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Grenville Dodge: Architect of the iron road, man of intrigue — Part 1 of 2. Grenville Dodge moved west to Illinois following graduation from Norwich University. He was passionate about building a transcontinental railroad. Photo courtesy of U.S. National Archives.
24 maj 2022 · NARA Grenville Mellen Dodge, acclaimed as “the man who built the Transcontinental Railroad.” The first transcontinental railroad of the United States is like many other historic civil engineering milestones.
Grenville Mellen Dodge [2] (April 12, 1831 – January 3, 1916) was a Union Army officer on the frontier and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War, who served as Ulysses S. Grant 's intelligence chief in the Western Theater.
Grenville Dodge was one Iowan who was well known to most people living in the last half of the 19th century. He was a war hero, a politician and a railroad builder who led a very exciting life.
21 maj 2018 · Dodge offered the Union Pacific Railroad captured Indians as laborers, who would work for food and clothes, and guards to watch them. When Dodge called for volunteer troops to fight the Indians, most men said the war was over and declined the service.
Photograph album with photographs likely compiled by the Dodge family of family members, including Grenville M. Dodge, circa 1890-1916. Depicted are unidentified men, women, and children in both formal and informal group and individual portraits.
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