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When Nicholas Yung wouldn't sell his land to railroad baron Charles Crocker, Crocker built a 40-foot fence around his house and blotted out the sun.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Col. Charles F. Crocker, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Railway Company, died at his home here to-night.(subscription required)