially the Chinese workers.
Leland Stanford is the founder of Stanford University.
he gave it to his mistress xD
he was quite wealthy. He donated most of his money to Stanford University. The amount of money he had donated was about $20 million
leland stanford
Leland Stanford's mother's name was Jane Lathrop Stanford.
2 billion back then in 1850
Leland Stanford is the founder of Stanford University.
He only had one named Leland Stanford, Jr.
To the school 20mil$
Leland Stanford died in June 21, 1893. idk how he died :/
It was named after Leland Stanford jr - who died of typhoid at just 15 years old.