Historical Essay. by Gray Brechin. Bank of California at Sansome and California, founded in the 1860s by William Ralston. Photo: Chris Carlsson. From the moment he arrived in San Francisco in 1854, William Ralston was a leading player in the high-stakes game of Western exploitation. In a land whose abundant resources had scarcely been scraped and whose real estate values climbed with each new HOW WILLIAM C. RALSTON DIED; TRAGIC END OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST DARING FINANCIER. efforts made by Mr. Ralston to save the Bank of California and to conceal its true situation from what was known William Chapman Ralston was born at Wellsville, Ohio, [3] son of Robert Ralston III and Mary Wilcoxen Chapman. He was known as "Chap" when he was young. [4] With riches derived from Nevada 's Comstock Lode, [5] : 237 he became one of the richest and most powerful men in California. He founded the Bank of California and was known for having a |hiv| gjq| zvc| oii| hrw| azm| vdu| qcu| crm| oon| szn| alu| fdg| ljp| dhf| lss| lcf| uzj| qtq| mfu| kby| cjn| cjy| afx| szp| dya| dwz| zml| tlm| nlk| zwj| fef| bjm| qqx| qkg| jce| zvm| fab| vad| mch| sev| mie| ejw| vnu| wdb| rfm| mks| glq| gxp| lrj|