Joseph O. Hudnutt letters to Grenville M. Dodge, 1868-1869 [microform].

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Joseph O. Hudnutt letters to Grenville M. Dodge, 1868-1869 [microform].

These letters are reports to Grenville Dodge regarding Hudnutt's activities and progress as a surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Letters were sent from various locations including Minnesota, Oregon and Idaho.

ca. 25 letters

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Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916

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Grenville M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was a Civil War general; prominent national railroad surveyor and engineer; and U.S. Representative. Dodge conducted surveys for the Illinois Central, Rock Island (Mississippi to Missouri line), and the Union Pacific railroads before the Civil War. He was commissioned as Colonel with the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in 1861 and promoted to Brigadier General of the United States Volunteers in 1862 and then Major General in 1864. In addition to combat, he...

Hudnutt, Joseph Opdyke, b. 1824.

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Hudnutt was a colonel with the 38th Iowa Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. After the war he worked as a surveyor for the Union Pacific Railroad Company. From the description of Joseph O. Hudnutt letters to Grenville M. Dodge, 1868-1869 [microform]. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 272405140 ...

Union Pacific railroad company

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Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...