Cisco "was named for John
J. Cisco, the sterling assistant treasurer of
the United Sates, during the late Civil War." [Williams
Pacific Tourist, 1876.]
"Cisco was a banker and financier who served
as Assistant Treasurer of the
United States during the Civil War."
Errata: John
J. Cisco is inconsistently described on various websites as treasurer
of the UPRR,
and the CPRR:
"The town [Cisco] was name after John J. Cisco, Treasurer of C.P.R.R.
from
1863-1869, at the suggestion of Charles Crocker (Gudde, 1949)."
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Also see the artistic engraving:
CENTRAL
PACIFIC RR AT CISCO, 1865 By George Mathis (1909-1977).
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