Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

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Papers [microform], 1845-1899.

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Professional and personal papers of a civil engineer related to railroad building in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Montana. Letter books contain letters to superiors and subordinates on technical aspects such as locations of lines, costs, legal problems, supplies, personnel, engineering problems, public relations, and, very occasionally, political matters. Also present are other letters, notebooks, voucher records, ledgers, bills, bridge elevations, sketch maps, and grading contracts, 1857-1894. Dodge worked on construction for the Milwaukee and Mississippi, Milwaukee and St. Paul, St. Paul and Chicago, Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Pacific, St. Paul and Duluth, Montana Central, and Hastings and Dakota railroads, and the Minnesota Railway Construction Company. Prominent correspondents include Frederick Billings and Russell Sage. Also includes family correspondence relating to Dodge's "Genealogy of the Dodge family of Essex County, Massachusetts" published in 1894, and to other personal matters.

13 reels of microfilm (35mm)

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 7283577

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives

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Minnesota Railway Construction Company.

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St. Paul and Chicago Railway.

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St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1877 under the state laws of Minnesota, the company was organized to acquire the property of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railway Company. Its main line--running between Duluth and St. Paul, Minnesota--accounted for nearly two thirds of the company's total trackage when the company was purchased by the NP, in 1900. From the description of Corporate records, 1870-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313867045 ...

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company

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Montana Central Railway Company

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The company was incorporated in 1886 and built main and branch lines in the area between Great Falls and Butte totaling 250 miles. It was acquired by GN in 1907 and was dissolved in 1939. From the description of Corporate records, 1886-1964 (bulk 1886-1907). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313845036 ...

Dodge family.

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Northern Pacific Railroad Company

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These documents are duplicate copies from the papers of George A. Brackett, now part of the Northern Pacific Railroad collection at the Minnesota Historical Society. From the description of Papers. 1864-1914. (Tri-College Library). WorldCat record id: 18832082 Isaac "Ike" Gravelle was born in Canada in October 1871. He came to the United States in 1886. He was sent to the Montana State Prison in May 1891 on a conviction for horse stealing. After his release in 1893 he worked...

St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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Billings, Frederick, 1823-1890

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Billings was a San Francisco lawyer; partners with Archibald Peachy and H.W. Halleck, of the firm Halleck, Peachy and Billings, which specialized in cases involving land titles. From the description of Frederick Billings legal journal and miscellaneous papers, 1850-1869. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 86128672 Frederick Billings went to California in 1849 and began a law practice in San Francisco. He became a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad in...

Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Company

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Sage, Russell, 1816-1906

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Russell Sage (1816-1906) was an American politician and financier who served as a U.S. Congressman from 1853-1857. 1816 Born in Verona, N.Y. on August 4th 1840 Married Marie-Henrie Winne on January 23rd 1844 1851 Treasurer o...

Hastings and Dakota Railroad.

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Dodge, Joseph Thompson, 1823-

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