Portraits
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Reference: | TMR5234b | |
| Collection: | Mojave River Valley Museum | ||
| Description: | William T. Coleman, business associate of "Borax" Smith. Colemanite was named for him. Went bankrupt in 1888. | ||
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Reference: | TMR5236b | |
| Collection: | Mojave River Valley Museum | ||
| Description: | Francis Marion "Borax" Smith. Bought out Coleman's holdings and formed Borax Consolidated, Ltd., parent company to the T&T. | ||
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Reference: | WWC0001a | |
| Collection: | Daniel Cahill and Family | ||
| Description: | William Washington Cahill - 1891 Known as 'Wash', he was born 8/18/1873 and died 5/23/1959. Appointed by 'Borax' Smith to be superintendent of the T&T Railroad. His father, David Cahill, was a stagecoach driver in Calico. His mother, Frances Rebecca Stiles, died in 1891 and is buried in Calico, CA. Her brother, Ed Stiles, was the first to hitch 20 mules together to haul the borax. | ||
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Reference: | JR0001a | |
| Collection: | Gower Family | ||
| Description: | John Ryan, 1849-1918, Chief Assistant to "Borax" Smith in the practical opening of Death Valley | ||
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