Leland Stanford: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Palo Alto History Museum - Moments in History: Leland Stanford, 1824-1893 and Jane Stanford, 1828-1905. | Jul 15, 2022 | ||
| Noted that Stanford is often grouped with the 19th-century tycoons who were labeled "robber barons" by their critics and "captains of industry" by their champions. | Jan 31, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: California Museum - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Transcontinental Railroad. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Transcontinental Railroad. | Jan 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Philanthropy Roundtable - The Philanthropy Hall of Fame - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Jul 18, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Jul 18, 2016 | ||
| Changed the year he became governor of California from "1861" to "1862." | Mar 07, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Governors Association - Biography of Amasa Leland Stanford. | Jun 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Jun 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 10, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 10, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 10, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 10, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford University - Biography of Leland Stanford. | Feb 10, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 07, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 03, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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