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  2. Aimée Crocker - Wikipedia

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    Aimée Isabella Crocker (December 5, 1864 – February 7, 1941) was an American mystic, bohemian, author, and member of the wealthy Crocker family.She was known for her cultural exploration of the Far East, for her extravagant parties in San Francisco, New York and Paris, and her collections of husbands and lovers, adopted children, Buddhas, pearls, tattoos, and snakes.

  3. Charles Crocker - Wikipedia

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    Crocker was born in Troy, New York on September 16, 1822. [1] He was the son of Eliza (née Wright) and Isaac Crocker, a modest family. They joined the nineteenth-century migration west and moved to Indiana when he was 14, where they had a farm. Crocker soon became independent, working on several farms, a sawmill, and at an iron forge. [1]

  4. Edwin B. Crocker - Wikipedia

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    Crocker was the Central Pacific's attorney during the building of the First transcontinental railroad, culminating in the ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California. The stress of all of his work took a toll on Crocker. He suffered from a stroke in June 1869.

  5. William Henry Crocker - Wikipedia

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    William Henry Crocker I (January 13, 1861 – September 25, 1937) was a member of the wealthy Crocker family and a prominent member of the Republican Party. Over the course of his business career, he became the president of Crocker National Bank .

  6. Crocker Art Museum - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Crocker was made a life director [7] and presented the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery and collection to the City of Sacramento and the California Museum Association, "in trust for the public," [4] the contents of which were valued at the time at more than $500,000. [9] A school of art was established at the gallery in 1886. [7]

  7. Crocker family - Wikipedia

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    The Crocker family was a wealthy American family based in California. Its fortune was primarily earned through the entrepreneurship of Charles Crocker , a tycoon who co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad [ 1 ] and acquired a controlling interest in the Southern Pacific Railroad system.

  8. Is 'A Man in Full' a true story? What to know on the latest ...

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    If "Man in Full" is your latest binge, you'll undoubtedly want to know if the new Netflix series is based on real-life events.. Fair question given the show's main character, Charlie Croker, feels ...

  9. Betty Crocker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Betty Crocker is a cultural icon, as well as brand name and trademark of American Fortune 500 corporation General Mills. The name was first developed by the Washburn ...