Much like his future partners, Leland Stanford remade himself in gold rush California as a shopkeeper. In 1852, fed up with lawyering, he left the Midwest to become a partner in a wholesale ...

Much like his future partners, Leland Stanford remade himself in gold rush California as a shopkeeper. In 1852, fed up with lawyering, he left the Midwest to become a partner in a wholesale ...

A new biography from Bay Area journalist Roland De Wolk says Leland Stanford was a ruthless capitalist who cheated taxpayers — and became the godfather of modern tech. How much do you really ...

The report of President Ray Lyman Wilbur of Leland Stanford University describes the addition of several important building units to the university, including the Stanford Union, the Stanford ...