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Theodore Judah's survey
1861
Sacramento, California
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
An engineer nicknamed Crazy Judah walked the Sierra until he found a single ridge a railway could climb without dropping into a canyon. He sold the idea to four Sacramento shopkeepers, fell out with them over control, and died of yellow fever at 37, two years before the first rail was laid.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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