- Hartwell Carver
Infobox Person
name = Hartwell Carver
image_size = 250px
caption = 54 foot monument to Carver in Mount Hope Cemetery. Paid for by Union Pacific Railroad.
birth_date = 1789
birth_place =
death_date = Death date|1875|4|16
death_place =
resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery,Rochester, New York
other_names =
known_for = Advocate for Pacific Railroad
occupation = Doctor, Businessman
nationality =
footnotes =Dr. Hartwell Carver (
1789 -April 16 ,1875 ) was an American doctor, businessman, and an early promoter of what would become theTranscontinental Railroad .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. [cite book |title=A Great and Shining Road: The Epic Story of the Transcontinental Railroad |last=Williams |first=John Hoyt |year=1996 |publisher=U of Nebraska Press |isbn=0803297890 |pages=p. 16 ] He participated in the hammering of theGolden Spike that officially joined theCentral Pacific andUnion Pacific railroads onMay 10 ,1869 at Promontory,Utah . [http://www.townofpittsford.com/home-doctors Doctors in Pittsford] , Town of Pittsford, New York website]Hartwell Carver was the great-grandson of
John Carver , who came over on the "Mayflower " and was the first governor ofPlymouth Colony .Carver was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in
Rochester, New York under a 54 foot (16 m)monument erected by theUnion Pacific Railroad . The monument is the second tallest in the cemetery [ [http://www.lib.rochester.edu/IN/RBSCP/Epitaph/ATTACHMENTS/25_1.pdf Henry S. Hebard, Monument Maker] , Epitaph Vol. 24 No. 1 Winter 2005] . The inscription reads: epigraph| quote = "Dr. Carver was the father of the Pacific Railroad; with him originated the thought of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by railroad." [ [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A05E7DF1539E43BBC4152DFB266838E669FDE Hartwell Carver, M.D. Obituary] , "The New York Times ", 19 April, 1875] |cite=References
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