Editing Leland Stanford (section)

==Legacy and honors==
In 1862, California volunteer troops re-building a military post at the confluence of the San Pedro River and Aravaipa Creek in Arizona Territory named the post [[Camp Grant, Arizona (formerly Fort Breckinridge, Arizona)|Fort Stanford]] after the governor.  However, the post later reverted to its former name, Fort Breckenridge, and in 1866 became [[Camp Grant, Arizona (formerly Fort Breckinridge, Arizona)|Camp Grant]]. In 2008, Stanford was inducted into [[The California Museum for History, Women and the Arts]], [[California Hall of Fame]]. A relative, Tom Stanford, accepted the honors on his behalf.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dancis |first=Bruce |date=May 28, 2008 |title=New California Hall of Fame class includes Fonda, Nicholson |newspaper=Sacramento Bee}}</ref>

The [[Stanford Memorial Church]] on the university campus is dedicated to his memory. [[Mount Stanford (Fresno and Mono counties, California)|Mount Stanford]], located in California's Sierra Nevada, is named in his honor.<ref>Erwin G. Gudde, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ibMwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA373 California Place Names]'', University of California Press, 2010, {{ISBN|9780520266193}}, page 373.</ref> Central Pacific locomotives named for Stanford were:<ref>{{cite book| first=Stephen E.| last=Ambrose| title=Nothing Like It in the World. The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863–1869| url=https://archive.org/details/nothinglikeitinw00ambr| url-access=registration| pages=[https://archive.org/details/nothinglikeitinw00ambr/page/115 115], 117| location=New York| publisher=Simon & Schuster| year=2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| first=Brian| last=Hollingsworth| title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of North American Locomotives| pages=40–41| location=New York| publisher=Crescent Books| year=1984}}</ref>

* ''[[Gov. Stanford]]'', a [[4-4-0]] locomotive built in 1863 by the [[Norris Locomotive Works]] in [[Philadelphia]] and brought to San Francisco by sailing vessel. This engine is preserved at the [[California State Railroad Museum]] in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]
* ''[[El Gobernador]]'', a [[4-10-0]] locomotive built in the Central Pacific shops in Sacramento in 1884. Found to be disappointing in its performance as a freight hauler, it was scrapped in July 1894.

[[Mount Stanford (Fresno and Mono counties, California)|Mount Stanford]] in California's [[John Muir Wilderness]] is named for Stanford. This mountain, found in Pioneer Basin, is located near other mountains named for [[Robber baron (industrialist)|robber barons]], including [[Mount Huntington (California)|Mount Huntington]], [[Mount Hopkins (California)|Mount Hopkins]], and [[Mount Crocker]].