Fred T. Perris

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Fred Thomas Perris (January 2, 1836 – May 12, 1916) was Chief Engineer of the California Southern Railroad, a company chartered to build a rail connection between the present day cities of San Diego and Barstow, California. Perris oversaw construction of the railroad through Cajon Pass, a route that is still in use by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. The city of Perris, California, a station on the California Southern Railroad, was named in his honor.

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• Serpico, Philip C. (1988). Santa Fé Route to the Pacific. Omni Publications, pp 18-24. ISBN 0-88418-000-X.
• City of Perris, California. A Brief History of the Perris Valley. Retrieved on 2006-07-09.