215 20 9056 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/2d2ba94f932311844ce4d5521db94584.pdf f0a2f59e3832dd9a03b212abbdf1fb26 PDF Text Text August, 1868. , . . Ddpew's letter which*! will enclose in next mail'-is a little - colored; though if our people everywhere get tlioroughly scared it will TO right . - Don't forget "Bottles Mountain". I mean to name it. ";'nlte me ' about the location on Wahsatch and* west of that and how far our folks ' ' will build. I have ibarked this' Iett'e9*'''pr4vate onlj'' as regards what I say about the issue of bonds, &c., and the President's actions I handed Browning ray report of 21 pages with profile. He said he would send it with his annual message. • Note: Articles of Incorporation'o'f the Missouri Valley railroad Company. - 'hi . J. L. Willieuns to Gen. Dodge, New York, September, 1':- IT • rWrote you yesterday, '^he part of that letter about \ssue of, bonds by President, Event's opinion &c. is, of couree, confidential. I doubt if Atty. Oenl. can find any power in the law in the. least to o. withhold part of the bonds. His only control is in appointing the Commissioners, and an to that, of- course, 1 have not a word to say. *1 have done nothing ariS iMtll do nothing thht Might tend to c ock pro gress of road, tut art the Ikame time must report road just as it is. I find much to commoiid In the road-»eo far as it is built or located; but must say two to three mllllone more of stibsidy should go into road. and t'lat much less into profits# f ItX nl t t ' f y September, 1868, Col. Seymour arrived tliis morning. Only saw him a moment. I asked him what line was adopted at head of Echo, Devil's Gate. He says no change was made. The long agony is now over as to Ipcation. Judging from your letter of IGth ult. giving comparative statement of cost, length &c,, I doubt not the right location has been made^^ Prom every source I hear that the great Republican Union Party is now waking up, I once aroused we shall elect Grant. New York State jra shall probably lose; so of several southern states, but sober, peace loving people must see that Grant is the road to peace and loyalty, and good faith. The nomination of Grant and Colfax and the death of Stevens party 4ust puts us .o?a the right ground, and I only wish I could do more to promote its success. I got my wife to copy Depews letter for your benefit and that of Mr. Blickensderfor, From Gen, Dodge's li* , n ' r X Marched and • at th]» Seaton Springs^ They lay on edge of mud flats- are very singular in-.formation, deep and circular; water looks pure but is mostly braekish, I examined the line to Sta, 4285 Think Hodges could avoid sojne curvature crossing his last summit before reaching the LakCj The mud flats appear.soft but have a hard stratum under them-sometimes almost as solid as rock. They may have to be ballasted with gravel to keep them from getting wet and muddy. September, 1868, Wednesday, 2;- .'>0 ' " • ' Marched and csfeped at Vl^low'^pringsy Passed Monument Poin • ■ C. P. R. R. Crossed their locations farther west on Wednesday a week ago. Learn that th«y have gamp track s 100 miies west of this. They ordered all their engineers on location and construction west of Monument Point. Our line runs south of Locomotive Springs, a fine body of Wat,er, and talces mud flats again for several miles, ' • Robt. -tiiiclEensderfer to J. E." House, Tuscarauas, 2;- ' " Yours of 25th of August with draft on K.Y,' for five hundred Dollars ($500) is received. ' . r j Note; 0. E. Vedder to J. E. House, Laram'le, S:* '♦id m Regardl'ng vouchers sent in, and money and draft to be sent him,'' - • 0 Jas, A. Evans to J. E. House, Laramie, 3:- 'ot.r . I send you a copy Tif Lawrence's account made out by himself accompanied by som'd Vouchers which-yoU will please give him credit for, I have advanced him as follows; May 16th - • ^ |S0C.06 ^ ♦.-'J : -'c .1.1 ^ April 3d uir rout ^gxriave kj ' goo, - .c f r c£> ce^ftoi:, rlnijiav April 12th. t>ir> loOiOd" '' ' -'t . August* 11th' ■•A ir 228,33. ■-"-'h' Total 928,3'3, • : ■ r.-d ert r ♦ you will seel that he acknowledges receipt in his statement. September, 1868, - ■ Saml. B. Reed to Ge , Dodge, Salt Lal5;e Git'?// 3:- ' ' * Dr. Durant telegraphe.d me-to cover th©'line from Humboldt Wells east with men. When can yo.u give me profil.e .and, map of line? I shall make arrangements to send men out as soon -.as possible. Please send messenger with apswer immediately. Track at Sta. 4400 two days • since* ■ rji. . ! J. House to Gen. Dodge, Omaha, 3; .' rI have received a lette.r fnom J. E. Thomas in regard to al lowing stage fare'I'rom^ Ft.; Bridger to end of track .$59,75,. P^e says the cause of his leaving was on account of t^e death of his father, and that he telegraphed you in. .relation to'his fare, but received no answer. I do not feel like allowing the^ account after his correspondence with you, for fear».that there may be some, misunderstanding about i . He has sent me vouchers already signed and wishes draft for the amoimt. Shall I send it? .'C a '• From Gen, Do<^e's Diary, 5:- , . ♦ out to Hed Dtmw pase^ Met Morris who was half way down slope, getting along well. Met Maxwell in eamp on Buff Creek waiting for water. Gave hto a strong hint that it must be the last time he ever stopped while he was with me, ordered him onward with Hudnutt. The C. P. n, R. and our line that diverged at Monumentsjcame together again. September, 186C, • at Black* 3 Butto Table, We inake 58 stations iri Ulstano-e; we get 1 1-2 miles more mud flats tbart they do. Telegraphed Dursait and Reed rela tive to C. P. R. R. , contract, 2:c. >2 ? . v . Friday, 4: In camp all day ^t Willo\7 Springs. Making profiles and map of line to Red Dome. Hodges moved vest to take up line at Surprise Creek and work west. Wr^te Reed with maps and profiles- and notes of alignment to Red Dome. • Wrote 0." Ames on situation; also WHson on C & R, I.» Jesse L. Williams about line west, etc; aled Snyder about line and matters here. . c f h ■ a f • From Mrs. Dodge's Diaij^/4:- ' ^ri Received dispatch from Ocean. Leaves Salt •L-sike;- will be away from news 30' o4* ^ d^s. 7 Henry Warding to J. F. House, Laramie, 5:- ■ , 'ifr' Encloses nap of Ravlins Springs, and wants informdtlon as to lots in Bryan. *ants to get a lot. - ' Note: Opinion of Hon. Wir. Evarts, A'tVy, Gen-, upon the duties of the Executive relative to the Pacific R.R., the acceptance of the same, and the issues of* the tJnited States* subsidies thereon. ' Note: Copfces of papers showing the agreement between the Govern ment and the Union Pacific Railroad pursuant to the opinion of the Atty. Gen. Evarts, dated, 5: "i ' - ' " - - . . - September, 1868. Note: 0. E. Vedder to J. E. House, Lararaie, 5:- Says Harding will make and send you a plot of Rav/lins Springs town by morning train. To get the exact Sta, at which struc tures are would be impossible. Have never as yet (except in a very few cases) been able to find a stake standing near the bridge siding as they all apparently are gone. Can send the Sta. at which st,ructures are by deducing from stations, that he checks witli and know to be correct, f, J. L, Williams to Gen, Dodge, New York, 5:- , "r- r *nr., I wrote you a few days ago from this city. I now ?dd that " f ■' ' after reading to the Board a copy of my report of inspection and reconnoissance I offered a resolution similar to the one I showed you at Ft, Sanders, 25 per cent of Gov ernment bonds out of each 20 miles til it reached 3,000,000 to be held, in trust for permanent masonry struc- • > • » tures, earth embanlonentp, oquiitnent, water supply in Dry Desert, &c. Mr, Brooks offered a substitute which I enclose as adopted. It may be of some service as it recognizes the principle. Mr. told the Board that Attorney General would find power in the President to « * ' « go back of the Commissioners, and review and bring up to the standard the sections which they hid accepted, Mr. Cisco says resolution will help him in selling first mortgage bonds. Some assurance to the public 6f the kind is necessary,, Mr. Brooi.s sent a copy to Evarts, September, 1868, ''f who has not yet made final report*, but who had* advised President to issue bonds as heretofore for the present. By this time the Commis sioners have* probably accepted the bry Desert without any water sta tions or promise of any-the track b'eing laid by water tank trains fr from Rawlins Sprinr:s, I dont see how they could do it. My duty* has been an exceed'ingly unpleasant one the last three months. The Doctor calls me a "Watch-dog" for the Government- that I care nothing for, but most of the parties I respect anci probably they respect me but, of course, cannot fe*el kind. I have 'done them no harm In the end. The road will go rapidly on. As soon as possible I want you to give me the outline of the lo-^ cation wost, and how far you think t' is Company will build, and where in Salt Lake Valley will probably be the main point for shops,*rolling mills, &c. iOive me level of ^alt Lake aove the sea. What maximum do you use on Promontory Point, and what thence to Sierra Nevada? My s. 1 profile was well received, but I have not the exact distance By final «• location from Missouri River Bridge to raouth of Weber Canon, I call it 1020 miles. Write to Ft, i^ayne. I find that I was put off theC Bridge Committee on 3d July and '■ • .' ' " ' b '■ Brooks put on. I am quite satisfied, controlled as the Bridge will be. I. - • The Committee is Mc Comb*, Busl.nell, Duff, Dillon and Durant, of course. Busnell proposed to Board a rosoluti n allowing a tariff to bring 610 " September, 1868. 20 per cent.on canital besides-repairs, &c, -To thi3 I objected'and it was put at ten'-the same as'at Quincy', but, of-course, the Executive - Committee will Change it. There is a big speculatioii in it in some shape. Of course, I knew beofre that Boomer would get the Bridge STominally, though I think it is all one interest. It is between him and the Keystone Gompany. As shown to the Board, Boomer is $100,000 less, •il '^but I presume'Keystone bid was seen before Boomer's was finally fixed. I ''.ave seen enough to convince-me that the-Bridge letting was a mere farce.. The bids were referred to Col. Trimble of Lee's Staff, and Col. Merrill; now on Sherman's Staff. They report On'the strength of the Keystone and the Post Bridge. Merrill reports them equal. Trimble gives a decided preference td KeySonte. Partly on tfefe" ground of the name though and test and long "use'.: y/ i "g/irr Trt? From Gen. Dodge's Diary, 5:- • "5t tel ■ Mr..Bilckensderfer #»nt over to Mdrris to look at •" line. Moved caiilp to Duff Oreelc Springs; Bgan and two Indians arrived .'Ihaving lost one man in trip. Pound lumber but in limited quantities o Raft River Mountains dnd on head of SurpriSe Creek. Made map of 1000 ft, to.inch over east slope of Promontory. eMorpis has got-■>line nearly connected on east slope of Promontory* ' " ••a c'j* ' Sunday, 6t» ' TSq IxTfor. ■ ' r,*. * J'r Mr. B, wetit to Morris. ' In oamp" writing all day, letters t S,B.Heet!^^n timber and enclosed map. Messages returned from Garlew September, 1868, ^ with letters from Mr. Ames, Snyder., Mrs. D., and otoers. Snyder has gone to New York. Hgxie says that they are determined to drive me out &c, but time will tell. Got Photograph o^ little •^nnie, map and pro file of line from Cedar Pass t© Wells^ and ordered McCabe up.to locate it. Sent him word by Indian messenger. . U - . lo •.;1 Mrs. Dodge to the General, 6:- I returned from Eikhorn yesterday and found your letter from Promontory Point of Aug. 25th, the first word I have heard since the week,you left at Salt Lake. .Have been very anxious to hear., ': The farm matters are in very poor- order; horses rather poor but imprQVing now all the time. Prinqe looks well* Corn and wheat good, ^ oats not very, but I think IJr. Bailey's crops are a» goo d as any and much better than many in Nebraska, but you ought to go out and see and settle with him for the last.two -years dealing^. He desires a settlement and then you can see how you stand,. I rode out with Nate yesterday to see some land 20 acrgs near the Deaf and Dumb Asylum owned by Mr. Rice, Nate thinks it a good trade. Very many after.it and Palmer i8 holding it for you. I told him we would take it for exchange, not cash, price $100 per acres. There are many strangers coming in this fall. The papers and telegramg this morning say that the Bridge contract is let to Boomer of Chicag-one of your friends, I.believe, and eo.if.you want to get in it you better hurry home. Cant you take part in that Bridge ngxt year September, 1868, , • e "f and make enou/ih at home to pay for losing the road? ^ And then we could build our house, too, ojr get ready for it. I wish you would. The Bridge is going to make this j)lace, and next spring property will be high and sell well, and I think right here .in the course of next year you can make a fortune if you are only free from the R.R, and aan give your attention to your own interests instead of the Company's. Hoxie is crossing his material on his own boats-novT uses the Montana for a ferry. Wo have beautiful weather now, cool and pleasant and I would like to take some rides-so hurry homo. I hope you v;ill not be careless in coming tlirough the Indian country. The papers now are full ow stories about them and I guess there^ Is some- trouble. Have your pistolS; with you and be oareful,^^^^^ > ^ , Dan Casement has gone East wltl^ His wife. She is very sick or has been. I --uosb Seymour dont, like Evan^^-nor Jack Casement. Bring Ena a pony if you can find one without much trouble; she expects it, -You did not tell me any railroad news. What have y ;u from New .York,, and from Mr% WiiHeras? Pr 'rfc Saymour took his family out, so I suppose he is permanent at Salt Lake, Keep your eyes open but dont be troubled. I desire much to know whore the pow^ lies, and I think next winter you t con find .out, I am'in yow mother's house now, Julia will go Bast the last of this month and thdh'ii s^haH have the.ho«Jse«w ^Thore is not much room, ' -.f: ■ r. '. .H September, 1868. but we manage to be verjf comfortable; but I shall be glad to have a n Ice-large house of my own with plenty of room. Am going over to sec Mrs. Lacey and Mrs. Merideth at Omaha. I want j^ou ever so much, now do come home this month. You can finish all suoh things as maps, re ports &c here, and I will help you, • - ' Willard S. Pope, Engineer Detroit Bridge & Iron "Works to Gen. Dodge, Detroit, 7: ^ '-o-s • Is it the fact thaV "the final Contract has been awarded f®" your Omaha bridge? We hoped tor receive d notification of your readiness to receive prenosals,- so that we might hkve entered into thb competiti-on. Is it too late for us to be rejCreserited? Saml. B. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Echo City, Utah, 7: " Major Bent's outfit wishes to commence operations at Ilumboldt Wells and east. If my engineers do not get o -the ground as »soon as required will'^ou detail on« of your parties to. stake out work for them? ' - ' ' .' ' "'"r How many partiee can ydU 'turn o^r to tfle for constrtxction-WDrk, and how soon? We hope to get 300 teams on that vibrk soon. John 3. „ iilialns to Gen. Dodge, Boston, 7: Yours of 3d from Council Bluffs duly received. Owing to Mr. Dillon's absence fpom New York City your assessmerit and his not paid till Au^uet 27th, suid then I was absent at the White i^ountains. Have today sent H. C. Crane your receipt for $10,000 the assessment of September, 1868. August, 1868, so.it is all right. r ,*T<n iri.T -n' •r. * ■> , * Glad to see the continued,rapid progress of the U,P.R»R. . Hope you will preserve your health and strength. Mr, Biair is making good * • progress with all his roads-uncertain how much he will build this year on thejowa Falls & Sioux ^ity. There will probably be only one more call before January# ') - r Hi From Gen. -I^odge's Diary, 7;- , 1 * i , o ► Gamp moved to Rese road. Capt. \Vells with Company and train started east. Lt. Adams, 10 men and 6 wagons went on with me. Mr. B. and myself started south and struck his 10,miles off N. Sta. 5100, f. Max-ell commenced location at Low pass, Mr. B, went back 6 miles to look at line and level from Lord Pass to Red Dome Pass, Schull Write, Indian, started for McCabe. I found camp 18 miles north of line. Troban got in from Salt Lake City. j _ oj .•ai...-, Prom-llrs. Dodge'a Diary, 7. , S,. r-tra-n, Startdd on Colorado down River. , . ^ ^ f Huh * IJote: W# v;. Ults to Gen, Dodge, Washington, 8:- iB r Wants to know If the Postmaster at Council Bluffs is loyal ajtd if l3A Hill dis tributa d<icuraents if he sends them to him, R.' G. Hazard to Den, Dod.ro, Peace Dale, B* I. 8:- ' You have no doubt often heard of the charges made of the Company against Durant, My brother, (wl ,h otheps) has instituted proceedingB against him in this state, and I talte the liberty of asking September, 1868, you to obtain some information it OmSRia in such way as you deem best. I think it desirable to ascertain as soon as possible what account llr, Hoxie will Rive of his contract with the U. P.R.R. Comf^aiy. Mr, Oakes Ames has already made affidavit that DuraAt stated tliat the whole profits of that contract were to go to the C. Mobelier, and others will do the same, but it is claimed that Burant took over $400,000 of it to himself, and I believe the account-will show that the amount of profits was paid away from the Co, I suppose Hoxie will 'say that he had no real Interest in the contract, and did not gdt'teh if'any of the*profits, but only a small sum(if anything) for his trouble. That he nevfer did ahyth'ing under the contract in the way of || constructing \.he road, I think it probable that Mr. Ham will be willing to aid in ob taining the information. I am the* irore caipefui to not ask aid from the officers and members of the corporation, because-most of them think it expedient to kee"b matters smob^h with Duraht, but as I kncn of no one to a~pply' to outside at Oi^ya I think' it best to ■ ■ rite you confidentially on the subject and let you adopt such ebursd as you deem beat. The truth Should not be concealed, though Mr. l^rant floes not seem so"grateful for the opportunity-of exculpating himself from STBspicion as might be expected, '' State waits on aboVo suspf^^oil" and if he removes the case to the U.S.Courts he will probably faro'^no better, though hb may iaake j September, 1868. the proceedings rore tedloiis and expensive. Z '-■f f.-B Hoping that you will see in. the^ facts a sufficient apelogy for my thus troubling you, and will fapvT; me with an answer at as early a day as you conveniently can i: .Tf .t'• From Gen. Dodge's Diary, Tuesday, 8:- . r ; r-jrCamped near IJaxwell's Springs. Crossing the Mountains one wagon broke dovai and train did not get in until late. All the way to summit of moxintain there was plenty, of water. Mr. B, ^.aid out, ■ ot found camp. Trimbills and his party of Indians came to camp. Wednesday, 9«- T: ' . . « , . Lay in camp.. Maxwell, and myself looked at line west. Con sidered pass into Surprise Creek practicai;le,. and also concluded to take table at foot of Onbee Range and reach approach'to Toans.Mts. Jty a tangent. Went as far as.Hudnutt's Camp-rode 50 miles and returned to camp. , • • . To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 9:- ^ I wish you would put such endorsement on the enclosed letter as will satisfy Mr, Bien- so -we can get some of those majps and return to me. , . r" Sargent is at work on Ch. R.I. & Pacific R.R, tinder Ainsworth. They are still pushing the road, ajad„will commence grading at *^ity in few days. I suppose you are advised ff the action of U.P.R.R, Directors in . -•■«•<_ if ^ . \ ^ -^ 4 September, 1868. ^. '-r setting aside 3 millions of-llsI'mortgage bonds for bridges and let ting of contract for building Bridge^ here to Bodraer of Chicag o. Everything h^e looks promising. Buildings going forward and bus iness getting better. Real Estate sellin ' about the same as when j''ou were here. Asylum contract-has been closed and'work commenced. Property in that direction advanced and sought after for residences. I am endeav oring to get hold-of a piece for you 1 ^ . From Gen. Dodge's Diary, 10:- » Moved camp to foot of Toans Range of Mountains.- Mr. and myself rode to Hudnutt(3 work at 2d summit of Toafi's Mountains. He found-mistake q 25 ft. in Hodges levels* Irhlch cost him a days work. ^ Rode back to cam . Got In south side over"50'iilds tangent from-'Dmbee Mountains to Toan*s' Pass. ' ' . . J E. D. Boy'd to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 10 rji ' I have the honor to acknowledge "the receipt of an excellent "map or the ^hion Pacific Railroad, from OnAha to Salt Lake'.'* "Ihe information it cohtHlris-the location of the >oad, the stations, and iho topography will be ve^-y valunMe td' fi% department."' ' ' Please accept my thanks, Saml. B. Reed-to Gen. Dodge,-Echo City, Utah, 10: '■'eb Yours' of 4th and «th are recei ved. Thfe maps'end profiles also have been recoived. 618 r f.*t„ September, 1868, MaJ, Bent's outfit goes West to ,conmience work at Humboldt Wells by order from New York, Casement and- E. will follow ^in a few days with teams.enough to make 500 in all, » ^ ■ * Will you detail a party to -^take out work if my engineer does not got through as soon as the graders? .Storms goes out with Bent, but his party will be a few days behind. Other engineering parties will follow Boon. 1 am of your opinion that we should commencG at Monument Point, but my ^orders are imperative. • ^ ^ The work east of Bait -^aka Valley generally progressing well. Mdn are uneasy and "ill not stay long in one place, Carmichael's heavy rock cut will be completed by the 20t'-i. Track at Point of Rocl^; hope to got to the river by the dst^of October, Failed to get piles down "reen River * and have to haul them from tin^ber south of^ Beidger 90 miles. I am glad to receive your timber notes, ». »nc '' • ; rionj many ties of engineers can you turn over to construction department? I will gQtMjH^tng-eere on [the work'W soon as possible, in the meantime do not let. the .sawn^s lay idle. ■ ^ 0 ' . t " --'Note:; 0, B. Vedder- to J* B. House, Lararnio ■Has not raceived amount duo him for vouchers sent amounting to'^.314.25' • Will send noteg of track measurement as .soon as he can . . n-ct them ready. • , ■ * Prom Gen. Dodge's Diary, 11:- ' • '' ' In camp all day. Mr. B. went out with Hodges' party to fix ,1:..'*..,.. jf. September, 1868. ' o(i; !• up tansent east, I worked all day on estimates. Egan and Indian got in from Pilot Peak. Found good'balsm fir and^ • pine on west slope, and plenty of shrubby cedar for v/ood,' Sent team back to Morris. Saturday, 12: ' j ' Rode down to Maxwell's camp and party to see how they were getting along. Eddy to work on estimates. Mr. B. took latitude of camp w'^ich is 'where Passage Creek comes out of the mountains. Lat. 41° 20*. Pilot Peak 10,800 ft, high. 6,700 above desert. Note: Corlies, Ma6y & Co. to J. House, New York, 12:- Order for drawing paper has been received, and will Be filled at once. Note: Jas. T. ii-ady to W. Snyder, Pittsburgh, 12: Wants position for an engineer of vast experience. i From Gen. Dodge'e Diary, 13:- . " Hudnutt worked all day, alsti Hodges and Maxwell , Four of Hodge's men left him and I supplied their placds. Moved camp 15 milesJ to Moore's Creek on old trail. Fine water, grass and timber! I pushed on over the summit And found water<6 miles west of camp 5ust over moun tain. Climbed motantain until I could see » Cedar Pass and the Humboldt Range; also' Thompson'e Spring. Valley to north west coun try o ens into an immense eak, and has several mountain ranges covered with pine and cedar. 620. - J I t»r' ' •' '-n i tl September, 186»> ^ • Note: J. ?. McCabe to J. Buckensderfer, Jr., Clover Valley,13 Reports progress of Hiirvey to Humboldt Wells, Note: J, Webster to J., E. House, Cheyenne, 14:- « » Encloses vouchers amounting to |250, Says v/ork on shops • • • temporarily sHspended, &c. . ■ From Gen. Dodge's Diary, 14:-- .. . Went to Hudnutt's camp. Re.finished line down east slope of Toane's to Hodge's connection. Got profile and returned here by way of old trail. Pass very rough and mountains; could see lOOOspring4 and valley between Pegnop and Toan's mountains. I learned that Ives went East to Surprise Creek to commence location on C.P.R.R; also learned that Ives found the general- route of the lino,from top of Pilot Peak. From that pa»int can see all-,..U^ passes tlirough-Tonas, Pegnop and Hum boldt; also can see Sierra Nevada, and Wahsatch Peak is 10,SCO ft. above the seeu I'uesday, 15: »r" • V Had a discussion with Mr. B. on difference in 40 and 90 f igrada overcoming the came elevation. In thedry he says it costs just as much aqoo ft..elevation with 40 very light grade as it does with 90. but in practice it is not true that all roads are cutting down grades. The only way to obtain difforence is to ascertain cost of running a Dts1^v\th high grade and one with low, both overcoming same September, 1868« . ,*r'. ' 'altitude, including cost pier mile'and per cent over-and'above cost of repairs, track laying, wear and tear of machinery, c. This can only be done by going into the matter practically and methodically. Mr, B, went out to Ilodg&s, I remained in camp. Gen. Dodge to J. E. House, Toans Mts. Nevada,'l5:- "■ . » * , • 1 I enclose the heading for our"record of-the located lines. . . f ■ . You will purchase a booH large efiough to make record of line from ■n . 1 ' Missouri "iver to Green River, It*will take a book nearly as large as our ledger. Have it carefully ruled, or else made to order by Ket er t & Morrell, and then have it carefully compiled for the records in our office.' Let a good workman fill it up- a good penrfian. ^ Prom Green River to Rumboldt" Wells Mr;' Biickensderfer is malting the records, 'As this will be 'oai<"roCord to refer ^o must be very careful" that it is correctly made, ' ' ' 1 ' Henry B. Hammond to J. E. House, New York, IGt'" This in to inform you that the Executive Committeo by a resoluatlon passed at its mooting of September 4th, 1668, have authorised you "to make up and c»^rtlfy to the regular monthly and final esti mates of work done as per the request of the cohtr.^otors," ' '*v P. Melindy to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 16: < My friend, Judge Merritt, is an applicant for the ""^wsltion o Supervisor of -^ntefnal Rovenue fr the District of Iwwa, He has the September, 1868, , ■ '-•r ■ endorsement .of all of our State officers and members of Congress. 7/ill you write a .letter to Rollins recommending the Ju lge, and send to me here?' I will take it as a great favor if you will. . Things look bully for Clrant and Colfax. , E. B. Crocker t© ^Gen. Dodge, Sacramento, Gal., 16:- Learning from LIr. Tracy, v7.F.& Go's Agent at Salt-Lal^e Gity thit vou desired some of _the steroscopic views of the Gentral Pacific R.R., I have mailed to youat Omaha (which will^go by next Isthmus Steamer of the 19th) 3 packages of views of 30 each, making 90 in all. Some of them show a ver^ rough mountainous country and afford some slight idea of the difficulties we have had to encounter in construct ing our R. R4 -Many.of tbe^e views wore taken before the road was -oompleted, We are Jugt finishing up'the line over-the Sierra Nevadas, with about 25 miles on the eastern slope, which takes us pretty muQh out of t'no mountains. We Mope Wfton to be laying tack at a rate to com pare favorably with the Vnion Pacific. i , ♦ • I shall bo pleased to receive any views you may have,of the Union Pacific, as also any reports of your,Company you may have to spare. Brom Gen, Dodge's Diary, 16;- ' , . . . In camp pn.Mopre's Creek, Made map, profile, notes and alignment from Maxwell's Pass to summit of Toan's.Mts., and sent them to City of Rooks to go to Mr. Reed, Egan at^^pldier took them out. September, 1868, • Hodi^es passed west and camped at summit at Canon Springs. Max-vTell in camp with us. '7rote Reed, ^Hirant, Duff, ^ouse and Annie. The slopes 'Of Toans ^untains are covered with fine groves of cedar dwarfed, good for'fuel, but few ties. Moore's Creolt fine stream of mountafn water, plenty of grass and !T00d. Hudnutt reported no line located west of Toans s'ummit by Ives, ^»lve3 Mag, base of Ives at Pass as 17,23, Lat, of capp-vaniation of needle-17,35. B, and Hodges camped west of Pegnop. Maxwell at Pegnop Pass, ' ' Thursday,'17;- f 1. - r * ». MoveiJ camp to PegK|(i<op Pass Creek, Rode over to 'Hudnutt*s line and endeavored to run a line holding Elev, up'from '-^oans to Peghop pass, but country is very rough and gullies deep, Hodges pushed on to Pass Creek; concluded to try line from both summits run ning down valleys leading to Thomson's Springs, barely to ascertain distance, elevation and^^rade. Did rot feel V§ry well t8#iflght and went to bed early. In talcing latitude get Elev. of at»its'meridian, then measure angl® below the zenith and S. if S. tboVe equator sub<^tract it from angle and angle from 90° if looking south. If north add angle to distance S, is from pole and subs tract from 90®, « Note; Chas. fl. SWaltz &• Co. to Uaj* M.E. Lewis, Eng. U.P.R.R* St. Joseph., Mo',, 17;* ' 'r h' Concerning roofing for buildings', propaffed by mnohinory ' V/ill be pleased to show the a4vantage of machine work over hand work. September, 1868, L. y.. Ricks0'cker'te' J. 'S* "Rouse/Salt baki city,'18:-^- I forward to your address, per Wells, Par^o & Co*, s express part 2d of map of U.B.R*R, Icrcafion "froiti Green •'^iver summit to-south df Weber Canon. I have placed the magnetic courses on the map wherever 'I found them in the field notes or maps* 'a j r Pleaso send me half dozen of the latest""U.P.R.'R. Time tables. Note: Henry Harding to J. P. Hovi-e, Lararaie, 18: - •' ■* 7/antd bill of stationery sent-to that office* From (Jen. Dodge's Diary, 18i- ' "Went west to summit of Cedar Pass with Maxwell and B, Put Hodges to Work ori east slope and exsunined both of Ives lines. Learned McCabe had gotten half way down slope toward Humboldt 'iells. Returned 'to camp in night, vary dack. Mr, B. went over and st ayed with McCabe. Saturday, 19:- ■ ■Wont east and examined country for change between Toans and Pegnop Pass; concluded to talce it. Maxwell and Hudnutt connectgd their trial linesi - Morris arrived with his party and.went into camp With "US. In exariifiatlon of Morris and Miucwell's location, think it should be changed so as to bring Maxwell' line around point of Surprise Croekj also that'an-entire new line ("dhould be run from Red-Dome to Surprise Creek, following very nearly*H0dgo3 preliminary, Sehull got back from Southern trip, Sunday, 80: ■ -f ^ ' . r .1 '« "/I \\ •' „ , September, 1868, , r ir ^ ,| In camp all day. Hudnijtt, Maxwel^l and Morris took dinner with me. Made plot of Morris and Maxwell's location, and Hodges prelim inary, distance covered in location 1 1-2 rail-e^. . Ordered Morris to commence location Monday at Pegnop PasS'^d locate eas.t on new line; also Maxwell and locate West,. Hudnutt to commence at Toans and locate West, Ho ikinq, train arrived at Humboldt Wells to commence grading. Brought letters from Mr« Reed, . . ' Thos^ il. Bates to J. E. House, Echo City, 20:- Will you do me the favor to sand nle by E^jpress here my drafts on Qen. Dodge? The Acts* beings closed they are no longer of any use to you, and are only in your way now. What are you driving at? Let me ^ hear from you* *' '" '1' f-r- ^ ■ r*t ■ ..h I want to send t • WeW Tork "for a Mr, Cl.as, L. Exicyon, an enginerr who is to be employed in the construction department. He brings his lady with him, Mr, Bead has "no blanks, JPleaae send me a pass for them, s ■ • . ' . ■ . f Saml, B, reed to Oert, Dodge, Bcho City, 21:-: r 'r ■ f-f rjt The track'last Fridagp evening was at Point of Recks; have not hoard from it since. Bent hae gone west with large outfit to com mence ooerations at .Humboldt Wells and work east. Casement's and Boyd's outfit are on the road to ooramenoe one hundred miles east of Tells 8ind work west. My orders are to do the grading on that portion of the road as quick as possible. Shall have five;hundred or more ^ September, 1868, teams on the work very soon. .r.v- I Dr. Durant ahd party" leave Chicago this morning fbr Salt Lake. I send transportation to Green River to'meet them" Friday next. Carmichae-ls has completed his work on east side of river and mov ed all his force to west side; twentjr days will complete work at and twenty miles west of Green'RlVor.' " All the work to head of Echa :i's progressing satisfactorily. Deep cut at rim of basin will be complete- "Bd by October 10th. Tunne-l at head of Bciio drove- 60 ft. at eac end. Rock soft, make 6 feet per day at each heading.; obliged to timber it. I Sent letter by Bent asking you to detail party to stake out work Until "My engineers get on the ground. . Two. engineering parties have gone forV^ard, one with' and one with Casaraent's outfit. If you have any parties to spare they may coramencje staking out at. oncS. Please let them do enough to keep all men at work that may reach the work. /! . ' ;• Jas. A, Evanu to J. '!l6fciae, Laramle, 21:-' * ' • dC thought it would be well wrflte you a line in time about notes west for the (Jommissiondr's 'report* ' . ' " ^ ? ■ We shall complete the section the 820th mile post tomorrow; in about one week more to the 840th, That will take us to the end of my division, and I have no note^ beyond, ' « Will pay proper attention to yours lots here, ' t L. Ei Riekseoker to J. W. " House, fSailb take City, 21: r ' September, 1868, . I send you with this, per Wells, Farro & Go's Express, the profile of section" L if Mr. Blickensderfer's location, embracing line from Morris 0 on Bitter Creek to Sta, 920 on Hudnutt's line on Blacks Fork. The latter part of the profile is not finished. We have been so busy that have never been able to finish a copy of porofile for the office. The Blacks Pork line we have, only in pencil and nor grades on. I will get a record of grades of that part of the line from Mr. Reed for "the next s.ection. Both Mr. Reed and Mr. Durant have finished pro files of the whole lire. My making this profile will not interfere with any orders left by Gen. Dodge or" Mr, J. B. Jr. J had orders to make profile or entire ^ line f.ar Gen. Dodge. Will this copy answer ^oth your purpose and his? T do not find Ft. - Bridgor on any of our field maps. Have no means of locating it except by such maps as Capt, Stansbery's act. which you probably also have, J. L. 7/illiama to ,Crfl8i. Dodge, New .York,-31 ^ 1 Yotirs ©f Ist September at Red Dome Pass received. Prom this I gather 1st, that you expect the two lines to meet at Monument Point 90 miles west of mouth of Weber Ganon# If the meeting point is likely to be ansrwhere else, pleaae a4viso me, If mouth of Weber is 1020 miles, then our Company wlU'build 1110 miles. Please give me the correct distance to-aoUth of Weber Canon« 2d- I gather from your letter that there is bug 6 miles of very .heavy woifk, and this is in September, 1863, f fif # ; r V /• the eastern slope of Promontors^ Range vith 90 fj,. maximum grade. About what will the grading of this 6 miles cost per mile? •They assurp rae at the office -that no change was made on the V/ahsatch, and that the. grade remains at 90 ft,- maximum, and I have so re ported to the Department, Inquire j.nto this upon your return, and. inform me if there is any. increase of gradS, Also advise me whether there is much temporary frack laid at heavy, points v/est of Ft. Bridger, and where and about how much, it will cost to grade and open the proper, line where there gire deep cuts or tunnels-. Also w ether they are build ing mnsonry abutments on the Weber and Echo, or are crossing the streams with 16 ft, span trestles. Also wheter you understand that masonry drains are built on the Wahsatch and down Bitter Creek to much extent, I' reported f'3,00 ,000 in Government bonds as required to be ap plied wholly on the sections which the Oonuais si oners had^ accepted and will accept to bring the road up to a, proper standard, including more rolling stock, shof«ir water supply 'c. and X am in good earnest and so theyare at Tfetehlngton Ho have this aura applied. I think they Atty. Genl, will report power in the President to^ go back of the Corarcls si oners and review on sections which they have accepted. The resolution of the Board differs from the one 1 offered in setting apari Ist mortgage bonds and ttftoso on tho last 100 miles. It is not entirely sati^ja^tory but ••v.- i ■! t-i • , • "i-l SppJ;ember, 1868. . ' embraces the principle*. As soon as you can learn which part of the line will be their last 100 miles, let me know. presume you are hot going through to Oregon, and so shall expec you back to Salt Lake further east pretty soon. The Doctor and Col. Seymour have gone out, and Mr. Crane is going. i ' i tYou inquire about political prospects. I saw at Washington 2 t'days ago-Colfax and I.Iorton, Depues and others. All these gentelemen tare Very confident that Indiana will go right in October from 5 to 15000, Pennsylvania is generally considered as sure. Ben Wade says that Ohio will give the old-fashioned majority-near 40,000 , With tliese results possibly New York may go with us. It may be we shall lose ^ half or more of the Soutehm States• yet I see no one on our side who doubt's Grant's election, and on the other side I think they are not "sanguine of beating him. The current sets that way and I think will gain strength. I go over to J'erseV tonight to meet John I. Blair» • s where he is to dedicate a wigwam. V'l'O Before you leave that country 1 th'ink it. would pay t.o get the •exact level of Salt Iirfke. If you lajr your line near its level you had ' better keep up pretty well, for I iiave' a theory that Vhen the country gets settled and ditched out and tramped by-'stock ud ifche numerous valleys, a far greater proportion at the rfein end melted snow will run into "the Lake than heretofore, and its. surface may gradually rise for 50 ye ars. irn?.- September, 1868, ' , " I obtained at Ft, Bridger the monthly fall of rain for one years, only 4 1-4 inches, but this did not include the sno\7. Thd^ Government at all its-military posts .should require a rain guage to be so kept as to include the water contained in every fall of sn9w, sa as- to give the annual dopth of falling water,^ t , « Where is, Biickensderf er, and what has h-e been doing? Let-me hear from you oftener, , - , -.From Gen. Dodge's Diary, 21: . <♦ r; « '>0 , , u Sent Mr. B, to stake put work at Humboldt Wells for Hopkins, and went out on Morris,' line myself, also over to Maxwell; 60 ft. grade siscendlng and descending; the Pass is -very difficult. Maxwell tried -valley and Morris north slope, concluded to out_ summit 25 ft, Sen.t em order to Mr, Horth to report to- Mr, Reed. Egan returned from City of Rocks, Sent off map and profile Friday's Stage, Team, for Morris was found and returned,- Large train reported en route for grad ing at the Point, C.P.R.jR. graders at work at Monument Paint to^ Red Dome, Tuesday, 22:- ■Mf AWent over to Maxwell'-*s line, changed his line somewhat. Party works, very slow and does not jnake much progress, Morris working dwon Peghop Greek; go-t pretty good work. + c'i r Note: ^ward P. North to J. Blickensderfer,. Jr. Salt Lalce City22: 1, J K ■ a September, 1868. ' r > « In relation'to line from Mud Island 'to Promontory Points J. C,' Crane to Gen, Dodge, New York, 22: ' "■ t ' ' ""nr: Yours of 5th from Duff Creek received, Thb'dividend of $6,000 in cash* of June iV,*68, I deposited to yotir credit at the ' Leather Manufacturers Bank. I hold belong to Mrs. D, 40 shrs, of U.P. "^tocJc dividend of June 17, 1868, 75 shares of U.P.R.R. 'stock div, of Uuly 3d, 1868, and #75 ,00 certif, for first mortgage Bond U.P. Company, On the above securities I have obtained loan 90 days from August 26, 1868 of #10,000, Properly*I should have a power* of attorney froi Mrs, Dodge for the stock*. It would be well for her to send m ) a pow^r of attorney 'to colloct any dividends'made" by C. i:. of A, tr, 'P. R. R Co. and trustees of Ames contracf.' ' I shall protect her Interest,* but would like ttT haYe the poweh bf Attorney,-- I expect* to lear here for the west to make trip over the line with couple of friends, and we may pbssi-bly go to Salt Lake before we return, Doctoh i^ at Chicago on his way West,* I- think will not return to New York under 5 or 6 weeks. We are glad that you have had no difficultsr with, Willie and trust he will come home a<Il right «ld be contented to study hard this winter j then I "must see what business he had better adopt. - q Thinking that you may "nOt have convenienec to get a ptyw®? of' attorney I enclose theitt, and you can got them ai-gned and foi^Witd to me September, 18C8. W. Snyder to Gen, Dod.-e, Oujaha, 23: • i , ,, Hoxie improving. I think pow he will get out, but have been very much alarmed. 820 miles track ready today, T.C.D.sick yet in Chicago, Sey mour and family, and Gen, '^• ■^Ccullum reached ".lere yesterday. Sey mour and party have been pushing McCullum for Gen, Supt, for sometime. Rather think from my New York correspondent that they may accomplish it; dont care a d-n as I am heartily sick of the constant fight and had rather work elsewhere. Will spend a month's time gratis in post ing Li. 0* if they wish him, and will go somewhere with people who will let me have peace, and can leave the concern with straighten re cord^ than McCullum or Sey|iDur ever left any place, - • Pegram Is not to stop at Green River town, but push to Blacks Pork, make town and put up the shops there, Hoxie named the.town Bryan (After my boy) in my absence^ Mulloy and Carmichaels are not pushing their work as they ought. They are working for tliemselves instead of the Company, I. am paying , fare for men from Chicago for this work and pushing them out. Have sent three hundred in last five days. J, £• Blair to Gen, Dodge, Burlington, Iowa, 23:- p ..Your letter to Mr, Theilson dated July 17th asking a]50Ut the difference in elevation, between Lalce Michigan at Chicago and some point in Council Bluffs, was duly received. There was at the time a party in September, 1868. the field runnin" fcovTarde Coxmcil Bluffs, and he deferred ans ering' your letter until'he could sendyou reliable figures. This party has just returned and I hastne to send you the Information desired. The switch near water tank oh the C. B. & st, Jo R.R. is three hundred and ninety three and'one-half (393,5)*feet above Lake Michigan at Chicago, * ' ' Regretting tho delay, and hoping it may still be in time to serve your" purpose. From Gen, Dodge's Diary, 23:- i - / I Morris cloeed his line with Hudnutt, Hudnutt finished at noon, "Concluded to run souih"'Mdle of Pegnop Creek and' endeavor to get ^ a better line. Teams ^bt back from Clover vlilley ifrith 10,600 lbs, grain, Wrote Mr. Reed and Durant'. Seni telegram to Reed that 1 had put Maxwell on construction* ,and .wanted two level tapes sent to Ruby ' for them. Hodges brought over his profile; did not like it and ordered him to re-run his line. He is more stubborn in his ideas than sensible in running line*, and will never maker an" engineer until he Is more willing ^ < ' ft . I t . ■ ■ - '• i , to learn.* * ' Thursday, 24:- » Eg"fiu:a st'artod for Ruby with telegrams for Reed hnd-Ricksecker. I went out to see" Morris and then climbed mountain; north of canp could see Thousand Spring Valley very plain, also Hbt Spring Gap khd a pass south of Road Pass-througlf which 1 thirik line'could be'run to fTSeptember, 1868, ^ ^ ' v* . .♦ ' ' »• V • .' f Pa3a,agQ Creek. The view is very fine and the Passes from Humboldt, Wells to Toans all in view. Route for a line can be obtained from Humboldt ■.Vftlls into Thousand Spring Valley and down it to the desert r-voiding Pegnp and Toans ^Passes but grade would be probably .heavy; ^ , From. Pegnop to '■'^'.Pp being good^ line. L. E. Ricksecker to J. E. House, Salt Lake_Qity, 3-1;- ■ ... - , I forward with this to your address profile of line from Sta. 920 to Black Fork to Sta. 964 on the ridge between Willow andSul • • j-phur Creeks, a distance of 83 miles. This, I believe, is all the pro file your letter of September 15th calls for. I presume you will want profile of the rest of the line to mouth of Weber Canon soon. I shall I have it finished in a few days, and you may let me know whether j'-ou wish it or not. ♦ , , . Note: .Saml. F. Adams to Gen. Dodre, Sacramento City, Calk, 25:- About location of railroad lines south and north of Salt Lake. Is glad to know that the Comp^^ does not follow" "the line of. the^Central Railroad. Prom Gen. DodgeSs Diary, 25io' h -'VMef Jji' Moved camp to Independence Springs, Mr. B, and myself had a discussion on grades &c. Considers 20 ft, Kiev, equal, to 00 miles of road, as depending solely on character of road and amount it will earn. Thinks high grades not so objectionable as sharp curvatures. . Would calculate value of two lines b.. taking cost of both; cost to keep in September, 1868, * .. . repair andoost to run per ton, and se^ which would make inost money*- short line with high grade or long and light grader. On U.P.R. r. considers it more of light road and would endeavor to get good alignment so as to make quick time; to do this must have light curves. Two guards came to cam i with letters from Reed to at Morri*s out. Agreed to-send a party Monday, Saturday, 26;- « ". . . . . Lat, Sta, 11878- located line three miles east of upper Huraboldt Wells 41° 6', Mr, Bartlett of Bent's train arrived; also foreman from Surprise Creole, Agreed to give them'work As soon as train arrived. Gave Maxwell his orders; also Morris; latter finished his line. Wrote Durant, Ames and Annie, - " W. Snyder to Gea, Dodge, Omaha 26:- ' Will try and get up statement as you request of cost hauling trains on grades as compared with*level track, Ac,* '"-®''* Hoxie much better but not yet getting up ; Is out of danger. Will not be able to do business for ten daj^s* Durant leaves Chicago today and makes no stop-here tomorrow. Has telegraphed for me to go west With him'tomorrow; dwtti'think I can do it. Matters Are'raixed rather £n N.Y, Ames hived no decision on anyJfhing and leaves all*to the Doctor, ^ : Colfax went East perfectly satisfied, I gdve him sdid pArty first rate outfit on their return, '' ' b ;•! r, ♦ eir'll September, 1868» . ■ . , I am about used up. Div, Supt, Gen. -Ft.' and -Genl Tickt Agents, - all East after thei families, and nobody to help. *7111 write you of my progress next week. Seymour, has takep too much upon himself, and I pDopose to have a' straight "Vtalk with T. C.p. in regard to his Consulting Engineer than will probably suit. , . g.. ' '' t ( To Gen. Dodgeirom his sister, CLouncil Bluff's',' 27:-' Annie is up stairs reading, and !■ have come do-vn in the parlor to v/rite you. I have thought J would several times but have really "found not time, but now tlrnt Ivhave finished everything ahd have a little leisure before I leave the State of single blessedness willcK^.n write you before signing my death warrant. . I feel irery badly* to thirric you "will be absent next Tuesday and had I not been confident that you would be here I should havq, changed the day till later.; fcft* with both-you and Mother away it seems as though I w^s being sent out of the faniily in disgrace; the more I think of it the worse I feel about it. Sue is gping to give me .a large wedding, over 140 invited. V/e are to.be married, Tuesday morjiing, Sept. 29th at 8.30 o'elock by. Mr. iittle^ then leave on the 11 o'clock •ti'ain, go to Co m. and JWtffs, You will'isrobably be her© when we return. I have hoped to the .last minute thai you would .get Annie's letter and come home. nr ' ' ■ • Little Annie is too .smart; .she grows brighter every day she lives, if you could hear her talk you would be » stonished. I am loth to give September, 1868. . ^ up my charge 'of her; feel 'as .though she jndre .than half belonged to me. Mother I hear from every we^; she is quite gay down East every thing and everybody is beautifvQ,■and she feels 20 years younger; ■ Everybody meets her so coridally, that she feels doubly repair for her long and tedious journey. , tJ ; ^ 'v There i-s little news here,' .We have managed to get a fire engine 4nd that has raised such a commotion in town,' I dont Icnow-as it would do to stir them up suddenly again, I . • Mr, Hoxie-has been very sick indeed with typhoid fever; Is slowly recovering, Lettio and Ella attend the Seminary constantly,' ! Mr, Rice surpsied us a week ort.vo ago by dropp ng in one evening. Said he would call again, but did not-so nu )posed he wont right to Oskaloosa, ■ Jim has come to take me riding, so will close. This is probably the last you will hear from me s'ingly; hope you will be here, when I return. All send love.^^ i . 4 v, Gen, Dodge to J, B. "Houarw, e* .• fi 4 f t ^ t . :-i- e* -fil'' Lots at Lairattie City in jmuiIW "of Ji. . Crane- list: .given by ^.C.Durant to Mr. Bert for me October 15th,, '68, Blqck 166 lots ,6 Sc 7, Block 173, Ic^s 8 and 9, Block 173 lots 15 and 16, Issue deeds to this and ;ut them in the hands of -eomq man vho will ..ell them and make retuma to Mr, Crane, • » 1 September, 1868. Prom Gen. DodgeJ s Diary, 27:- • ^ r ,-..,. ^rr -r To v;ork in camp on profile, &c. Mr. Egan returned from his trip with large mail. Letters from Annie, Lettie and Ella; also from * Mr. Williams and Reed. Caompany have let Bridge, and laid aside $3,000,000 to build oililverts, &c. Bridge letting is. a blind. Received letter from Mr. Hazard about Durant and his operations, also from Jas. P. Wilson who ^says Ames must be able to show a clear hand or it will go hard „ ith him. Williams notified of receipt of $10,000 1st mort. S.C.R.R. and Gray, Prince & Co. of deposit on L. & M. Bank. • f 'I'. Monday, 28:- ^ . Mr, Dlickensderfer started east on line to dress it up where * ' • • • * needed. Hodges and Maxwell closed in their line. Bent's train arrived and brought several letters, one from Annie and several from Mir. liousd. Go d many stoangers »£>ning on line and speculators. Construction * Department on our road is badly behind out here. ,Mr. B, took latitude of bur oamp,. bitt I did not get it, , Tuesday,. 29x- ... ^ ^ovedcarap to Humboldt Wells, and rode down to end of line. Met. Mr. Thompson who lives 10 .miles down Humboldt, says all of C.P. Graders are in 12 mile canon d lots of Co. engineers 40 miles west on of wells Pork, 60 miles from Gravelly &ord and 40 miles east of I rode dver to Nortlj fork of, Humboldt then up Pryam.^cl P^ak. A fine ^ sulphur aprimg flows out of mountain at foot of Peak. Hoisting machine came to camp today from Clover gfliing to settlements down Humboldt September, 1868. A. n. Hallowell to Gen. Dodre", Paris, 29:- Allovr me to thank* you for the kindly letter of introduction to Gen. Dix, whic";, at the instance of our mutual friend Pairfield, you were pleased to place me in possession of. ^ - . Gen.' Dix desired to "Be especiall-y remembered tc/you, and expressec • ' 1 . . . his regrets that your entire time and talents could not be devoted to the Pacific Railroad, in which he takes a lively interest. ♦ ' Trusting that it will he my pleasure to thank you in person for yoiir unrequited kindness*, &c. ' " ' ' "" • • •• •'■• Note: affidavit of Mr, House in relation to Mr. Evans surveys and work on line of U.p.R.R. and shoim by his field notes, &c. r Note: J. G. ITebster to J. E. House, Cheyenne, 30:- • • About round house at Cheyenne; will be ready^ for rOof'by' ju.- 1st of Hovember, From Gon. Dodge*3*Diary, 30:- ^ To work all day finishing'up profiles and^ml^s ,r furnishings construction enginewrs with, &c. Sent telegram to "Reed,- Profile to Durant, Wrotes Ames, McComb, &c. Team returned from Gamp Halleck. Officer in charge reTusing to let us have any provisions becauae we. done no business in Salt La'ke on which our drafts were drawn. Iw^ntO whiskey row man shot and mortally Itounded at Independence Springsi Strosm of Conn, arrived; says work down Weber lags. Mormons play off on us, and are not acting in good faith. Water in Echo destroyed the September, 1868, . . grade, and the^^ started the grade do\7n Weber and through Narrows, ^ McCabe's location is a good one, and I like his appearance. W. A.. Carter to Gen, Dodge, Ft, Brldger, Oct. 1:-(v^7 Your notes of the 21st and 22nd of Sept, one written from S-eet Water and the other from the mines, reached mo a few days ago, imd I was much pleased that you had progressed so rapidly on your journey eastward. Col, Mann, Eddy and my brother Richard visited for some time in the mines in hopes of meeting you, and regretted much that they had ' r> • (bo Idave before your arrival, Eddy starts back tomorrow with tools, provisions &e, to. commence work. He has promised me that he will secure you some claims, there being nov; no difficulty in doing so, as you have been in the mines. The excitement over the mines is steadily increasing and parties are daily wending their way thither, notwithstanding the lateness of t e season. All the specimens I have seen, and they are many, are very rich and if the ledges pentrato the eartht o anj'' consider.i ^le depth, it promises to be a very rich country. I have had some notion of going down there myself to take a look at^ the country, I was over, a few days ago to the Oil Springs, Eddy and myself. # We have succeeded in turning the oil into the vat and it bids fair to yield largely. We are now getting up the stile and hope to be refin ing in the course of a week or two,. The morning after our arrival Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. Correspondence, diaries, business papers, speeches, and miscellaneous notes related to Dodge's family history, Civil War activities, railroad construction, life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and travels in Europe. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1868 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/4857d2b971b8af89ecd17ea070bbad1e.pdf 32b359398f57ff3c55cf30b4ccb2c342 PDF Text Text August, 1869. , . ^James ..Wilson .to Gen. Dodge,-Fairfi^lci 51:- . . ... »- home and all right... Hope.you are ditto. auvl you a letter frcm Seever; v/hat do you think -of it? I dont sea how- I oau,now raise the funds that may be required, but have written to S, fp«?> more complete infomation, and advised hi^n that I • have forwarded his letter to you. Please return his letter and saj'' ... what you think of the project. : J -'J: The finan_cial sta.tement procured by Williams not yet received. f . - * If it dont come ^ will, give him. a reminder that v;ill bein"; seomthing. Saw Harris, he ,ia .all right, and se.e,s things about as we do. * Said. wa^s glad I h£id demanded the statement and will insist on one himself. Wdll be at the next meeting, and stand with us in demand- "' ■ ' ■ • .. .r ' .' iqg a full- exposition of the affairs of the Company^ - » - -Gen. Dodge to. J S., 11^., Williams^^ September 1st, (J35DR158 ) DD. ♦ Gen, Dodge tp J., E. IJouse, C Bluffs, September 1st; If we ha.v9 any map in our office shelving the U.P. Lands on it, • ' , ~ .* '• . .V - ^ . , lojf the bedrer, Wr. H. L. Henry, have it for me. Gan, Dodge tq Oliver Ames, Salt Lake, 1:- *,,, .. .SeymQ.ur telegraphs that he has orders to adopt 80 foot'grade on wa^tsbrn slo.pe,of Black Hills, and to examine and report on western ..alcpe. Kurd telegraphs his men are on ground ready to go to work. t do not understand your telegram to Port Bridger, is it intended that wodk shall bs delayed, for nioi*e surveyors in Black Hills? I must have Ifaxwell's party, pr else fail to get location in west of Larai.iie "" ' rl♦! f' kiver. ';V. 1405 August, 1869. • * Lambert*3 party 13 In Black Hflls and can be used for surveys t • *T * • * ' ' there. Reed telegraphed me 'that any'BO foot grade on east slope was impossible. Have you hear'^ from him? ' ^ ' «' Geo. llartin to .J. E. House "Bitter Creek,-Sr- '-- -hc. T 'rdt j that Gen. '^upt. Hamtaond has oifdered all- oonductdrVHjd take up and not honor'passes of late'Asst.-Gen. S^ipt. Hoxie. The orde>- is dated August 31st; ... .. /l. S. Bent to"Gen. Dodge, New York 2.--' Doctor returned from Boston last nl^t; also Ree'd,'Davis, "^frost ^c. Think the Boston parties will haVe tocome to -timpfor T,c. T think his coabinaton against the.v. is too strong. They |made a settleraentr with the MomonS (Young & Co) they are to tak^ ihdn and , equipment to the amount of $b60,000, itee'd goes to ^bho tomorrow. The Doctor says when t'hey cohvern.'eVerjd,hing they have into aonc they will be six millions sho'rt of p'ayihg the debts. He gives them till the eighth of the month to cone to tilae or bust, * ' ■ ' '. f t Bonds are 85 3-4. They voted Frost $700 a ye'ar'extra for contrac-^ tors. He would not accept it. Voted to seriti but special agonts to take account of Davis & Assn. material as a basis of settlement. Shall remain here until my first paper becomes due," which is on .the,sixth inst, rill write as often as there is anything interest ing. , Jno. Covodo to Gen. Dodge, Philadelphia, 2t- ' The political canvass now going on with us has aft'^lAid V'hAti woer VI. -.d' September, 1869. .9V' ,- .aspect, and the Democrats are stf^uggllng to secure a fcethold in Penna. with the view of intrenching for the'next Presidential.Canvass, The smll majority we have only beeri^able to hold for ten years in a poll of over-half a million votes, renders it absolutely necesary that no means should be left untried to ge' out our entire vote, and gather all the new friends that it is possible to enlist. Your reputatien'as an«orator*and as a leading Republican, are known t o ouf' pebpled arid "we earnestly'desire to have you speak in the State as ofted as you can do' so, and help to'arouse the people, and save the aovernment from falling into the hands of those who have been its enemies or wer6 indifferent to its fate in tlie last decade.' Please let'me hear from you soon as convenient, as after'Sept. 15 arrd up to election day, we hope to haVe our camp fires lit up, ready " ♦ • ■ '. V . , ■ to greet all who aid vlb ^ B. F. Allen to Oen.'^Dodge, New Yor' -, 3:-'^ ' ' ' "^Jhen'l saw yoir'at the St, Nicholas I expected seen you be fore you left, but in the^evening when I got to the hotel they told me you had gone.You asked me what you had better do with your Rock . island stock. As you are aware all things connected with the No* Ybrfe stock market is very uncertain, and while I hc.ve all faith in the ultimate value' of the road, I think that all Stocks are Inflated, and with every prospect of close money market this fall and winter. I think the stock w'ill be' lower than it is now. One* year ago this month the stock went do"Wi Vs low as 1 1-2, it may not go that low 1407 September, 1869. . '' ' , this season, but mv; opinion is that it at least lO.per ct. from.present quotations; this is merely my opinion given to you in a friendly way,-an "as a matter of course not to-bo•repeated by you. _ I hope yuu will soon regain your health. One thing is certain, ,you must'give more attention to your health than you have done .lately as it ^ont do to take the chances as you have gone. ^ iod I'u ' F. S. Hodge® to Gen. Dodge, Bost^on, -3:-. „ .,.,^7 * ' ' I have not been enabled J>9 get the estimates, &c, off ^yet :ut hope,to tomorrow, Llr* Ames starts Monday for the VJest.^ I suppose now that the Mormons ace nbout settled with, that we will.have no trouble in travelling,oyer the road, though something is ^ said about Davis and Associates men going for hi . I have, nothing to add to mine of ,y sterday, except that there has * * f been something said or written by Duff or Ames to Haia ond about the engineer depSLrtueiot^ judgin from a..late_letter ^.of Haamond to Ames, Prom l^a- j^®norT,it is evident ^bat ^eu-uiond desires to have the eng ineer Dept.,amrged-into vhls, In .which he Is r ■ tiesj. While Duff desires.to have town lots, turned over to Davis Land Agent, Hammond is to talk to Ames about this next week, . 'Boomer and-Sickles are here on the financio.l question attached to th^^trMge. Ha.^OBrt M Btlll in favor of lower rates. • . Crocker IMilVt®. them to take such rates as will make the steamers haul off, oarry per month N. Y, to San Francisco, 5000 or 6000 ton® ,of aor((mi^d.l3e, and as nearly as much hack to N.Y. and ^ 1408 (V ■ September, 1869. r • ^ncF; 100 or 1500 pas sender ' '..-o ' r 'Rosborough'and Preston to' ■©en. Dodge, 3ilver City, 3;-"^" ' • f- 'Your favor of th^ 21st ult. 5iakinE: >inquiry of t|;ie ;claias left in our hands by U. 0. Hudnutt, Esq ., against Thos. Cole. Jr. $: Go, has been reed. t Proceedings werS commenced in the Bankrupt Court (Supreme Court of the t6rritohy) at Boisd ^ity', in"May last| and are still pending, no adjudicatlon in.Bankruptcy haying been made as yet, ^ Tm then it is not practicable to-make proof Qf'^flgiims •J ■ ' Some of the.Creditors of the concern^ sometime ago, co. imencedi. buying up claims, in the expect^-tion that aqme• interests of the con^,, cern.In"quartz mines bar® would sell at higb^figuresj but this .is not likely td be realized in'the general decline of that^class .of assets.. As no schedule has been prepared we cannot give^you any reliable statement of assets and liabilities^ but will do so as soon as we ob tain the data, n —q i ' .ttT -r t- (' 'tff.t , Gen, Dddge.to J.'-E, Housei 0« Bluffs, 3:- r' T • r' T • r •* Send me Gtbtioent of amount received on town Ipt current (net) for yearl868, Alad atbtsAant of notes or bills receivable collected during that year,' '' ' « ' ' / J. L, WllliaAs to (>«n,'Dodge, Port Wayne, 4:-^ I leartwd at* Hwaao on Friday that you had gone West, I wis^i t^#jt^T'b6uld'lilW» toot you, • .Raullns will undoubtoldy re- , . sign soon. I have always thought since 'it was first mentioned that Grant would offer It to you. This Is the least he can do, and you 1409 September, ].869. should accept, I don't know that I can do much to promote the thihgr with- the President, jiot beipg personally familiar.j but with the Senate I would, were tt necessary. .Of course, you and Wilson'heard about it, . ' , ' . ' After returning from Boston I wrote an article intended for the Tribune rather foreshadowing the probable withdrawl of Gen. Rawlins, and favorably noting your being called td'hislplaCe and stating ground and representing the'Appointment ©fii hently proper.' I ,• howeter-, j • it'be concluded to withhold the article. It is a delicate subject to talk of the-apprehended vacancy, whert that is to state so sa d a cause as in the case of Rawlins,' ItOrdoevSr, I'did not knop that-the Tri bune would'feel friSndly, havirig perhaps an Illinois :ax-to grind, l o So the matter rests, 'b t if I can avail in my way please write me Confidentially, - • '. r I am the more dispose'^ -to thlAUU'ou should accept if offered be cause of the xinsatisfactory condition and prospects of ^he Road* • You and I had as'well both cut it after awhile. What.is now your opinion? till tAey go through or wii:" they bust up? I Saw your name mentioned with Lo^an^s for the Chj.na-l^ission,. You are better fitted for Secretary of War, and it is more in your , . line. On this subject let me say to yt>u that I should not be at all surprised If W. A. ^Wli'lA- wtill to Chine. He is.our Grand Rapids Lanil ^?teirtis si oner. has not yet accepted, his ^ resignation AS It, iitfdtmfe'd . /.*> ■ 1410 , • .1 ' "l/rvw September, 1869 . . ' « 77rite ne al^ about the Bridges. V^ill -the othei: road go in? Has Bridge Ccximiittee made any arrangement? IS the 'Y/est at a' stand-still^ S. H, Yi'lnsor to Gen. ^odge, Ch-^yenne, 4:-; • ' r,?. * YTould like a paSs dvdr Road. . f ' : / I' i ■ 'Note:- G,' "W, Martin to ,J. E. House, Bitter Creek, 4 ,r, • / n. * Sends statement of his account .for August. j rfir-, / 'itorfl 'ir; W. Sickle^ to J.' E. House-, Chicagj-4:^ ^ ' Received thff draft sent him by J. F. House. .rvjol 'F'trw Morgan-j L.R. to .Gen. .Dodge > Fqrt Leavenworth, 5^- Concerving lots. / C'/'7 Gen. Dodge ,to Oliver Ai^es, Ogden, 5:- Mr. Reed telegraphs that'if 80 ft^ grade is adopted on East slope of Black Hills it throws out neurl-y all workdone. I suppose you are posted. The engineers wrote-me that it increased the work, distance and makes bad alignment, have got to encounter a 90 ft. grade west of Black Hills, and I do not think it bqat'to increase our dis tance, curvature or #brk very Auch-to'avoid It in Black Hills. OAn. Dodge to "Theodore Oilman, Sept. 6 (25DR156) ;DD- ' S. iiarbaugh to-Gen. Dodge, Pittsburg, 6: ^ r, "1 addressed ybu Sept. 3d. In regard to small Iron# ^ I^would like to know "--ow soon you will want the saiae. We propose getting.^ up Rolls at btff •Ih^rga" C^pany to luOce 16 and-SO pound rails, tf you da noi'Vi'sh the »%ilL^'t©6 iroom,' I think we oan furnish then, at say four cants for eith«fl^b5r t^hoMw , ji ^ 1 1412 r September, 1869. »'i o'f.jr ♦qfiT: J. S." Baclc'us to Gen, DSflge, Uev7 York, '6: - Yoxlrs *of the'24th ult» with deeds for Ch. Edifice Lots, has come to hand safelyr: ' » ' ' ■" , ' ' . ' * I r.r.i Rev, Dr. Taylor to whom addressed ±s dertained back on other business. On his retifrii the' Rooms, an event anticipated daily, it will be handed to hiia. Llany thaLnks for your ^prompt attention to the matter, and to the officers ,and- Directors fof ■ .the -road- for their many, favors, • Jncn d'!r-;r a'* vl'--) Noter- T7. I»wis to'J.' Li« Eddf, .Salt TakS v 6 Has received Pass, . ' - r •• G. 11. Dodge-tor j; E, House., G, Bluffs, 7f^ , ^ " •' Get a scraper frui-i thS "Compstny for Urt Bailey ,to take out to 'u6e in putting tip a stable foif our mules.- ■-r's o " Note;- Rawlins Papers, See page--.- lorxT- .ro^»oq cf/v .t John TJilliams to Ge(n. Dodge jf Chica©, .^scf ao'.rft;- ^^/l -Cl'' Wants situation. ' • r ' • I . J, d, Webster to Gen. Dodge, Bitter Creek, 7:.-, , , f ■ .a * lfenclosed)sdnd'you yowolisr for work done near Black Butte and Ft. Fred Steel. The-SoatWWt for making ^mbankemtn at east end of North piatte Bridge was made by ord§r of -T^ebsteb Snyder at B5 cents per cubic yard, •" ' * ' ' ' • r * - - r Xkw. Palmer to 6er.« Dodge, Bes Moines, 8;- ^ . Governor 'and State'oTficera have telegraphed for your ^.ppoiptment to War Office. If appolntetf/«dI» wite decline, -- - i ct ^ 1413 September, 186. * ' J. II. Brown to (ran". Dodge", Louis,'87- ' "I cut the above from this morning's Democrat, Your Star is not under adverse clouds at Washington, ^ • We CO nonce bu Iding in St, Louis soon-, and'wheti the*^ houses are done and the M,n.C. assemble here We maj?^ got 'your name at the head of the ticket say in 76. or ,80, ' . If the Secretaryship of War is offered you will' you accept? ''^eo. E. Spencfer^'to Gen. Dodge," Washingtoh,9:-. . "i-r • '• Since writing you today a friend, of mine had a long talk wlth^^ Grant about Rawlins' successor. This friend told Grant that - it was almost the unanimous wish of the A my that you should be apointed, and also that yoti I'appGintmeht would give mohe.-general satisfaction than any that could' be made. Grant told this friend that J h' imml J I I X 1 X X • a. > iiin in-iini i to appoint Jinu - ■ yo% owing xii^to outhe u large transactions yearjy between the Government li-4* t t the appintment would hel Pacific « • That you were ofie of the princip ' the! Pacific Railroad. A-*- ^ -T* ■ 4. ■"'? x. Mi_ J M-xh .j ^ officers +V^«i c of the^road-and that Our friends answered-all the objections and said tKe moment you accepted'the cabinet position you would resign on trie road. Be also told the.President that he r supposed you did not desire tVie plaoeV bht would only accept suppos ing it to be Rawlins* wish that you ^duld. Etc. I think the reasons assigno<jl "by* Grant rei^''itoe ondes and da ngt like W^em,^ ■ ■ I intend haV ng a taiW'With li£t today, ■the President-is almost ^ entirely for you and I ^'believe ih«'country to be, . ' , 1414 September, 1869. ."S' r All fe^l deep, interest in ,tl>is matter An.d wpr. al feel that ■Grant should l\ave Gorne'tr^e and trusted friends In the'Cabinet, All agree that but for Rawlins-' the Administration would.have been worse than a failure^,-a-nd that'l\e'has aaverd-it/-fr.om disgrace. I am mortified and astonished at the .position Grant takes concorning your appointment. In the talk-. I had^ witi;i. him he did, not v make any ob.isction. Some think Logan,wilL be appointed, but the large mase: tliink-ybii" will be* JIo one-but-,myself and friendsknow • . ■''of this convers'afion today. Please wrrlte me at the Everef-t House.N.H. If 1 learn anything I will .Write "to. you tomorrow.^ .. . - - b; SpCner to Gen; !■ Dodge-, Washington, ' o, C/ i lJf>n*?rl'havb 3ust|>aid the last tribute of respect to our dear friend iRawllna. I have never" known.* aan.-more universally mouFnod. . -t". Tonight r go to New York with the President.. ^ We-have organi zed a movement to ptit you in- Ra.}flin*s place and I thi- Ic the position j * /will be tendered ta you without' a doubt and I beg.of you not to deI dine it.' Votl dftn flo Oirant': mcrre gpo^^ and the party more good than A I any fa^ fh Ifie' oonrxVf'y. Day after-tomorrow the ."Times" in Npw Yprk / will hive W eSlfor-l*! urgln'jJ" the appointm'-'nt and. all your^ friends " have spoken'to Orslnt aboUf I donU know.tlmt the place will be tendered you fc tft all youif friends expect-.it and do. not for Go.d's sake decline it.- •|^6r-'Hairt. ties'* you and .1 think the president will o^ffen'it. 'Tt© did rriTt aeuaal; coiiiait himself but I, think it pleased him when^K wgls 'WUggeatedj .^neral Sherman. ,I thinlj is 1415 September, 1869. favorable to you. .If.J. F. T/ilson woul^ v.-rite th President it would A « ' do good. The appointment must.be made within tan^days. I hope 3»ou have recovere d your health entireiy./ Ci B. Corastock''to Oliver-Ames, -Alta, 9 W.lll-you please furnish, the .Pacific R.R. Coimaission with complete *maps and profiles showing-the location of - the ,r. P. R. as qonstructed, -a list of all bridges^ their heights, lengths and character in detail including masonry for same; ^similar list of all oth-r_structures for crossing openingB-and.ravinesj a .list and description .of all buildings on.the line of the road (with location of the same) includ ing engine-houses, station houses, Uachine Shops, Section .^d Tool houses, tanks, car houses, &c. &c. a list of sidings and their location and lengths; a list of all rolling stock, specifying its actual con dition as regards fitness for immediate use; a list of all machiner;- and tools on-the line; a li^t of all. snow-sheds, or, fences, withe their • lengths, location^ And charapter; an account in detail of all surjbus material, such aS rails, ties,. *:C end-a statement of the nui^iber of cars whethen baggage, freight or passenger hauled over the Road in the months of Juiy and AUgust ,and carrying freight or passengers not on account of the ootoprny,' specifying the numbers on each division and ehether the cars were loaderd or >aot, .-nd stating the. direction in \/hich "■ ''the cars move'I. ■ ■ • t- ^ - X. AsNrtfiion of all lands and buil'^ings.at stations is also requeslefl.'till fo« Mr, the verified, by the prqper Officer of the 1416 September, 1869. • ^ .'i -Ci. iC Company and sent to Promontory by Sept. *13*proXiin6. ^ ''r rc'ic'cl. . *b. L,'Hariris to Geri. ^odge, ^pjoingf ield, 10:- If yoli cain send me a nap of the U.P.R.P, (such as you had on i^'Dur recent trip oi'er th6 road) you wiil greatly oblige me, I regret that I did not return from California in season to attend the last meetirtg'of the directors. jSy trip was exceedingly interesting arid I shall never" forget how much you did to'mafaboit pledsarit "and profitable. " ■ ' Allow me to ask you what Is" your'-'imi^fessidn as to "the elevation of the lowest point in the rim bf the Salt Lake Basin, and on what side such loweSt occurs? Also about whAt is the txtent of'the basin north and south? n • .V'' Md mo ■ . rt , • - If I can be of serVIce to ^ou at ah^ tiraA d6 not fall' to' command 1 r /; ;' • !; ' >h» f -1 C. cole %b Gen.'^DOdge, Defe MoineS, 10:- - cl- d ' Chief Justice Dillon rhd myse''f'i While" atten'^Ing the Miss^rV. Con Con. at Keoku,k on Tuesday ^th insi.^Teahned bf the death of; Gen. Rawlins. Judge Dillon suf^ge'st'ed that v/e procure .the consent pf, the _ Gov. and State'feffic^rs from" Des lldiries, and then add-to then} our own and such other names of person's att'ending the convent ion as. we could secure and "telegraph the President askirig your appointment. as Secy of War. We, accordingly after consulting Col. Ticheijor ..who most cor dially coOoperated'^wiih us, ai^ked'thA Governor, Ac. to advise us by tele graph. Not receiving aniwer^ph^t^tly, *e, D. and mffelf, came 1417 September, 1869. here by last night' 5.'train, and found that the ,Gov. State Officers and Palmer had received ours and had ent the dispatch to the Presi dent. VTe'therefore today seftt another, signed by the Judges of the Supreme.-. Court, urging,' in the name of the people of-Iowa and .the-, Northwest your apppintment. We pressed the matter, "without the r knowledge o? C'^n. Dodge. " the more zealously because, we learned, that Gen. Belknap's fhiends at the. CoriVention'had telegraphed fon his .appoint ment. We feel that Gen. Deakriap dannot possibly.get it in-any event, and were anxious to show the President that your name-was pressed by the people of Iowa and the Northwest without your knowledge and in earnest. Hoping you will approve us, and acc^t if tende^d, R. Llorgah'to Gen. DodgO, 5'ort 10:- Fenton only got home today foom Pennsyivania, where he has been all suiamer. I saw'hiiV^md he'said he would write me. out a full statement of the chae a'hd-sehd It to: me here* He saifl in brief, that you had prevented the execution of ^ writ of• replevin ,on the^ ponied as you br Som^ 'one hrtdb^n-you believed the poniea ta have been ^stolen. The owner" proved that thfey were not stolen and got judg ment againit you an'd'-fee others fdr their value. . '' u'ltchell 'got out" of it by liroVing that he was abse^ at the time and yon were the'only'Jne remaining who had any farttrfit. Now. the,. onl y thing'for you to do is to a end a fttll statement of the case to Waahington ind ask theCi thr a iheck for'the amount. .What I say to you Is pay the morlfeV and get a receipt In full, and then get the 1418 September, 1869. t'ly- •vhcfpc • 'Government to-rel\md you vafit ybu'have spent. V- / ' • ' ' S. "L. Glasgow to Gen. Dodge^ Havre; France,' 10:- i r 'I intended wrHini bdfore^I left home but my time being so > '.i, short'! was 'altogether eng'fitged in putting *my businoss in shape, for ^ leaving.' t saw Mr. Palmer oh his return'from Washington last spring and from him learned how greatly I am indebted'to.you for therin valuable aid given %e fc y you"in the matter of my-appointment. ^ Please accept my most gratefvil acknowledgements for the .same and rest assured it will not be forgotten. ♦ ■ r; - ■ I't- ■' f/ 1 am very favorably Impressed with the pl^ce .and think I will bo very Well bontented, ' f , ^ A great many of-'your, brother Cnggressmen have passed through here this s'ummOr, 'and'I ■^6uld have-been much pleased. indeed, to have seen you ar-^d hope to have thfeii pleasure at nor didtant day, ^ 'There Is no ne^a-hera important or unimportant,, consequently I h'av e noth'ing to rfeiate. I " jf* i can ever be Of any service to you at this place, such shall be 'm'y pleasure. fHoiitn's- to hear- from your at your earliest oonvenience ^o. ^Ji^^^ohn-F. Oilldn to Oen* Dodge, Davenport,, 1^:- I reached homo last night via Dea Moines from the Kookuk Co mercial Convention. !milb there it occurred to me that the general feel ing which prevails that yttu should go into the V7ar Department should have some authentic and fittings.expression. Tith that view I conferred with yom- frlenaa Judge Cole and Col. Tiohenor and ee aaparatel^ 1419 SeptemlDer, 1869. . -I'C .:• wrote-on Tuesday last to Hes/I^oines for authority^ frorathe Go er ment. and- State Officers to Mtach "their nation to_ a dispatch to the Presi dent intended to he sent with other Republican naiaes frov.i KeoknV:. No answer-being received-to.any of these letters up to Wednesday night Judge Cole and myself started for and reached Des Moines Thurs- * X day morning and found that the dispatch frpm the Governor and^ ate '4-♦ Officers was sent direct from Des lioine^ instead^ of via Keokuk, which perhaps just as well,, though there were many very prominent and influer\tiaiL men rftt .Keokuk -ho^ would liave joined ip it had our letters been received- in Dee Uoines in,time,,_ _ ' .-ir/, ^ dlspatc^i-cent yesterday, frpm^ Des Lloine s for fear you would saylio* I rn ' rt f •. i . ^ And it was condluded that whether you would or would not ac- "cept it , you could have no .reasonable- to allow^ your friends 'on their own ra oVlon and without^ your knowledge to testify to the Presldenlf'their hig» eatimate of youraelf, and to the general feeling ■ which exists "that-jott-choiuld .receive, the appointment, • " 't*! .I may mention that, without stating to his infonnant that it was •" propod^Jd to'send a message tQ the President with respect to you, Judge ■ 'ede ascdrtMned that Gen, Belknap bad procured a dispatch to be sent in favor of himself. This was done^quietly, and not intended to be known, r -r >: ' G0org«> <H ^ty^^Qer. Dodge, Des Lioines, 10:- I havo this from Keokuk (whice I -as in attenclano. 1420 September, 1869. .'rj' ■ as a delegate to the Commercial Convention and^ had "sent word to Eisenhart to send you two-car-loads coal t'odhy. I'regret my absence * ^t the time of your letter's arrival'.' A strong dispatch was'sent to'Gen. *"Grant from Keokuk uring you for Secy, of T/ar, and" also one from here.' found Belknap was getting up recoiiiiiiendations for himself "to be sent by ma 1, so we thought we would use the wires. Belknpa was at work with his letter \ within 20 minutes after the'receipt'of the ne-'S of pooh'Ra'Wliris-' death ^ He got E. 0. Stannard C ^o., little C-rus Buseey, Add Sanders ^ I and some small eared Jack-adses from two or three other States. I think Judge Sam F. Uiller decl'ined to "sign it. Dillon, Cole, ( Judge Beck and others led off in the matter in your intenests#"' ; Will you take the place? > .o'; Ss.- f P, S. Morris & Co. he're' are"'just o'pCrilng a new cqal mine, which 1 think will prove far superior to anything that has been worked here. ( ■ r-n Cr • . • , W. S. Pairfield to Gen. Dodgfe, New York, 11:-- ; ■ cr Yours of the 6th Just' at ^hand; as advise d in •your previous note we had arranged to watch the market and price Bonds. Przce has ''been rather nominalk'arid'make 83'l-l$ 84 1-3 gave orders to sell at 90 your limit, but will be on the' «p6t on appearance of movement and of course do better if i)03siblo. Butter dull in Gal., expect a movement soon cannot^ tell until thmugh the campaign and Yesult^ has gone out make obser- , vations for present and ftifture purpose*#* Note all the papers making • >*-. kj' 1 / , > C ^ September, 1869. . you Secretary. Sharp was-mustered put of malice I am told'. : t' ' ' ' : • ■ ; W.' E. 'chandler to Qen. Dodge,* IVasbinj^ton 11:- » ; ! 'ft I'will dend the copies-of the report as desired by you.- - . . o-f I cannot make mdch out of the U.P. Policy; and have* as :yet failed to . ,learn whht yorir own Status is in. the new direct :on« I do, what- I -f" can here" to aid Polliris, but do not feel that I* have any employees or backers as when I worked with you. The GP. People will I- think be stnbrtg* with, the new: commis,s ion and the U.P. I fear will be. weak; but still facts are stubborn .things and I do. not seo how they can get over the facts as reported by the Warren Commissioners, ^ ♦ I wou'd have gone to: Boston or New Yor)? to see you but { was having' dhothen l50y *bom to me -and so could not- leave home. - I hope to seb you stimetime and should be very glad indeed if cbnte t'b Wa«h*Sn^on as Secy of War. . . > el the- or-Wllsdn' decline Cabinet places,- I shaLl never ' fdrglge Vou, ' Note D. B / 'AbraliaffiS' te ♦Gen-i- Dodge, Salt Lake, 13 Wants'flitss oVbr tl/P.ft.B' • * '•/' • li.v'frro'' ' ' (i.e.Cole to Sen, Dod'^^ Dds Molnea, ' "'when I was in y«n£r city ten days ago J called at .the bank and you** Ixwape to see you, I thei expected .to remain over another 'i •V , IJ ■t.-'t f r?*- . _ f ■ r 1422 f rrr i evinced fiedd September, 1869. . ■ ' / day; .bbt my wife T3«<f..cliilJren'became so impatient .thaV I cam home on Friday" "A. I wainte'd trO see you, inter alia, te impress you with the ver^ superior fitness and Qualifications^ of the Jud.'^e for the positi * ' of U.S.Circuit Judge; and that. Ixis life long and strict devotion to his profession and the La' reallj^ give:" to him a claim to the ppsition ' " that.'the Bar really'expects and advises liis appointment; that most ■uni-iistakeably thb voice of <the. Bench and Bar is for him; that his ' ■ appoihtWt would vindicate itself, fend'give strength to the adminis tration and to Gen. Grant's f ufue. : .*•? il ' - ♦ I ain myself^ most thoroughly persuaded that there is no man in the Nation better fitted for the position than is Judge Billon. ^ • He excels as a Judge of the Supremee Court, and yet he is by 'nature and by his cultivated taste' bettor fitted for a nisi prius Bench than for the -Supreme. ' I do most sincerely hope -you will ex- ■ ert the uteioSt of V<^ur Influence to secure his appointment. Note:- George Llartin to J. E. House, Rock Springs, 15:- -r*f t S' * "Received the' draft }• &c, Benjamin Ham to Gen. -Dridget Boston, -la:- Your-lbitef cf Sept.' ;Oth is,received, and I have charged you with amounts rbctfived in 1868 for -Pewn lot sales ^ , $32,058.00 Bills redelvable collected, 3,800.48 35,934.48 Your letter of Sept. lot to J. S. L, Uilliams, Texas, has also been received and you have been charged with 1423 September, 1869. Amount received for ^ale of mules, t $300.00- ' • / ' Amount of duplicate Vouchers 200.00 Sa..l. B. Reed to Gen, Dodge, Echo, 16:- There is In Cottonwood Gahon 75,600 feet B, M. timber and lum ber. 6668 tie's, 60 piles averaging* 20 feet long, 52,463 feet B.M. in Hard Scrable Canon. The above material was purchased and paid for * * when we expected to reach Monument Point.* J. TiVilliams of Mountain Green has been looking'after the^above material for me and can give you all information Ih regard to is, I advise hauling it out or it will be burned or stolen. /^en. Dodge to J. E. House, Echo, 16:- ' I sent you several telegrams to* furnish data for fl^e *Gommissionera. r ft r • 1 1 find bh examination that 1st the profile of Promontory Is wron-^. 2d that the map afeoird on.y the 80 feet line, 3d, that the alignment of profile is hot"6arrled out at wesi end. 4th. That the table car«l of distances used'pa Toad is wrong in its division'between stations. And that lis'of Bridges west of Ralins cannot be relied upon, you therefore want to put in our list h. to that point making such changefe as you "know has been made since that list was gotten up. The list Rollins sent in froii Rfewlins to Promon- , - ft ' • tory !• very nearly correct, ' The Depot Ground data wants to ^how the hams 'of depot or station and the movM, ground In'acrefl, Its length and breadht &c. You will .^uTJWv , - ■ , • ■ • V N, September, 1869, . have to make out this table carefully, and see that no'mistake is made. On, my maps no Station or Depots are marked at'We^t End. I have a good deal of trouble in gaining the information asked. I ordered the bridges, alingnent, and stations put on our profile long • • f ago and supposed it w^-s done. On the maps of 10th and 11th hundred . miles I had put in in blue ink^the changes .in Weber, but over Promont ory I never put them in. Horris' map of that line was sent in and from it the 80 ft. llne.is changed; w^ts to be put on our present map so asto show original and change, putting change on in blue and the ♦ ' '1 ' _ " • • f tracing I want is as line is nrw run. m We are getting along slowly; 100 miles or less a day, but I 4 expect get in in a-week. . . , . I want Cloburn to meet me at Cheyenne so as to go over three .0 culverts wi^h me as he is thoroughly posted. I will telegraph you about time I expect to t>« ip Qhsyenen, s' he can meet me there. Tou will have to work hard on maps^and tables so as to have them ready'on arrival of I want tolbe prcaaat in my data, as the C.p, has entirely failed to furnish theirs^ . : ■ t The liat of-buildings ,op jroad I can correct as I return, but if ^bti'luiVGr d«ta there ycjst(,^aa gcv on and make up first copy^^ Note:- Benjamin P. Ham to Cen. ^odge, Bostbn, 16:- a ' Aaoalvad 3. vouchers Babcok and to Oen. ,cp«|41ted |>pdge, Ohf. Washington, Engaet. with 17;- $18,777.82 | Many thanks for the pass for Oenl. Ingalls, which arrived in due % September, 1869. time and were forwarded, I hnve been absent since July 14th or I should have answered lop^ 9igo, . Many thanks again. , How sad about poor Ralinws, I was out of the country and only heard of it lastJionday. . . . . . '"I U. H. Painter to Gen. Dodge, Philadelhia, 20:- . "'."73 cannot, get anyor^e to go in the R.R, for two reasons. First. It .is too far off xinless it was larger. 2d. They will • \ not go in any horse ^.R., they do not control. ^ If ".alley comes out I think he might be gotten in. He has money idle. Drop me a line and JjOt me know how the Five Eiainents feel. * • « How la September business? On.a combination made to put up bonds, -Union Pacific's are 4|p to 85 1-4 to 1-2 and Central is up to 91 1-2 to 92, '.Vhat is the prospect on Fargo? I have no word from Wilaon; Hop* he will, come and help us out. . Note Walter O^senhoven to Gpn, Dodge, S even's point, 20:- M ' V ed" *»Wants emplojmient, W. H. Fleming to Gen. Dodge, Dea Moines, 22:- The Geneirwi.''ttrwota me to request of you answera to the following . inquiries -: Fifati are you favorable to a relocation of the Nationaal capital? - Se6^hd Will it be convenient for you to attend the approarciilng otJhwKhMoh at St, Louie, oaJLled to consider the busject? •Phe oecaafen for <•!#•« inquiiyiea .ip found in the fact that the Governor (^leair^t appotatlttg you ^ -dalegtte fc.om the 5th Congressional District, In the •want*0f favorable answera to the foregoing. September, 1869. • ■♦in The Governor is 'anxious that oUr S^&te shou3d be fully represented at St, Louis and by friOnds of the movement*, believing as he does the question one of the most imp'ortaftt how before our people, . r It is proper to state that there is*no public fund from which to pay expenses of delegatesj but it is hoped the St, Lduis committee of Arrangements will obtain*a material reduction of rates of travel and entertainmen *,t. An early answer will greatly oblige the Governor. Note:* R," King to Gen. Dodge, Chicago, C2;-' '" . ' ■ I f . - . , - <2 > T Relating to Terra Cotta. Has made ten days dra^. . - 1 --t A s I am writing a'Tull description of the Union and" Central Pa-'^ cific Railroad to be published 4n the Philadeipriia Underwriter, will you be pleased to send upon receipt of this, a list of the Bridges and Tunnels on the line of the Union Pacific, with their distande in ' miles, length ■ in'foet, irlA^heigil in fabi, I have already received the '6f the Central Pacific and hope you w'lll oblige bh sending the'abovei . irrctisi to j. s.'i;. rllllir..9, SS (SSDRleO) - DD ' w. s'. Falrflelil to Oen. Bkdee, New york'SSir • . l-iJ-jpjjf ^ Your telegram JtisV'Wt hand^ asklhfe prlfte of U,P.Bonds« ^ f , Yeste'^rday during the gold panic we asked a iwroker •boui. bonds, si^d he woi:ld\ny l6 K at 80 Cisco- 'lilr^y dwlting'-<lbout bonds teday said he would not Wy at 70. 'fn fact thare li nd mawkat ta,4ay for.,any | aecurlties. te rboalvfed ymir other saduritles -as per duplioatq^ S. E. Cohe: to Oliver Ames, Philadelhia, 22:*- ' •rf f September, 1869, ' receipt enclosed. Box 136—6-15-27 P.B. Affalr& ncrt.-ijiudh affec1>ed out-side of Wall Street, '• , j ' ' r • ' >; r "t T W, S. Fairfield Dodge," Ney; Y<5r' ,-25;-- " ■ •• • Very unsettled, '3p offered" yesterday. Bad-time tp force sales. Your other securj-tifs received and" in Park safe, , J. Williamg to Gen, Dodge, Fort Wayne^ 25:- ^ I'notice the "Eminent Citizens" have returned; probably you v;ith them. I wish you would write me. Give me your views of the road; whether the U.P, portion will pay and how,the whoJLe iine to the Pacific strikes you. . i . . What of the bridge? Is it still git rest? Is there any prob ability of ■ eo-'operation ^y the Eastern Roads? If not, .where is the money to Come ffdin to hrdge- the'iiissouri • The Govermnent and tjae Rallroftds "need end iflttSt haVe soon -a bridge. If the BridgeCo mittoe havt had 1 neoiing since we were■in Boston, I have received no notice, 'ITrotd- td BBShnell, Chairman, but. recoiwd no answer, . John Duff to Oliver Ames, Boston, 24:- ' Agr^ent with YCdng. forwarded. Please send*Dodge's report imeaiately. tv, f f Ames to Gen, Dodge, Chicago, 26:- 4^.. . . ' The CAse of Brighdm Young and ouselves, referred to Wilsn an Sknith was to be .masaonoed within thirty days. The, important evi dence in the caee is Reeds, Dr, Durant when in presence of our T;?uateei» tree" deeided ih his t.estlmcny that he gave no authority for 1428 September, 1869. • ' ' '' ''l ■' the extra charges claimed that" were" hr»t" allowed b-y us, " ^ ' If it should be deemed important to. have'Durant before'Referees, we should notify him, I, am so doubtful about hlin. that I fear he may give, for the purpose nf injuring us, testimony entirely different from that at Boston, TTe were till 8 OBclock P. Li, getting to Chicago, Detained by running off the tradk. t'see by papers the money Ma#k'^t isvery stringent and wd Miistiake olir expenditures just as amall as will possibly answer.J/' . . ^ ' "^w; B, Allison'to OSn, D6dge, "^uscatine, 26. I received yours and meant to have answered before leaving home, '"Btrt Mate delayed till ^o\7, "I really wish you would take the 77ar | Department, as ^ believe you cou"" d get it, I do not believe COx would regard it a promotion'froib'his jiresent pdsition and therefore do n-t believe the exchartgi i be made-for Wilson, If Wilson- ®r-. yourself thlfik I Oari dotttA# gSod in that direction In any way, I will leave home the night of election, 'and,go straight to Washington. You must give me the oytlines of your wishes in the matter, RaWllrts' death is h great loss to the country and especially a loss under the clrctimntances. Matters are looking well inj.iy dis trict so far aa T can sSe, and I find nothing discouraging here or at Davenport. I am advertised to bb'ih yo'tSr town on. the 4th of Oct. r dO'nbt think' 'lVwiil"*e as I see 0'Conner haS bben there and ^'almdi' 48"to bo tlist^eron^the saisensirominy. ^ r would only haVfe t>een ihliis -Wfcy/I Isllt aiii»W»<mt 4^i-e when VU t 1429 September, 18C9. ^ rl reach Das ^^ipinea, lioweyor, .1 wauld like to come ^to aep. Llrs. Dodge and _yours=>lf and -talk t'}ings over. But- if you are . at-home would - ■ rather you would reach Des hoines 'if you have time, Hy .labors the coming' vfeek are somewhat arduous an^ fear I shall be tire'^' at the close. I hope l- ehall fall i.-. with Tislon somewhere on my trip. f ■ if ho has returned. I will t>Q at-Burlington on Tuesday and at Keokuk on Thursday. A'.f Des iioines on nexf Satxirday, Be certain to cciimarid-me -for ,rn .exBer,.imental, .trip to Washington i f I can do good, , .t. . ^ 1 "V T. B. Morris to Q-en« Dodge, Salt .^ak,a27:» I"*" .Weber Wagon Road Co. takes Land bonds of R.r. will you re- ' I ceive.'tMtfto in payiaont for land? - , _ I T thank wrrMi you^for -Tr^r^ TTHnr your very VGrV Irinrl kind, letter letter which which I I received on Trester yoster ■ day. I siisiat say that I.regret that it is not true, that you are to succeed the l«ieiitp«d Rawlina. You.willi I,am sure, give me credit for eln'Cority^whSn I say that of all the,men.! can think df in the na tion there is not one who in my opinion could fill Rawlin's place so well as yottfmWlfi *L am aware.there-ar^ija^y better Informed in the laws, in tt» machinery CC■ eohtemporary Goverments and in the t '' "tricks of dlpltsnaoV'*«d antics of. Courts" .and the jugglery of poli tics than yoli^#lf, .and for those very reasons are unfit to fill the place of an honaat^i patriotic, conscientious adviser of a plain, confidirgi u«f)oU»hed President. ? Msna' • 1430 Septenber, 1869. . ' r • In these t mes of dishonesty, treo.chery and deceit your good, sound practical judgment, your honest, probity, ptriotism and truehearted friendship for the f'resident makes you rise far above the pol ished politician of the times, as a leaden and depsitory of Government- *al power, and as an adviser of the Chief Executive of tha Nation. General, though young in years and abscune aanongst men, the jostlings I have had amongst W fellows in ny race of life,, has caused me to study men with great care, and I tell you that Knowing you as I believe I do, my love of country, my devotion to Gen. Grant bids cie urge you if possible to jitiaoe yourself iftierd your .counsels will be potential in'directing the course of*this administration. Lea'-e Grant at the mercy of the present race of politicians, Republicans though they be, "and tbeir schemes-will ruin him, and land f ^ r ' * ■ the Republican Party on the shores of perdition. Nhiie glorioue Rawlins was there io'wAtch and frlghteii de«®goguery all was safe, but with him In silent sleep and cold-hearted and-ambi tious Sherman as a politician in his place, I shudder fPr Grant's faaae and the lifeof the party. You are young, well-to-do In-this world*s gbods, idolized by your State, with a reputation Sufflciently: hatfconal to assure national con fidence, thus fortified. Why not, eVen at sacrifice of personal taste, seek service, whereby' can do so'm^eh good, .and at the same time, add new laurels to those you now so wear* ^ You underestimate yAir own ^bilitlia ;and populapity^ 1431 ^epteraber, 1869. "liThiaie kneelins in heartfelt anguish at the grgive of the nohlS R?iwlinB, I, in sincerltyi'^pray: that you may be called.,' and being called ~ »; jvV^spotf to fill his. place. I enclose you the Register, please read the article marked. Many things are left out of it that fflig^t with truth rand force have been said. ^ ' . • , ^ . ■ I am dissatisfied with the existing status of affairs concerning the matter of'U .1.Senator, I tell you Wright is not the man. Can't he be appointed to that H.S-Judgship^-and^you o.r Wilson or some good take the Senator ship? ; ' . . . ' c- ' • 1 haVe made a hard fight for representatives in a number of coun ties and dlatrcita, and God, knows I shall^be extremely sorry to have the friends I will have in the legislat\ire placed in a position that the^ will have to vote^ for Wright^ • ^ ^ , State of IWrti# executive Department, Des Uoines, 29:-^ To whom It may.coja^arn: ^ ^ * ' ' ' This may certify accord,anoe with the terms of a Call for a National Convention" to meet at St*. Loi;is^ on the 20th of Oct. proxlmd for the purpOBe of considering the expediency of removing the capital of .the tftiited Statea-.to some point in the vallye of the Mis sissippi, I hare selected^.do, hereby appoint the following named persons delegates to reppeaen^ the stat of Iowa in said Convention, viz: For the 1st Congressional District; Hon. Augustuc C. Dodge, Burlington^ Dss Molnes Co. Hon. James F. W ison, Fairfield, 1432 September, I8G9. Jefferson Co. ■ ■ :• ' ■ -'Siirr Pbr the 5th Congressional District, Gen, James Tuttle ^ Des Lloines, Polk Co, Gen, Grenville ti. .Dodge, Council Bluffs, Pottav^a- *tiamie Co^^^^ ' , r?'- ?; F, S, Hodges t'o Gerl, Dodge, Boston 29:- ; Mr. Ames returned this morning. In as much as you are again at the Bluffs, I supposb you are desirous of hearing about finances. There has been sudri tf '|Jahlc- since last Friday that nothing seoms to hh^S any value, neither gold; :tock nor merchandise, About'two weeks ago U,P, 1st Mortgages sold up to 87 a d SB. ' Since then they have dropped. Some $18000 were di^jjoAdd'of today at Broker's Board for 82 and^52 1-^. llie C&aiptny are spending $10,000 nov.' in ad vertising them, and I an inclined to think that"theywill make another rise before long. It seems to me that "there are too many yet unsold by the Co', to allow prices -drop Hr-without some effort to hold them up at least to allotmne t-figures, I suppose that you have received the circulars issu d lately, on 4 In regard to Ctfs. for Ibt Mortgage at Washington with land grants and stock. The other about income bonds arid" stock and redemption of the certificates Ist Mtg, bods of July 3,'1'88'Issues. v: . - I think that these securities will be mostly take,n up by the stock holders. Though my impresalon Is that with the fee achemea there ,,will remain a deficit of a aouple of millions to float, ^ I don't see the items of'repairs of Roatirtlf^'^d Brislg»<i»"'Snow1433 Se|)tember, 1869. ' t ♦' fences, Llissouri River Bridge, ^ivis on shops and Buildings, &c. &c. figuring in their calcullitions at !all, ' * ' The first, moPrt^gage interest has got to be j^ecteed in three months According to my ,calc\Tlat ions the Operating Department dont' have a very heavy balance of cash on hand ^t th® eudoD the month, I am making several calculatons in re|;ard to earnings and expanses, yearly inter ests, &c. &c. &c, which*I, shall have prepared to shov you at next quar- ■' ■■ terly meeting, and which If right " in them will, I think, show you '••ifferent results'than is expected from those who. have: not-thus figures up these, accounts. The gross, earnings this month are foot ing up larger than any month before,'except last May. I expect September earnings will be In the neighborhood of |750,000. .Last May was-$797,000. June 706,000, July 623,600 August 617,000.. ' This make oUr folka more hopeftxl'here, and more inclined to help out. Oakes Ames d6nH f5 inch any, though it has mostly fallen on him the past summer, burant seems to have hauled off the course. Re bUhere'^'all^he could for awhile, btit it dont seem'to work here. He and MbAmtf were the originators of this income bond scheme, as a consequence many of thd* U.P. tfeti Wre afraid of them,, but they have been issued, so they canH apprehend trouble from theim. They suppose It an attempt to bbtain control of the road. • • Things riaain here about as ever. Contractors and o'hers are being rapidly off. The only and main thing here is raising th® Wind. 1 dont apprehend aAy embarrassment in the-coucern, though their 1434 September, 1869. . credit ,is very ibw. I am in hopes that you'r^ceoverBd In he'alth "and* that you-will be present' at next quarterly meeting 18th Nov. *69. By thdt time the Five*'fei'nents ought to haVe "their" report ready, and financial mattehs look ^well towards a solution|^ ; Note:- Gen. Dodge to J. li.- S. "illiams, 29 (25DR174') DD TO ,»r Thos, B, Uorris to Gen. Dodge, -^iedmont, 1st O^ctober. t"Wagon road will take land^ljonds, freight and supplies from Echo from thcih claims, "What phoportronb' they have not said, j.' debater tb Gen, Dodge, Bitjter Creek, 1:- " ■^closed I send'you vouc^era for work done in the month of Sep tember, . The* abtltmenets for Bridge 95 near Rock Springs is about one half done,*wil^ bo finlahed. eL^oUt the'2pth of the Resent month, 7 ^?f' * ' ^hre hew chajmal, «f' Bitter Creek between -Ufld^s 66 and 67 is completed, channels flllfed up and. track laid over^ them, ^ . The channel between 83 and 46 will be completed^ next week, , , The embanloneht at Kbrtfc Platte |^ridgewill be completed the tenth of October, theri all jteems that Dey has, ebput 30, will to to work widening, ciits,, perhaps 'I oan get a few more, Mr, y will do the work for 26 oentb iiren yas^./ » - t- • ^ , C, G, Hammond to Ge^,Dod||e, Omaha 1st. t 7 - i-xf * . A. . T KiSfce, already pwA ^in and on h^d to replace Cottonwood ties including thore expected Davis and imMioc|.ate8, 810,172 ties, < Gee* *. »fe noer,.t.o Gen, Dodge, 3: W (\JM T wftke, 1435 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. Correspondence, diaries, business papers, speeches, and miscellaneous notes related to Dodge's family history, Civil War activities, railroad construction, life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and travels in Europe. 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U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1868 1869 General Grenville M. Dodge Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/c2bf1a22c0bc4b97cccc58da1682ecd0.pdf d3847e0d6854ceea727380f3702f34e9 PDF Text Text Chronologically arranged for ready reference in the preparation of a Biography of GRFNVILLE N'ELLEN DODGE This Volume has the t.ilitary and Civil Recomn.endations for promotion etc. of the Commanding Officers, Governors, Civil Officials and of Officers who served with him. Early Days in Council Bluffs--Santa Fe Trail. President of sundry Railroad and construction Companies. Chief Engineer of the Texas and Pacific Railroad Company Member of Congress, Wajor-General in the 'har for the Preservation of the Union, Etc . Etc . Etc. Letters written Prior to 1870 and Data that was ommitted from Volumes One to Seven inclusive o,f Dodge Records. Building the South-west System 1870. BOOK VIII 1870 - 1871 - 1872 - 1873 B11798 NOTE: In scrijijp-bqok 1, pages 18, 19; and 5],, will be found the corres pondence in jceiation to the Battle of Pea Ridge.. NOTE: In scrap'-bdok 5, page 52, will be found the account of the trip • < of the Council Bluffs officials over the Union Pacific road, with General G. M. Dodge in 1866. NOTE: In Gcrap-book 5, page 167, January 2C, 1867,is an account of the Indian massacre at Ft, Phil Kearney, the Fort established by G. M. Dodge in 1866. , T ;: :r NOTE; In scrap-book 8, Page 233. General Sherman's speech at the St. Louis banqufet giving a description of his campaigns and also ans ering hhe criticisras of some of the Union men on his return from the array that he paid more attention to the re--els than he did the union men. NOTE: Scrap-book 17, page 11, 1865. Battle of Platte Bridge. Death of Gasper Collins. Town of Casper, Wyoming named after him. * NOTE: Scrap-book 24, page 735, December 26, 1866. Arrival of First Railway train in Council Bluffs over the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railway. 't . NOTE: Scrap-book 24, page 71; Jan. 22, 1867. Arrival of the first train over the Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad with construction raat..erial. NOTE: First Rock Island train arrived in Council Bluffs on May 12, 1869 NOTE: Scrap-book 24, Page 3, Augusi? 17, '1859. Interview of Lincoln and Dodgo. V • -s' NOTE: Scrap-book 10, page 93, April 13, 1885, J. P. Usher's f memory of Lincoln's cabinet and Lt. General Grant's receiving his cofOiuission. . ■ -i NOTE: Scrap-book 8, page 7, 1870. Description of General Dodge's t I • . - ■ house. NOTEP Scrap-book 13, page ISb, Rev. C. G. Rice tells how Council Bluffs was named. First Council Bluffs at Ft. Calhoun and then • f " opposite Pellevue. NOTE: Scrap—book 13, page 80, 166 and 167, article on early days in Council Bluffs, by D. C. Bloomer. NOTE: Scrap-book 13, page 80, 166, 167, Norwich University in the . r Civil War, by N. H. Davis, Scrap-book 24, page 12, Story of two Danvers Farms, by A.A. I • Putnam. General G. M. Dodge was born on one of these farms. NOTE: Scrap-book 3, page 373, sketches of Jay Gould, Sidney Dillon and C. P. Huntington. Used on the d te of their death. When I l^ft the service, I was astonished to find how many persons J had recommended my promotion in the War Department, which I knew nothing of. So far as luy records show, I never asked for any command or any promotion and don't remember to have ever written a letter asking for such; the fact is, I was promoted so fast and given such important commands that it does not seem as though it was possible for me to do this. When General Grant could not get me promoted at Vicksburg, he held me in command of the Left Wing of the IGth Arniy Corps as a Brigadier General for a year and until he got my promotion as a ^ajor General, which I consider was a great compliment. In July some one had written me from Washington telling n.e that there was a large number of recommendations of one kind and another in the War Department which I ought to see and so I wrote Senator Kirkwood to obtain them for me and on July 25th, 1866, I received the following letter^ from him: ''I send herewith a copy of record in War Department. I will be home about middle of August. War Department, July 25, 1866. , Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, U. S. Senate, ' Washington, D. C. Copies of the official testimonials of Najor General G. M. Dodge on file in the War Department, are herewith forwardea to you, agreeable to your recent request. N';y own high estimate of the services, ability and distinguished merit of General Dodge has been repeatedly declared by many official acts; and I now add the assurances of my personal esteem for him as a gallant soldier and patriotic citizen. Edwin M. Stanton, Sec. of War.' General Dodge was recommended for promotion by his superior jfficers many tines and his promotion asked by officers of his com mands, officials of his State, Congressmen and others and also received commendation for his action in battle and his administration of his several commendation for his action in battle and his administration of his several commands. These have been compiled so far as they appeir in his papers and are as follows: In 1856 for the purpose of protecting the border of Iowa from Indians, I raised a company known as the Council Bluffs Guards, consist ing of about fifty men. ihey armed and equipped themselves and the organization was naintained up to the time of the Civil War. At the mmencementof the Civil War, this company was the first to offer its f rvices and applied to enter the First Iowa Infantry, but it was de clined by the Governor as he claimed it was needed on the frontier. I then offered its services as the Cnd Iowa Infantry and itwas again declined. On April 25th, the Governor of the Gtate appointed Judge Caleb Baldwin to take charge of the organization of the military com" , pany of the border, and Judge Bpldwin appointed me as his Adjutant, using the Council Bluffs Guards as a neucleus, and I organized six companies in the Counties bordering on the i^issouri River. The last of Warch, or the first of April, the Government had ordered two companies of soldiers from Fort Randoll to go south by ste; mer to ^t. Joseph and across the country then to the East. 11, ^ I had received information that the Confederates in northern Missouri were aware of this and proposed to capture these two companies. I iEam©diately wrote John A. Kasson as follows: : ' , " fifiD Council Bluffs, April 2, 1861»c'iT I * Dear Sir:- • . *".1, I arrived home yesterday and would have telegraphed you at St. Joseph had I dared to do so. There are several secession military companies.formed at St. Joseph for the purpose of capturing the troops at Fort Randoll. They will be down about May 1, on the Omaha, and they propose to take boat, arms, &c. I have several letters from strong Union men in St. Joseph and I shall board the boat as she comes down. My information is such.that there is ho doubt about the matter, and a telegram from the proper source to the officers of the boat would cause them to take the proper action. This letter will reach Washington before the troops reach this place. Union men are leaving Missouri in swamrs, and unless matters change within a week, a reign of terror will exist about St, Joseph." I received an order from the "Jar Department to board the steamer as it passed here and deliver an order from the War Department to disembark at this point and march across this state* On the arrival of the steamer here, I went aboard and met . Captain Gettfty, delivered the order to him and invited them to > < encamp in Council Bluffs and the officers to become our guests;io The officers declined stating that they preferred to camp outside of the toiTn with their companies. They camped on the Mosquito Vreek on the main stage line. They marched across the State until they reached the end of the railroad. In the life of Governor Kirkwood, he makes the follpwlhg.' statement as to my action in obtaining the arms: "Among these men, one of the most determined and persevering was G, M. Dodge. In the commencement of the war one of the greatest needs was arms. For the purpose of obtaining them, the Governor issued the following commission: ItnoAur! rtoP ct, Executive Mansion, Des Moines, la. May 25, 1861, Capt, G. M. Dodge Dear Sir: I hereby confide to you a communication tp Major General Harney, at St, Louis, desiring from him, or through hira, d from the Secretary.of War, 3000 stand of arms from the command at Ft. Kearney, Neb. Should it be deemed proper by you, when at ^ St. Louis, upon conference with Gen. Harney to go to Washington C City in order the more readily to obtain these arms, I desire you to go there at once. When the order is obtained, you will report to me immediately for further instructions. X .Respectfully, , Samuel J. Kirkwood, Gov. of Iowa, s. V I "ir . . . ' General Dodge at this time was Captain of an independent ^ military company, which he had some years .before organized, and ^ oii which was known as the Council Bluffs Guards. He tried to get it ^ -v into the First regiment^ and failing there, into the Second, but Governor Kirkwood refused to enlist it in either, thinking it would be needed for the protection of the southern border from Missouri '.-V Secessionists or the western Indians. 1 ^ So anxious was General Dodge to enter upon Active military service, that he told the Governor he should seek service in the Regular army. The -ovemor then issued to him the above commission^ ^ which he at once proceeded to execute. Failing to get arms, either : C at St. Louis or Fort Leavenworth, he went direct to Washington. On ^ his arrival there, Cameron, then Secretary of War, said every state was applying for arms, and he had none to give them. General Fitz Henry Warren went with him, and they urged the matters so \ strenuously that Cameron told Dodge that if he could find any ' v- arms he could take them. He did find some arms, and he took them, V for he had a friend in the Ordnance Department who put him on tracly , of 6,000 smooth-bore Springfield muskets, which he got upon the yis m order, whicl; he sent at once, in charge of a man, to Davenport ^and —"Afterwards the Fourth. Some of them were used to replace old guns formerly issued that were so old, thir and poor they were as likely to kill those who fired them as those at whom they were fired, Cameron offered him a Captaincy in the Fifteenth United States Infantry and after obtaining the arms, the Colonelcy of the 4th owa. The latter was tendered him, as Cameron said, on consid eration of his successful efforts in obtaining arms, -when such men as Senator Grimes, Genl, S. R. Curtis, and other's had failed. He telegraphed the Governor "Shall I accept?" and got an affirmative answer, Cameron and Warren both wished him to take the Brigadiergeneralship afterwards offered to and finally obtained by Curtis, but ho declined it, not then having confidence in himself of being able to fill it, and lacking in experience, though he had a thorough and complete military education. ^ P ^ vV 24: -681 .r"!vl .yoM «a»nLtoSI nn' War Department, Washington, June 17, 1861. « *4 ti (OXr G. Dodge, Esq. ,1 ' OflWaO lO e-nlMO Jnfiof ,-., lo f -ti c ■ „ ' ' r:f - ■ '' ".niSniMB9 . j Dear Sir;-' <>» i r ■ . c>' rt ■ . ' . ■ ' The Captaincy in the Regular Army having "been--- ; declined by you on the ground that your obligations to the Governor of Iowa rendered.it impossible.to accep ,, and this department desir ing to avail themselves of your experience, have this day designated you as Colonel of the 4th Iowa Volunteers, to be mustered at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and have requested the approval of the same by the Governor of lov/a. . . . We trust you will see proper to give your State and the Government the benefit of your aid, and. superior knowledge of the country in which you command will operate. ■ : ■ , r. .vo I Very respectfully, J uol aooftn Ov lorou oiU T Your obt. svt., I **01 •nmlwigif Simon Cameron, See* of War. .ipol mU 1# IMW .ur^ wi Mti ti .I s. lol ifiMliNf A| yd trm! ' X • ♦ . rniioiiO'jq .■ffil .T mrni .it —.csli ft .VOO Des Moines, Nov. l, 1861, To Secy, of War, • . Washington;' «ctl0S Dear Sir: I Cheerfully join in commending to your consideration the appointment of Colonel G. m. Dodge of the 4th Iowa Regiment as a Brigadier General from this State, : Colonel Dodge is now. the senior Colonel in charge of a regiment from this State, The mannei' in hich he has discharged the duties of Colonel justify the conclusion that he has that energy of character, that military knowledge and capacity to command as will enable him to discharge any trust assigned to hin;. From your acquaintance with him you thougl-t proper to recommend him as a suitable person to command a regiment from this State, And I now ask that he may be promoted to a Generalship, be lieving that his appointment will be a credit to the State and the Government .. .i . v unbi iWrtC 11 ,. S. J, Kirkwood, I Governor of Iowa, " irjjkia 1*t»mJM K>4 ' 1/ Des Moines, lov/a, Nov. 6, 1861, :'j'. { John A. Kasson: The friends of Colonel Dodge of Council. Bluffs are making exertions to secure his promotion to the rank of Brigadier General. You know his personal and military worthy and if you can do anything to advhnce the effort, you will therehy do a favor to his man • friends in this section of the State, 'i 'Oeo Frank W. Palmer, e'i affol lo ; 'TV* JJ'll itvmS 8ffl t/w •hi •«»!: Rolla, Mo,, Nov. 22, 1861, i^vo^ i\fim r: ' To" the President of the U.S.: . From the number.of Volunteers furnished by the State of Iowa, it is probable you will appoint one of more Brigadier Generals for Volunteers from that State. If such shall be your conclusion, I have the honor to recom mend Colonel G. M. Dodge of 4th regiment Iowa Volunteers for that position. Colonel Dodge is at this time in comr.and of the Post, I take pleasure in bearing testimony in his behalf for promotion, John T. Phelps, ' , .van Gov. of Missouri. Col. 26th Missouri ThftyVol.^ Rolla, Mo,, Nov. 22; 1861, Hon. John A. Kasson:- fillderstanding that one or more Brigadier Generals appointed from the State of lov/a, I take this opportunity buting my mite in favor of Golonel G. M. Dodge of the 4th been Chief Commissary and Quarter Master,during the time Dodge has commanded this post, and I must say that he has himself both as an officer and a gentleman, so as to gain will and respect of the citizens of this country and the under his command, I consider Colonel Dodge a prompt, energetic and -"'Officer, and in every way deserving of promotion, eh M. P. Small. Capt, C.S.U.S.A. efficient In the Pea Ridge Campaign, Captain Phil Sheridan was its Comalssary and Quarter-master and in his memoirs, pays this tribute to Colonel Dodge: "Having-reported to General Curtis, I quickly learned that his system of supply was defective and the transportation without proper organization, some of the regiments having forty or fifty wagons each and others only three or four. I labored day and . night to remedy these defects and with the -help of Capt. Michael P. Small of the Subsistence Department, who was an invaluable assistant, soon brought things into shape putting the transportation in good working order, giving each regi..:ent its proper quota Of wagons and turning the surplus into the general stxpply trains of the army. In accomplishing this I was several times on the verge of personal conflict with the regimental commanders but Colonel G. M. Dodge so greatly sustained me vrith General Curtis by strong moral support and by efficient details from his regiment, the 4th Iowa Volunteer Infantry that I shall bear him and it great affection and lasting gratitude." At the battle of Pea Ridge, Colonel Dodge was given the credit of saving the day by holding his position until night when the rest of " Col. Cam's division had been driven baek At .the close of the second day all the leading officers except Gen. Curtis and Dodge, were disheartened-and regarded surrender as a foregone conclusion. Col. Dodge was wounded, had three horses killed under him and his loss was nearly one third of his brigade in killed and wounded. (Correspondent of Boston Transcipt, March 10, 1862.) General S. A. Curtis, commanding Army -of the South-west®''" in his report says: "Colonel Dodge and the 4th Iowa Infantry won immortal honors in the Battle of Pea Ridge. T. J. McKinney, Adjutant General of Curtis' Staff, "in a .dispatch to the Keokuk Gate City, dated March, 6, V & 8th, 1862, .says: • I • . "Our victory is cimplete. We have been burying the dead ever since the battle. Horrible si.ghts meet the eye. The woods being on fire many of the wounded are burned to death. The Iowa Third Cavalry had seven scalped by the Indians. McCuIlough and Mclntosh are dead without any doubt." Gen. Slack is mortally wounded in the groin. Col. Dodge of the Iowa 4th is a lion. The 4th and 9th (Col. Vandever fought like tigebrs. Herron is a prisoner. Many, very many, are dead and any number wounded. Gen. Curtis cool and self-possessed," IMM; vf • 'I I state of Iowa, Adjt. Genl.s Office, : '■ ■te%i mU bnr. - Des Moines, Oct. 24, 1862. ■ 'vail ft '•.oil', H. Dodge, " . - nw Pea Ridge, Ark, : - ' imtU hmmmts vf ■ '! I rjo;„ : a%i miJ V t "( ? '! tr\ ■ ' y gis K Col. G. H. Dodge, " . Pea Ridge, Ark. Colonel: I am in receipt of action of your regiment in Sugar Creek and Pea Ridge, In the name of the (unofficial) information regarding the the recent engagement in the vicinity of Ark. Department, I have the honor to tender yc and by you to the Iowa Soldiere iiere under under your vour command command at at the the recent recent memorable engagement and brilliant victory over the enmy in Arkansas my assurance of the appreciation of the people of this State of the gallantry and daring of the military skill and the unflinching person al courage displayed in the bloody encounters which vanquished the superior numbers of the rebels and paused not\until their retreat had become an utter route. Such neroic valor has fully sustained the lofty position which other Iowa regiments have achieved for the honor of the State until the name of an Iowa Soldier has become a distinctive mark synqnimous with discipline, bravery and endurance. You will please accept for yourself and tender to the offi cers and soldiers under your comraand tl;e hearty thanks of this Department. Very Respectfully, ToD . m Your obt. sevt., " A.B.Baker, Adjt. Genl. tttc f C1M mid • Ml Per his services in the Battle of Pea Ridge,. Col. Dodge was promoted to rank of Brigadier General on March 31, 1862. Iowa City, May 21, 1862. General Dodge I congratulate "you very sincerely on your promotion. I wish all similar ones had been as well earned and would be as worthily worn. If the action of the officers of the 4th in regard to the vacancy does ot come through you, I will consult you before I act. All the commissions you recommended have been sent on except McKinney's as Captain of the Battery. Yours of the 15th inst. stat- , ing his promotion to position of Major and your recommendation cf ,, Griffith came before McKinney's commission was ordered, and I f ^thereupon commissidned Griffith to the Battery. V/rite often. . ^ V .aioi t i>at>.-u/r>w -J ■ • J* Eirkwood.^ ^ Wjhvikfttdl .fJO Ikmm iiJb rsT • ..1 J -• . ,foO biatt •*1" .neno'i**' - t nr-m? •Mir cr V r . .hehfii; w i«(fnun xrtr v Secretary of War Stantoa s S. o. No. 114, Washington, May 22, 1862: "Brigadier General G. M. Dodge, U.S.Volunteers, is assigned to duty in the Department of the I^ississippi and -.viii report in nerson to Major Ggneral Halleck." i.'. 0'i4(A ImH bits Cairo, 111, June 3, 1862. n TIP 3 ' r . MTli To Mrs. Dodge:- « " After mailing my other letter, we received orders to take all the troops to Columbus, and went down there with thera. I had a good opportunity to'view Belmont Battlefield and the immense fortifioations at Columbus. T: ey are 7 miles in extent and command the whole place by water and land. The ruins of barracks, capable of accomodating 40,000 men are there, and when one sees such strong points vacated* be begins-to see the proportions of the rebellior.. You know they evacuated Columbus after the tkking of Ft. Donelson. Gen. Halleck has ordered the repair of the Mobile and Columbus Railroad the western terminus of which is at. Columbus, and It runs through Corinth. The troops sent there (Columbus) will go down this road to the rear of Fort Pillow, and unless the rebels evacuate, will bag them. Gen. 'i^uimby, who is in command at Columbus, is a very pleasant man. Gen. Mitchell, of Kansas, has great style, and had eighteen officers on his staff; ambulances, ?:c. in great quantity and has a company of cavalry for his body-guard. Halleck has. gained a great success over the rebels at Corinth I saw the dispatches today from him. They are greatl.y d emoralized and he is pushing them both west and south. I shall be two days at least going to Pittsburg Landing, and it will then take me another day to go to Corinth, or two perhaps. Will write you at Pittsburg Landing, also at Corinth. G. M. Dodge. oJ I'nwbno . . <tO » MPWt Meifle* 0,1 On Board Ed Walsh, Tennessee River, June 4th, 1862, Dear Annie:- We expodt to reach Pittsburg Landing tonight. I hope we will as I Am getting rather tired of river life, though I a® very comfrotably situated. Coming flown to soldier's rations fromLettie's table goes hard. I have not been able to get any strawberries or any ■ other fruit, and I neglected to take any figs with me. This is a beautiful river, but has no to\ms or villages on it. I am surprised to find so fine a country, so sparsely settled, and I such a fine river with eo few evidences of civilization. The farms are the log house sort . Occasionally we pass a fine residence and comfortable surroundings, ^e often see people from their cabins waving their white rags to us, and evidently there is a strong Union sentiment up the river. I have seen more of it than I saw in Arkansas. We heard at Fort Henry that Halleck was fast bagging the rebels and that he had a large number surrounded. We also heard that Ivic Clellan had been fighting two days and had forced his way into Richmond. How true all this is I cannot say; it may only be rumors, it will be some time before we know. r» Ic , . ' ! ' ■> , G. M. Dodge. « DC ! 1 . , 0 ;j •nrr^m.'rii * * - Phoa Pittsburg Landing, 9 P. M. • June 5, 1862. oc'/ .0 Dear Annie: - , , Have just, arrived. Pope has taken 15,000 prisoners, lots of artillery and engines, guns, &c. The rebel army is. very much demoralized. The deserters were coming in at all points by the hun dreds. There is no doubt but that we have, gained a great victory, although bloodless. Mitchell slipped in south of Corinth and burned t,he bridges which cut off their retr.eat by. railroad when .they took , it on foot. Pope overtook them and pitched in, he is still on their I heels and bagging them every day. 'Tis said here that they have been fortifying all the time at Jackson and intendto stop them if possible. Wq learn tonight that Richmond is ours. You may look for Memphis next. Our gun-boats by ti .is time have run the gauntlet. Ransom is at Monterey. . I whall see him tomorrow. Good night. G. M, Dodge. • , . . - w J r ' J oJl'nr ' IV ♦ * On Jiine 6, 1862, General Halleck ordered General Dodge to report to Major General. W. F. Quimby, conunanding the district of , ..Columbus to rebuild the Mobile & Ohio Railroad from Columbus to Corinth. •JiwCf -jfr*. ' On June 28> 1863, Gen, J. Fv viuimby assigned General Dodge to tlie eomiQ&lid of the Central Division Army of the Tennessee with head-quarters at Trenton, Tennessee. ' General GrantVis S,. 0. No. 206, Jackson, Tenn,, Sept. 29,. 1862; Brigadier General G. M. ^odge is hereby assigned to the conmand of the 4th Division, District West Tennessee, Headquarters at Columbus, Kentucky, during the temporary absence of Brigadier General J.. F. -iuimby. oi, Dua * * iw Ji Gen. TJ. S. Grant ta Gen, Dodge, Oct. 3O, 1862; You are assigned to command of the 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee at Corinth. Please report immediately. ...MTI w f C Ad(]> '.tf ^ 1 • . ,.j 1 -Des Moines, Oct. 24, 1862. >o«!T to General Do dge: - s I arrived here this morning in the midst of a severe snow storm and weather bitter cold. I called on General Curtis in company with Sppor and Provost. The General treated us very courteously and inquired after all the Iowa folks. In answer to my question as to whether you had been transferred to his command, he said with great unction, "IIo, but I wish he was." The General would evidently very much like to' have you transferred to the Department of luiseouri. Kasson is not here; having left on '.Yednesday for Washington, where he will remain until after the meeting of Congress. . ^ , . . W. W. Kaynard. • * 14%#- #0 uoY oi tntn tn- ' iw iDlWftih ifc/o t;; %• Oxford, Miss., Dec. 14, 1862rffa i J 'J WWHfm - oen Gen. G. M. Dodge^ ' "•! Corinth, Miss: ' If aafe, leave your post to a reliable officer ard take such forces as can be spared and with troopa at_.Jackson attack Forest and drive him acrosa tl« Tennessee, U.S.Grant. "Move tonight with all forces you can spare to Jackson, if you can get there; if not, attack in flank and rear. Be governed by your own judgment when you get over there. U. S. Grant." ill ,aOf. .Oxford, Miss., Dec. 11, 1862. "'Gen. Grenville M. Dodge,. ir^ Corinth, Miss. . - Keep a sharp lookout for Braggs forces. Should he approach Corinth, I will reinforce you sufficiently*. ^ much more important command than that of a division in the field. It will probably be well to send towards luka at same time you send south. : ■ ,0S .IftO , U. S. Grant. . . . ■ ,tlWaiS«eEi i*io(|#fl ••ao:. ^ -nk Head-quarters 16th Army Corps, • Memphis, Jan. 25, 1863. TJ. S. Grant, I have repeatedly noticed the singular ability and courage of Dodge. Stephen A. Hurlbut, t I... , , f" Major-General. 1 >rui mmM ov<n1 btm tmfz ' t €>;{J II>* ■ neftf' General Dodge had charge of the Secret Service, in the I .f. ■ . . fteiTitory commanded by General Grant, who sent him tde following '."Jirj '• **' dispatch in regard to expenditures for secret services: Memphis, Feb. 26, 1863. Ge'eral Dodge: ^ The Provost Marshal in your district will turn over to you all mone -s ccaiectad by th4* under existing orders taking your receipt therefor, which they will forward to the Provost Marshal General in settlement of their account in lieu o,f money, and .which you will account for as secret aservice funds. Any additional '■i ' funds ynu may require can be obtained by requisition on the Provost F'''Marshal General. U. S. Grant, •JMn: Major General, [ mt ^ ^ « -1* km Mm') ' fiMui General Grant's protest opposing promotion of officers who were not in the field: • T' ' J Headquarters Dept. of the Tenn,,. . Before Vicksburg, June 1863. War Department: " ' ., Besides the promotion of such men as General Buford is establishing too high a rate of pensions for the Government long to stand,' But the greatest calamity to the army is the dissatisfaction that it creates among mdn who remain in the field and do their duty under all circumstances. He is placed over such men as Logan, .glesby Lauman and Dodge, and others too numerous to mention, all his superiors in everything that constitutes a soldier. Lggan deserves.promotion for his unflinching patriotism and desire to whip t].e enemy by any route or means practicable. He should be made a Major General by all means, and if Buford is promoted, should be dated back to rank him. The same can be said of Oglesby and Dodge of Iowa by every officer or soldier in the army. U. S. Grant. : • ^ . deJolq 0 • j ,;'y " Young s Point, April 5, 1863, • > ■. •' j too iikii General Dodge: rt«<|C % • t. • ^ 4 I arrived here in due time, and am now in command of what was the -Oth division, formerly Ross's, afterwards Gen. John E. Smith's, There is now two brigades of four regiments each. General Grant has ordered five more Iowa regiments to join me, w .ich will make 13 regi ments in all. The only Iowa troops now in the division are your old "battery. I tried to accomplish what I wr-^te you about at Memphis, but he could not do as desired for the reason that it would require too much re-arranging of troops. He assured me that when he gets his army sufficiently together, that he will organize as suggested. He spoke in high terras of you, I suggested .hat you ought to be promoted tthich he readily assented to. The Iowa regiments that I am to get are the 8th, 12th, 33d 34th and 35th. The l«th is to relieve the 35. t at Cairo, as the regi ment is small and I understand Shaw doesn't want to take the fi'eld with it. I have two good brigades here now, 4000 men for duty. The other brigade will have 30C0 for duty, which will make the strongest division here. Sickness of troops here is very much exaggerated. I have my troops now digging a canal trliough on this side of tl e river that intersects a bayou a mile from the river, which empties into the Mississippi River 15 miles below Vicksburg, the intention is to only pass througii flatboats and very light draught steamers, and after marching the men down by land, ferry them across the river. It looks like til might be a success. I think there will be no fight here very soon, but circumstances may change things soon, There'^are other things taking place \7hich I *|ould like to tell you of, but for fear of accidents such as rebels getting hold of mail, etc., it won't do to put-on paper, but I will say that some fine morning they may be very much astonished. Gen. Smith is to command my Iowa Bfcigade; he is nov/ up to see about it. . " J. M. Tuttle, ■ r ~ i.. •; -I -o' c. i MtDl* V ^ n T ■ f ' .Tr^JojclMJaenib 01-* »l pmm "lU OJ Brxgadier, General. ^ lie oft " r'-:lT 4I '• * ^ y-ir^r- -f - - tu ^ ^ ^ ' General Dodge sent a flag of truce^lS mileS through the ■. ^.enemy's linesto ascertain the enemy's force in the Tennessee Valley, as he was contemplating a move up the Valley. This evening Captain Spencer returned from Tuscumbia, whither he went with a flag of truce. At Bear Creek he met the first rebel pickets. They manifested a little curiosity upon the Captain's Upproach with his small escort, but allowed liim to ride into the stream before halting him. Then they required that only two should advance, and make known the object of the truce party. Captain Spencer took one man wit.i him, and advancing, informed the vondering Butternuts that he was the bearer of dispatches to General Wood from (B the United States authorities at Cotinth. This information was unexpected and the pickets did net know what to do about it. One suggested that he be permitted to proceed, but another proposed that they should send to their Captain for instructions. This appearing to be the safer plan, was adopted and in d e course of time, their. Captain, one lloreland, made his appearance. Ascertaining that a part of Capt. Spencer's business was in reference to the exchange of prisoners, and the rebel captain being greatly interested in ob taining the release of a priso. er now in Corinth, he was so greatly rejoiced by the Captain's promise to secure their release of the prisoner in question, if he might be allowed to attend to his business with all possible dispatch, that he not "only allowed him to proceed, but also generously offered to accompany him. He first, however told the Captain thnt Gen. Roddy was the mar to see and not General Wood. Pleased with the prospect of visiting Roddy's headquarters. Captain Spencer rode fearlessly along with his accomodatin": rebel escort - dispensing at time'asmuc. hospitality from the store on hand as ho thought to be serviceable. Boldly, without being challenged t: e-Tankee band, escorted by the well-kno'.vn Captain Moreland, rode through camps, passed pickets, and even reached the out-skirts of Tuscumbia when a Lieutenant of the last camp they had passed overtook the party and prevented their going any further, much to the disgust of the Yankees, who would gladly have been escorted thus to Johnson's headquarters. » ^ "Do you know.what I have been doing in the field? Listen. I went back to the field again in March; reported for duty to General Grant, who set me to work on the 1st day of April, I went right to i work organizing negro regiments, and I had one of the best men to help me that you ever saw. I had Brigadier General Dodge of Iowa, as noble a man and as good an officer as there is in the land today." • - , oTrtCi * * ;• • ' Jr •;» Inoq; nri Head-quarters 4th Division, July, 1863, . '.k i . ■ . ■ ■" T" f General Dodge: ■ r I took yftur recommendation of Col. Riee to General Grant and qe ' endorsed a strong approval of it, „v. ' He told me that.he had recommended you for promotion in the - . ' • strongest terms, and that you would be made Itlajor General. ' I hope that you will be, and since talking witli him no doubtof it. Let me hear from you, - ^ Brig, Gen. M. M. ^rocker, - ■ I- ' ' Ja ■ * * -f ■"'e J The following IS a Copy of General Grant's letter fo the War Department in regard to the recommendation of General Dodge for increased ■ " . • . I VicksburS* Miss., July 37, 1863!.y<^i^igj • * if 1 Brig. Gen. L. Thoxaas, Adjt. Gen, of the Ar^iy' ' , * ' ' General: I would very respectfully recommend for gallant-and meritorious services, and for extreme fitno®^ for command, corresponding to the increased rank the following promotio'^s, to wit: Brigadier ^ General Grenville M. Dodge, to be Major General of.Volunteers* r, I am. General,. ■ i Very Respectfully, Your ovt, sevt,, # •». U, S, Grant, Major General. General Halleck's endorsement was as follows:, ' P . WaSi-ington, August 10, 1863. '"'Hon. B, M, Stanton, " .'i/i Secretary ttf Wah: oor -/o/ Sir: I respectfully forward with approval the,follwwing recommendations of. General Grant for promotion: Brigadier General •Grenville M. Dodge to be Major ^eneral of Volunteers. Very respectfully, your ovt. servt,, H. W.Halleck, General-in-Chief, •" ft! August 24, 1863, ^ -."-T'vcj*'* : r ^ ■ General W. T. Sherman: - "I am directed by the Major General commanding to say that Brig. General M. M. Crocker has been ordered to report.to you with the view to his assignment to the command of Lauman's division. He is an officer brave, competent and experienced, in //horn you may place the fullest confidence, and grant the greatest discretion without fear of the one being misplaced or the other imprudently given, (Signed) John A. Rawlins, A.A.6. General Grant takes every occasion to speak in the highest terms of you and myself as the two Iowa men in whom he takes stock; he may be mistaken, but it is none the less a compliment to us. Quite a number of Colonels have been recommended for promotion but no Brigadiers have as yet been recommended, I d- not kno« that they will be. I had a notion when Ransom returned, to get up a scheme by which we would obtain from Gen. Grant a recommendation for you, him and myself. A man had just as well be tinkering away at some tiling of the kind. I know that you ought to be promoted- after you my claims are just as good as any-body's. I would not, if I could obtain it, accept promotion at your expense. Tuttle deserves promotion if he had not allowed himself to be hurt by his political aspirations- that may stand in his way. I will see him as soon as I have an opportunity, and if he thinks he can make the riffle, i must help him. One thing is certain, I cannot enter into competition with a man who has been as good a friend to me as Tuttle; let me hear from you. By the way. Col. J. A. Williamson is here waiting for his regiment. He does not know much about the present condition of the regi^^ ment; my own opinion-is that lit is a out played out. Col. 77. is quitd discouraged at times because he is not promoted, but I have labored with him and finally I think convinced him.that.patience and labor are the cards that win, that if a man desires others to do for him, he must first do for himself. I have told him if he will get"the recommendation of Sherman and General Grant, that we, his Iowa friends, will t,hen do all we can for him. . M. M. Crocker,. j , v'loV Brigadier-^^eneral, .imwmiO taim Head-quarters 16th Army Corps, Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4, 1863, Brig. Gen. G. M. Dodge, Corinth, iss. « ««« ' , You now, iSAve" me and I regret th« separation. All your duties have been well and faithfully performed. Tell Shermap when you see him or write him to keep an eye on this section of_the country. Good-bye and good fortune to you. S. A. Hurlbut, u.-inaa or Major-General* . ' nUt , i id - ■ ' fc O J ^ • ' ■ , rr — --GenQral Grant writes Gen. Sherman as follows Nov.- 14, 1863:, "It is not my intention to have any portion of your army to p^uard roads in the Department of'the Cumberland and when we advance and parti cularly not Dodge, who has been kept constantly on that duty since he was subject to my orders. He is too valuable an officer to be any where except in the front, and one thnt you can rely upon in any and every emergency," ' rt r . - Wifi i: On "".fti'i v-* Gen. Dodge was ordered to h41t his Corps then ^ I marching with Sherman to Chattanooga when he was ordered to occupy the country from Columbus, Tennessee to Decatur, Ala, and rebuild the Nashville and Decatur Railroad. General Grant in his Memoirs describes his work and pays the following tribute to General Dodge on his rapid railroad construction: "Sherman's force made an additional army, with cavalry, artillery and trains ali to be supplied by the single-track road from Nashville. All indications pointed also to the probable necessity of supplying Burnside's co:unard in East Tennessee, ■ renty-five thousand more, by the same route. A single track could not do this. I gave, therefore, an order to Shernian to halt General G. M. Dodge's command of about 8,poo men at Athens, and subsequently directed the letter to arrange his troops along the railroad from Decatur north toward Nash ville and to rebuild that road. The road from Nashville to Decatur passes over a broken country, cut up with inntmerable streams, many of them of considerable width and with valleys far below the road-bed. All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. A'l the cars and locomotives not carried off had boen destroyed as effectual y as they hnew how" to destroy them. All bridges and culverts had been destroyed between Nashville and Decatur and thence to Stevensor where the Memphis and Charleston and the Nash ville and Chattanooga roads unite. The relauilding of this road would give us two roads as far as Stevenson over which to supply the army. Prom Bridgeport a short distance further east the river suppliments the road. General Dodge, besides being a most capable soldier, was an experienced railroad builder. He had no tools to work with except those of the pioneers, axes, picks and spades. TJith these he was a'-rle to intrenc; his men and protect them against surprises by small parties of the enemy. As he had no base of supplies until the road should be conpletid back to Nashville, the first matter to consider, after protecting his men, was the getting in of food and forage from the surrounding country. He had his men and teams bring in ail the griin they could find or all they needed, and all the cattle for beef and such other food as could be fourjd. Millers were detailed from the ranks to run the mills along the line of the army. When these were not near enough to the troops for protection, they were taken down and moved up to the line of ti e road. Blacksmith shops with all the iron and steel found in them were moved uo in like manner. Blacksmiths ere detailed and set to work raak|^ inr the too'ls necessary in railroad and "bridge "building. Axemen were nut to work /tetLin<" out timber for bridges and cutting fuel for loco- "'T Ltives when the road should be completed. Car builders were set to work * repatring the locomotives and cars. Thus every branch of railroad^build- inr mSing tools to work with, and supplying the workmen with food, was all'going on at once, and without the aid of a mechanic or laborer except those in use. To supply these defiolenoles, I ordered eight of toe ten engines Gen. HoPherson had at 'icksburg to be apt to Hashville art all the cars he had except ten. I also ordered the troops in 77est Tenn essee to points on the river and on the Memphis and Charleston road and orddred the cars, locomotives and rails from all the railroad except the Memphis and Charleston to Nashville. The military manager of pilroads also was directed to furnis".. more rolling stock and as far as he could, bridge material. Gen. Dodge had the work assigned him finished within .forty days after receiving his orders. TI.e number of bridges to rebuild was 182, many of them over deep and wide chasms. The length of road relaid was one hundred and two miles." , ^ '"'t Washington, Dec. 27, 1863. nlvoJIol General Dodge: j j' n. « x j I learn that your promotion was recommended by Grant and thai on 10th of August, lialleck placed your name at the head of his list recommendations and Stanton endorses it 'Approved. It now waits a vacancy only. Grimes and Kasson both assure me your promotion 'ill be made some time during the session. Grimes declares thit the Senate will make vacancies unless some of us get our promotion. I thJ.nk, General, -ou may be perfectly easy in regard to your double stars. I have talked with nearly all our delegation in regard to the matter and as I have been directly under your command for more than a year could with propriety urge it strongly. The Iowa men are glad to meet some one that has served directly witi. you and ask me a great many questions about you; all of which I an, of course, most happy to answer as I have long thought promotion due you. x, i . x. The "War Department would ot accept my brother s resignation . and they have ot yet made appointment, but I am assured by the Iowa men here that it will be made. All the officers throu' I. whose hands ray broti'^r's resignation passed disapproved of it as the: had recommended his promotion after the battle of -elen-. War Department declined to accept it for that reason. Grimes says I had better get Grant to renew j j_<3 recommendation of my appointment and then there will be no .doubt about it. I feel anxious ahout the matter, nd that there may be no failure in it, as ray regiment's terra of service expires in July, and I would diskike very much to be out of the service, I have written General Sweeney to /rite to Grant requesting him to renews his recommendation of my appointment; when you receive this letter will you please write me to accompany it, and state that on yftur request he recommended my promotion last August, and that it has not been made yet. When General^^ Crocker took your'letter to Grant, he remarked that ha would very c]ioerf"ully recommend mo that he desired to promote some one in your department and was glad that you had suggested my name. Grant endorses your letter thus: The follo'A'in:"^ letters. f rotTi •'ohn Rawlir.s ooeaks of my visit to General Grant and this attack of General Eutler on the enenies entrenciieu line. City Point, October l£tl , 186^ . General Dodte of the Western Army is here. It Goes one's heart £;ood to meet one rrom ebe ruiy t'lat li; :■> riv de such a b -'c.'- ' ' for its coaiilii's honor and its own fame. I can shake thehands of these veterans and heroes with something of the thrill of joy and pride that prevades my being when I take hold of the hand of my own dear wife after months of absence. General Quimby, formerly of the old Army, is also here. He is, however,not in the service, having long since resigned. Major General Doyle of the English service is here He is the least English and most American of any Englishman I have ever met. He sympathizes with us in our struggle to maintain our governmental authority, and furthermore he be lieves we will succeed. City Point; October 17th, 1864. General Butler, although acting under positive orders not to attack the enemy in fortified positions, did so attack, and lost for us fully 1,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, without any corres ponding damage, if damage at all, to the enemy. I am free to say ^ fear the continuance of General Butler in command will some day work disaster of a serious character to our arms. But General Grant has had to deal with such men from the be ginning and has succeeded. I therefore have hopes he will succeed with this one. ■■nKA'b. f. ■ On December 8th, General Grant sent the following• dispatch to General Halleck: • •n -rr] .... 1 . i' City Point, Va. Dec. 8, 1864, Please direct Gen. Dodge b send all the troops he can spare to General Thomas. With such an order he can be relied on to send all that can properly go. They had probably better be sent to Louisville, I will submit whether It is not advisable to call on Ohio, Indiana and , Illinois for sixty thousand men for thirty days. If Thomas has not struck yet he" ought to be ordered to hand over his command to Schofield. There is no better man to repel an attack than Thomas, but I fear he , is too Cautious to even take the■initiative." The first dispatch I received after assuming command was fromGeneral flallech to send all the troaps I could spare to General Thomas by such route as-I miS^-^. best. General Grant said. With such an order, you can be relied upon to send all that can properly go," I learned afterwards that President Lincoln was present when tais order was given and tbat it was he who suggested to General lialleck that that portion of Grant's dispatch should be added saying, "It might induce , Dodge to make an extra effort to help Thomas out." / Relating to this change oTf.^ command, Mr, N. E. Dawson,^whom I - • General Grant dictated his second volume of Memoirs to in 1893, saw Hon. C, 0. Carpenter (who was a Commissary of Subsistance under me) ' articles to the Annals of Iowa on my services in the War and wrote \n Cpptain Carpenter this letter; - - 'iloe -c Chicago, October 19, 1893» ' I I have just read your interesting article in the ^nnals of Iowa for October. X happen to kno\7 that you do not over-state General Grant a ■ hlrh estimate of General Dodge's ability, and of the value of his ser vices to his country. There is one fact in connection with his military career which greatly emphasizes that estimate, and it is a fact of which I have never seen mention in print-^-indeed, I do noi k ow that triere is any public record of it. The fact is that General Grant, some time prior to General Sherman's march to the sea, had in contemplation the sending of a strong column from Sherman's army to the sea, and had actuall gone 30 far as to select an officer -for the ccmmand of the exp dition and that officer was General Dodge, fhe only person whom ho is known to taken into his confidence in the matter was General Sheridan, and it was General Sheridan himself .vho gave me the particulars. Here may be found the explanation of General Grant's ordering General Dodge to the East, where he remained at headquarters for a week or two, being afterwards ordered to command West of-the Mississippi. General Grant's purpose in bringing him to City Point at that time h.as always remained something of a mystery, but the probability is that he wanted to give General Dod"e personal instructions for his guidance in conducting this contemplated expedition, dovelopements in Sherman's field of operations, probably causing a change in his purpose in the meantime. I see your article is to be continued in the next number, and naturally in treating of th- Atlanta campaign, in which General Dodge performed so magnificent, a part, it las occured to me that a fact of this nature would be regarded by you as an interesting one to present. I shall watch for your next article with a great deal of interest," ' . ' The only explanation I can give of Mr. Dawson's statement it that" General Grant must have preferred to give me a command itoO'..move.-.from ^bia^oui^ oh'"*'obile whicli he talked to me about at City Point, or herX may have intended to take a portion of Sherman's array, after Atlanta, to go to Mobile, I suppose on the idea that Sherman would have gone eg north after Hood. 4-- "ne n oj ,..t ijG Headquarters Army 'o|^ the U. S., , ^ I -r» a - - ■IXO-an„ 70 —r SMVj f: .Washington, D.C. pril 20, 1877. To U, G. Consll.s abroad: I learn that General G. M.Dodge is about going to Europe where he may leave his children at school wl.ilst he returns to America, where he is actively 'employed in railroad construction and management. I take great pleasure in commending General Dodge and family to the courtesy and politeness of all ^ericans, especially such as occupy official positions, because General Dodge is one of the Generals who actually fought throughoutl. the Civil War, with great honor and great skill, commanding a regiment brigade, division and finally a Corps d'armee, the highest rank ccmmand to whicJi any officer can attain. He was with me in the West, especially in the Atlanta Campaigi:, where he was severely wounded close to Atlanta, and I think that he, and especially his children, sl;Ould experience the attention of all officers of a government that n.lght have perished had it not been for the blood of Just sue h-men as General Dodge. . i With great respect, ' • ; yta * , T. Sherman, General, J r otii ♦ 1 ■ d -yi ••BS tr e»hn XJ jS umirnM it ' 2' April, 1877, New York, April 27, 1877. Gen. T. Sherman, V/ashington, D. G, Dear General: I am in receipt of your very kind letter of introduction to us abroad. You know how grateful a soldier is for kind and complimentary words said by his Commander; and when they come after twelve years have passed an^ his old commander remembers him so kindly and com plimentary, 1 assure you they are very, very grateful. ^ In these times, when the people have almost forgotten that we ever had a war and where our little army is almost struggling for an existence, it is a great satisfaction to know that while some for get the great struggle, those who went th.rough it keep a warm pbce in their hearts for their old oom.rades and never forget the scenes and duties that made them almost brothers. Again please accept my thanks for your letter and believe me. Very truly yours, G. h. Dodge. 30 a # mid ■ITl'x"!'! ;lr»n ' . "n" ■ ataoo'fid m r>(»oc-*r' •- Washington, Jan. 3, 1885. > ii's "'I ■ ■ •o_' , General Dodge:- . • , Referring "to your letter of the lOth* ultimo, asking whe w.er there are on file in this d'eparmtne certain letter hooks covering several 'periods in your conimancl during the late war, and stating that if any of the records mentione'd hy you are missing you have copies therefore, and would like to place them, I heg to enclose herewith a statement prepared in the office of the Adjutant General of the Army showing all the records on file in t]iis office of the various commands held -by you as Brigadier General of Vo-lunteers, excepting those of the Department of the Missouri and its subordinate commancte. Robert Uncoln, Secretary of War, t J f ... bail Mti^ xi : mid nj 1. . ha" rn Verisford, Dakota, Jan. 28, 1886^H oS I r>,»oc-*r' . . . ' ■ 'n to General Dodge:- ^ x4. x ^ • Yours of the 23rd'to Adjt. Carlton is at hand. It was I wr.o proposed your name for our post. I was a member of Co. E, 4th Iowa Infantry so you will see why I chose your name. I went to the regiment July 10th, 1861, and remained with it until Sept. 4, 1864. It was then at Jonesboro, Georgia, so you see Camp Kirkwood was where I joined them. As it is customary to name posts after the dead commander, I will explain. Some time about '81 or '82, I read of your death. The paper gave your death and your military history. I knowinn the history was correct supposed all was correct, not knowing any differently until last night. I assure you I was never more happily surprised than when I saw your letter. We have a lovely post here and we will try and make it worthy of the name it bears. » Your picture we received does not look natural- only the eyes. I remember you you were twenty-five years ago. Capt, H. Griffith died last fall at Des Koines. Simmons was at Cincinnati, Ohio the last I hoard from him. J^ere are two of the 4th Iowa boys here. Win, S. BoninS Co. I. and myself. IThile writing ybu it brings Pea Ridge, Rolla and other places fresh to my mind, . Walter W. Palmer. ' - ' 1 r.Anmi't Jrf ,. ' yr Midmtni ) newspaper clipping op about ISGD or 1870'. • ' U tnAlbert D. Richardson, the famous New York Tribune war CoMPespondent, has been west over the Union Pa'>ific Railroad, ,v riting of this great enterprise and in one of his recent letters to the Tribune furnishes the following reminiscence of our fellow townsman. General Dodge, associating it with the name of the lamented martyr President. B4175)8 He said: flg "After i-ingering near Sherman for twenty-four hours, I took the next train westward. On hoard were General G. M.; Dodge and F. W. Frost of the Union Pacific; General C. K. T/arren, Colonel R. S. William son and James F. Wilson of the Government commissioners; Dr. Thomas Hill, late President of Harvard; D. 0. Mills of the Bank of California, and United States Senator Casserly. In 1853, Dodge surveyed across Iowa into Nebraska -for Durant and others, who were interested in tlie Rock Island road, but nothing immediate came of it. In 1859, however, Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, ascended the Missouri to see the coiantry and make political speeches. At Omaha he encountered Dodge and with characteristic htinger for infor mation, he made him sit down beside him on the steps of a little hotel, and for four hours answer his questions about the great unknown west. In 1865, Lincoln was President and the law required him to fix the initial point and establish the route of the Union Pacific road. Remembering .the jroung engineer, who had now become a Union Major General and was canmandirig at Corinth, Miss., he summoned him by telegraph to Washington for consu": tation. Thus that early chance interview had great influence in finally determining the line. Dodge, is now ch.ief engineer of the Union Pacific, and all agree that his work has been admirably done. Wilson has resolutely retired from politics to devote himself to the law. Otherwise he would probably have been the next United States Senator from Iowa. Hie decision is to be regretted; he is one of the few men whom the'country cannot spare fi^om its counsels without real loss./ m 'V Ji.i. X/ I On the completion of the Union Pacific Railroad, General' Dodge, upon leaving the services of the'company, received the following letter and resolution: -.©'X I Boston, January"29, 18V0. ' .'Oliver Ames to General Dodge: fc-.,. Yours of the 25th inst. tendering your resign tion as Chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company is received. In accepting your resignation permit us to express to you our thanks for the eminent services you have rendered this company and the Country, in so admirably loca .ing this great national higliway. When we consider the f-reat difficulties and dangers that beset you on all sides while locating the road, through an uninhabited country and tlie rapidity with which the work has been accomplished, we are gratified and surprised that you have : inished this work in so perfect and acceptable amanner. We no^ have on of the best railroads-^ o in the country notwithstanding it was located and built with a rapidity without,precendet in the history of railroad enterprise. ( 3"On DeceialDer Sthj :the Hon.. Jo^to 4.«'^^^s,son wrote me as follows: Washingt n, D.C.December 5th, 1864, "You are to supercede Rosecrans in liissouri. I also under stood the Secretary of ?/ar you were to have Arkansas; hut I may have misunderstood him as to Arkansas. Some change is to be made there. : A confidential friend of mine, who is near Grant, told me today that the reason you were not with Sherman was that it was feared your strength was not adequate to the proposed campaign. He assured me that was the only reason, not an interior scheming whatever. Your position was strong every other way." " Z "When it was decided to construct the Panama Canal, President Rosevelt stated that if Gen. Dodge were ten years younger, he.^would be given entire control of the work, and in his speech at Indianapolis pdid him the foHotting tribute: "Iowa did its share in the worli of building railroads when l the business was one that demanded men of the utmost daring and re- ^ sourcefulness; men like that gallant soldier and real captain'of f industry, Grenville I.h Dodge; men who ran risks and performed feats for which it was difficult to make reward too high; men who staked everything on the chances of a business which today happily involves no such hazards." . ■ oi'i a}-, ffilent U*S.Senate Chamber-, July 86, 1866. . tJLi- Dear General- 'f; i br. , bfu' : " I send''he«rewlth Copy of recommendations in War Department; 1 shall be home about the middle of August. * Very truly, » S. J. Kirkwood, ' hUft laKfuutvoS! wm\ - -J ^ ,-f i.lrii .* jlrra^ ahnairoj (Hal1!45ol.onel G- K. -Dodge, r^wanandLo^ jfm 04 a Ob 4bh Iowa regiment . f.:f nf iobtf ImmioT) ^ mMitoo tidi Cap© Gerardean, Mo. Hon. lamuel J« Kirkwood, Governor of Iowa, recommende the, §ippointment of Colonel Dodge as a Brigadier General from that state and says under date of Nov. Ist: "Col. Dodge is now the senior Colonel in charge of a regiment from this state. The manner in v/hlch he has discharged his duties as Colon©! justify the conclusion that he has that energy of character, that military knowledge and capacity to command whic i will enable him to dllioharge any teruat aselEned to him." I now ask t^at he n#y be promoted to a Generalship. tYiOlXo*! Llajor J. C. Bennett bf 10th Iowa regiment at'Cape Gerardean, •'Missouri says:"" "Iowa has 10,000 troops of infantry alone "besides several thousand cavalry in Missouri, enoug]- for a Major-General and^four Brigadiers or three at least, and^yet we have "but one Brigadier and our forces are necessarily under the command of Illinois and Missouri officers. The result is our Iowa troops are not cared for; not one cent has our regiment yet received, either from the State or National Government. Can nob an order be procured to the Pay-master General at St. Louis to-pay us? Our "boys are very down-hearted on that account as they can do nothing without money and their families at home ah s o lut e 1 y re i re it," J«»O * si' oJ be Jooo iiAv ftj joir »:i jjon, C ." Baldwin, Judge of the Supreme Court' of Iowa,: says Novemher 1st: ftr 'f 1 "I have written Senators Grimes and Harlan In Behalf of'the appointment of Colonel Dodge as Brigadier General, I do hope he may be successful, as I do not believe a better appointment from' Iowa can be "made." - . r""' ^ ■ '1 . ■ ' . : ■ ..:j -2 j cQertJ,"! "O'tv c ti 4 Bov Thos, F. "STithrow, Esq., Reporter of''the Supreme Court of"r n Iowa, says, November 2nd:- ' * '"The friends of Colonel Dodge desire his promotion. If you did not know him better than I do, I would say something in his bbhalf It is unnecessary for anyone to commend him to you as an energetic and competent officer." • Frank W. Palmer, Esf., State Printer of Iowa says, November 6tli: "If you dan do anything to advance the effort towards promoting Colonel Dodge to be a Brigadier General, you will thereby do a favor to this portion of the State. ? « « Hoxle, STs^,"Stale Marshal fdr Iowa says: ifci .vo : .111 c r- ' "Col. Dodge has a military education and is now senior flblonel in the field and deserves the appointment of Brigadier Genera, • ■And under date of IJovember 10th says: "Iowa'is loyal to the back-bone, ' ■ 19,500 of her sons are in the field and the State is subsisting 2000 more that have not been called for by the Federal Government." Washington, Dec. 23rd, 18C2. Sir:- • • Brigadier General Dodge of Io?/a has seen much active » service, f.irst as Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry, a gallart, welldisciplined regiment; as Commandant of the Post at Rolla, Mo, as commanding a brigade at Pea Ridge, vhere his superior" talent and pluck combined contributed largely to our victory. He was there after appointed and confirmed Brigadier General. Since that time he has commanded at Columbus, Ky. maintaining lines of communication with unceasing vigilance, and ;viLhout a disaster or a blunder. Enjoying the confidence of Major General Grant, he now coramands the District of Cqrinth, Migs. He has had for months a Major General's command of duties but without the rank; and in various minor contests has always done his whole duty, never allowing the enemy a single advantage. He has the benefit of a partial education at a military school and his mind is peculiarly fitted by coolness, prudence, tact and courage for military functions. I earnestly recommend his promotion as I have I done in all other cases from Iowa from considerations of merit and .service to the country, rather than personal friendship. '^ ' I am. Sir, , t,/ . oJ nl Your obt, sevt,, ■ Ijt I otMJl tJBrf ,9c;v- John A. Kasson, . H' i "ilMe r , n Jmii aai M.C.Elect, 5th Diot,,Iowa. nm ^•el-ifpuw nm*-- -o To the President, eaifit eoivxec .o Ji >x , ■ ■ •fv ir;., r ' Zt> i saai ■- no zl« X c^v mu wblOii 9or! fn ,1* co "rteX mm at niotf .XolnicXj - - — ^ moo -too inqecitn'-ect on mqmtl mtJ .abroioExooutive Office, Iowa, . ■ v-, nolne,iuc -,i. Des Moines, Dec. 20, l86S. o.^'-General H; '.7. Halleck: j c j iioc »d General-in-Chief, ' . ' ' Sir: I respectfully req^uest that you will recommend for proipotion. Brigadier General G. M. ^odge. We have raised in Iowa forty-two regiments of Infantry, six regiments of cavalry , besides several batteries. We have only one Major General, and I flatter myself that no State has furnished better troops and I know of no reason why we should be confined to one Major General. In reference to General Dodge, I would say that there is not a more gallant soldier in the ArraJ; or one more worthy or capable and X earnestly desire him to occupy a position which he is so /ell qualified to fill. He has had a Major General's command for the last eight months and has acquitted himself with marked ability. Hoping t^iat you.wil give this subject your serious consider ation, I have.the honqr to. ijofflain. Your obt, sevt., Samuel J, Kirkwood,^,4 ^ My dear Kasson: Colonel G. M. Dodce desires the appointment of B General. He has a military education and is now the sen in the field. ' « Please see whether he cant have the appointment, "t? , ' ■ >■ Your friend always, M. Dodge desires the appointment of Brigadier military education and is now the senior Colonel bnr s?,. . : J ■ 1 • heJla t»r . joc-yiv i/o ■ittf ttti «B14 S»4i 9mJtS ' tuiw ttPliMtffMM* U .f«i«p|dr • %0 lo .tOiihiilllO us «lM7^Sh«0^ wen fk. !• !► • r I- - i •* .Sir;- at xr; - Hoxie, , ooivu.' :Xqto«ll) ; bnmmoo o« MPalq bBStf^wtqa Executive Ltansion, ^ 'Washington, Feb. '17, nnifl 1863, 101 , ,a . . ^ . In connection with your review of the nomination of Major Generals, I "beg to recall your attention to Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge of Iowa, tie first Iowa officer who won his star on the field of battle. You nominated Herron the other day. I know both-these officers personally and should be glad to see them both Major Generals. They are both young, active and efficient, but if only one is nominated, it sho,Id in justice be Dodge. He is Herron's senior in rank and service, has always held more important 1 ^ X 1-orw m ^ ir» Q Q Cslr*l Q Vl c ommand, has fought more battles, has never lost a post, a skirmish or a battle, has never been surprised by an enemy, has never once left his field of service since the war broke out and has for some six or eight months last held a separate Major General's commard, twi' as large as Herron ever commanded. He now holds the very important command of Corinth and surrounding district, bein^ in fact Grant's left flank on which his safety depends. He keeps no newspaper cor- •respondents to write him up but his superior officers have expressed their opinion of him by always giving him a command in advance of his rank. It would, therefore, be a serious injustice to him to promote his junior over his head. I have n"ver recommended the promotion of any Iowa officer save for merit, and in this-no mistake has ever been made. The Iowa delegation is wht me in thisj as I understand from Grimes, Dodge's papers for promotion are vrith General Halleck and will speak for themselves. I pray you, Mr. President, not to mortify one of the best officers in your service, -long exercising a Major General's command by jumpgin his claims to promotion in favor of a junior officer who may properly await his turn, which, I h.ope, will not be long delayed. The rank is also needed in General Grant's opinion to keep DCdge In command where he wants him. .i i ■ • ; • I have the honor to be, ' - o . pj cnJaO; lo •lehlri^cc k; Your ovt. sevt.,* M !<!•« 1--'- John A. KassoA.^^*" I ^.ivee ,#clo luoY To the•PresidentI |H unit lo Hdqrs. Dept. of the Tennessee, Vicksburg, Miss. July 27, 1863. Brig. Genl. L. Thomas, . . Adjutant General of the Army. . . General: I would very respectfully recoinmend for ^ gallant and meritorious services and for extreme fitness for command, correspondin'^ to the increased rank, the following promotions, to wit: Brig. General Grenv lie M. Dodge, Brig. General Alvin P. Hovey, Brig. Genl. John E. Smith and Brig. Gen, J- Smith to be Major Generals of Volunteers. And Col. Charles R. Woods, 76th Ohio, Col. Alexander Chambers, 16th Iowa, Lieut. Col. John A. Rawlins, A.A.General, Col. Giles A. •Smith, 8th Mo., Col. John A. Carse, 6th Iowa, Col. R. A Cameron, 34th Indiana, Col. John B. Sanbom, 4th Minnesota, Col. T?. v^. Gresham, 43rd Indiana, Col. M. F. Force, 2 0th O-.io and Col. T. Kilby Smith, 54th Ohio to be Brigadier Generals of Volunteers. These officers have all rendered valuable services in the field and will fill the places for which they are recoumenddd well. Lt, Col. Jolin A. Rawlins has been my Assistant Adjutant General from the beginning of the rebellion. No officer has now a more honor able repuattion than he has now and I think I can safely say that he would make a good corps conmaander. This promotion I would particularly ask as a reward of merit. I am, General, - - lat. Ntj. , very respectfully, . " your obt. sevt., filMi turn booj) M lo U. S. Grant, Major-General, Major-Genera ••nlPiftl aJJ at '■ ' whi - .r.r, .n Hdqrs. Dept. of the Tennessee, Vlcksburg, Miss,, July 27, 1863, Brigadier General L. Ti^omas, Adjutant General of the Army. General: I would very respectfully recommend for gallant and meritorious services and for extreme fitness for command, corresponding to the increased Brigadier rank, tiie General, following Gronvilie promotions M. Bodge to vit to ; be Major General of | Volunteers. . ! r / . ^ I am. General, . , hovit.f.' b • . . tir ^'iKtTery respectfully, ,i)b* blu'-.. ...t t«ai I iUhiilAl ( > Yours obt.sevt.,- • '■ ' ' -.'••tlv MeXmiofc ■'lit ' i U. S. Grant, Major-General. hn« iflMisDtft blXo* ai.i tlB 0rodm bam oa . «> • tat ,mlmm • ifite ioo i : 0Mr%q lo no tinoq lofol • :.uM 09 bfHOw wliewiq oV • 4? ^ ' .«woX 10 elqo^ ■ ,,1T99 .rdlMDT ? ■ '■''IJf'-* ,nof f W ,11 fMh9% ♦ i t r y ♦ir^Kl 8b ' u--— ■ s'K'''' '' ' ._oi ^ rr ' «T «^q«a ,?!: ..nv-t Headquarters of the Army, fl Washington, August 10, 1863. Hon. E. M. Stanton, , , . . Secretary of War. , t aiA r» J Sir:- '' ' I respectfully forward with approval the following recoimnendasJi tions of General Grant for promotion: .Jl'i' , Brigadier General Grenville M. Dodge to he Major General of rVolunteers. Very respectfully, . tth-iaifXl .UTfV , Your obt. sevt., .A ••Jxe .|«8 glmMfi.A.A . .H. U. Halleck, ' A .» ,19 ymmt . General-in-chlef. 0 -i- .T ,Io9 plUmtr: •" '• .1 ' ,r;ila6 t-fXll .T ,IoO Act# f>t ;* * ■riffov . .iJM c7.1u* -ri ' • -Mii'ie Davenport, July 31, 1863. ,r ■ - Kla . -len iiMf-ffib the President of tj'i'f a/n . . . -1'United States of America. ' . f Dear Sir: The friends of General G. M. Dodge of Iowa are desirous of seeing him promoted to the position of Major General. .JJ As a man, we know him to be energetic and untiring, prompt and reliable and believe that as an officer since the commercement ^ of this war, he. has shown efficiency equalled by but few, aid sur passed by no one in the Army, either East or West. .Ji' His. promotion, would be an act of justice to a good man and a brave officer and an advantage to the service. 1 am. Very respectfully, e•Whito/ lo eA<j#6 .cithhd H, PRice. .'CO'":Davenport, Iowa, Augi 186^. iireJ ! Abraham'LinColh, ..a#q ' i-^v j Pres. of the United States. •" r-T bnr r'^*^*vcnr: With great cordiality and earnestness^ I write in the 1 moveiient to secure the promotion of Brig, Gen. G. M» I^odge of lowa to a Major Generalship of Volunteers. He was among the first to enter the service ip this State. No officer in the service from Iowa has acquired more ju t and deserved distinction;, none has been more faithful and I may and should add, .i more useful, and efficient. His great experience, his sleepless vigi lance his unconquoraMe energy and above all liis solid judgment and great practical talents render him not only a safe, but a successful commander. No promotion would so much gratify the loyal portion of th ^ people of Iowa. 7a. A With great regard, ™ Your ol t. sevt., John P. Dillon, Dist. Court. Corinth, Mississippi, Aug. 8, 1863. To His ExoellGncy, Abraham Lincoln, ' • " .j:. A 1 President of the United States.. . . . Sir.: V/e, the undersigned., officers of the Six teenth Army Corps, would most respectfully call, your attention to the claims and merits of Brigadier General .G, M.. Dodge for promotion, We make this request because we know the General to be fully caable of performing, the duties of and to be deserving of the position of Major. General. . ' We can all testify to. his skill and bravery, in action, having seen him .tried in some of the hardest contested battle-fj.elds of the south-wesi. . . . . . We would, therefore, again ask fpr that proraotion,. which vre all knov7 your Exoellency designs, beptowin,':: upon meritorious , ^ officers. . . . . -T. . V37ry respectfully, , , Your o.bt. sevts. .i nl .iSf ' M. M. Bane, Col. 50th 111. Inf. Gomdg. 3.rd brigade. P. W,. Litton, Adj.t. 50th Ills. Infty & A.A..S.G. " ♦•Xc' George Hunter,. Capt. .7th Ills. Infty & " t' ldf • Henry Ahern, Lst Lt. .7th Ills. Infty & " . .itaX .tcV E. W. Rice., Col. .7th Iowa Infty. C.omdg, 1st Brigade .-.t). T. Dowler, Adj.t. 7.th la. Infty & M?A?G " . TP. H. Thompson, Lt.. 52d 111. Vol. Infy. & A.A. j.M. J. D. Davis, Lt. 52nd 111. Infy & A.A.I..G, 1st Brig R. S.. Barnhill, Lt. Col. 50th 111 Infy. & B? M? George A. Bacon, Col. Ills. C,av. Comdg. .3rd Cav.Brig. N. C.. Mitchell, Adj.t. 15th Ills. Cav. & A.A.A.C* • 'Prank H. .Webster, 1st Lt. Ac.t. A.D..C. fl . I. B. Cummings, CoL. 39th la. Comdg. Post Corinth, .i h Fred Mo.tt, .1st Lt. 39th Iowa & Post Adjutant. II. L.. Burnham, Copt.. 5,0th 111. Infty ^ P.ro. Mar. .1^ L. D. Bennett, .Capt. 39th la. and Post ffice. C. P Kitchen, 50th Ills. Inf. Lt. h Chief police. 4®IoV ■ j. K. Wing,. Capt. & A.I.M., Corinth, Miss. • 1 ' C.. C. Carpenter, .Capt. Corinth Miss. • h' O. C. Kallogg, Capt. JD.C.J. of Vols. • " J. Purrott, Lt. Col. 7.th Lowa Ipf. Vols.. Co^idg Rog. .xr. i "Samuel Nush.on, Capt. 7.th Reg. Iowa Infty. ♦ •W. W.. dellews., Capt. Co.. A. 7tli Iowa Infty, "G. P. Corns, Capt. 7th Iowa Infty. Ben. B. Gale, 1st Lieut.Co. D. 7th Iowa Infty, • A M. Wightman, 1st Liaut. .Co. K. 7th Iowa., I, L, Bass, 1st Lieut. Co. E, 7th Iowa Infty. ♦ iBen. Sl. Bar.bour,. 2nd Lt. Co. I. 7th Iowa Infty, . J. F.. Warner, 2nd Lt., Co. R. 7th Iowa. Infty. , • *I«V . Robt. 11. Graham,. Snd Lt. Co. K. 7t. lowp Infty. •HJ'in'l' W. Camp, 2nd Lt., Cq, G., 7th Iowa Infty Vols, ,foV J.. McCormick, 2nd .Lt. Co E. ,7t.i low.a Vols, C. J.. Sergent, 2nd Lt. Co. F. .7tl Iowa Infty Vols. B. Lake, Surgeon, .7th Iowa Infty. I. L., Montgomery,, lst Lt. Co. H. 7th Iowa Vols. . ;w/. » jsj. - John P. Loughridce, Capt. Co. C. 7th Iowa Infty. Jo.-iH Ashton, Adjt. Surgeon, 7th Iowa Infty. , "oo*# Bill oT 0. n. Frott, Lt. i R. 0. Vth Reg. Iowa Infty VolSvil ■- "J. B. Liorrisine, Lt. & A*D.C- 1st brigade. J. B. Weaver, Col. 2nd Iowa Infty. \^anA xlirMMlJ ■ H. M. Cowles, Lt.^ Col. 2nd Iowa Infty. InM bOM erfJ ' t mm m John A. Duckwork, Capt. 2nd Iowa Vols. - #S(fAAO J. 'Y. Scott, 1st Lieut, 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. efW Abe Wilkins, Capt. 2nd Iowa Infty. ' • tif ■ ' M. flamill, Capt. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf . Co. H. 'iwm aWlVBd J. B. Fowler, Lieut.. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf. G.o. H.- .Jijioc 9iU lo E. E.- Matick, Caj)t. Co, K* 2nd Iowa Infantry , , m G. K. Raush, 2nd Lieut. Co. K. 2nd Iowa Infty. WMCt fjUi m John T. McCullough, Capt. Co. E. 2nd Iowa Infty. John A. Duckwork, Capt. 2nd Iowa Vols. ' ■^<1 wfrfAAO J. 'Y. Scott, 1st Lieut, 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. Abe Wilkins, Capt. 2nd Iowa Infty. ' • tif 'M. Hamill, Capt. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf . Co. H. '19m JM*! J. B. Fowler, Lieut.. 2nd Reg. Iowa Vols. Inf. G.o. H.- .Jijioc 9iU E. E.- Matick, Caj)t. Co, K* 2nd Iowa Infantry , , m G. K. Raush, 2nd Lieut. Co. K. 2nd Iowa Infty. WMCt fjUi John T. McCullough, Capt. Co. E. 2nd Iowa Infty. Moses A. McCord, 2nd Lt. Comdg. 2nd Iowa Infty. E. T. Ensdgn, Capt. Co. D. 2nd Iowa Infty. Vols. E. L. Marsh, 1st Lieut. Co. D. Iowa Infty Vols. D. B. ^.Ydlson, Ist Lt. Co. ' . 2nd Iowa Infty, Vols. Wm. F. Holmes, Capt. Col. jCL. 2nd Iowa Infty. Vols. •" ■Geo." T. Hall, Ist Lieut. Co. C. 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. H. C.. McNeil, 2nd Lieut. Co, C. 2nd Iowa Infty Vols. ''Voltaire P. Twombly, 2nd Lt. .Co. F. 2nd lovm Vol. Infty. Frank LI. Surter, Lst Lt. C.o. B. 2nd Iowa Infty. . Oliver C. Lewis, 2nd Lieut.. Co. B. Bnd I.owa Infty. G. L.. Gndfrey, Adjt. 2nd Iowa Infty Join S. V/ilcox, Col. C2nd 111 Infty Vols. E. A. .Bowen, Lt. C.0I. 52nd 111 Vol. Infty. '•W-e&ley Boyd, Major, 52nd ^11. Vol. Infty, G. W. Rohr, Ass.t. Surgeon, 52nd 111. Vol. Infty, Edward S. Wilcox, Adjt. 52nd Regt. II' Infty, Fulton Gifford, Ist Lt. & Rng. (ir. Mr. 52nd Ills. Infty. : • C]>as. R. White,. Ist Lt.Ca. A, 52nd Regt.. Ills Infty. -Thomas W. Mack, .2nd Lieut. Co. A. 52nd Rjegt. Ill Vol. Infty. ' James CompLon, Capt, Co, C, 52nd 111, Vol. Infty. Edward B. Spalding, 1st Lieut. Co. C. 52nd Ills Vols, DeWitt C. Surd, Capt. do. E. 52nd 111. Vol.. Infty. Don C. Newton, Capt. co. .D. 52nd 111. Vol. Infty. D. D.. Bailey, Capt, Co. B. 52nd 111. Vol. Infty. S. Z, Roth, lat Lt. Co. B. 52nd Ills. Vols. Infty. E. Winchester, Surgeon, 52nd 111. Infty.. V Is. D. W. Voylea, Surgeon, 66th Jnd. Infantry Vols. » . . . . • 1 A. P.»C ampbell,. C .pt. .Co. K. 66th Ind. Vola. Alfred Morris, CLapt. Ca. P. 66th Ind, Vol. Jnfty. Archable Baxter, Capt. Co. A. Ind. Vol. Infty, James C. Simonson, Asst.. Surg. 66th Ind.. Vo.lo. W. N. Brenglo,. lat Lt.. Co, H. 66th Ind. Infty. Vols, David Simpson, 2nd Lt.. Ca. II.. 66th Reg. Vol. Infty. George R. Dhvis, 2nd Lieut. Co, F. 66th Reg. Ind. Vol. Infty, C. Hay, lat Lt. A R.-l.M. 66th Ind. Vols., John MilLis, 1st Lt, Co. D. 66th Ind. Vals.. Infty. D. C. Anthohy. Go. G6th Ind., Vol. Infty.. . [ James Redfield, Lt. Col. Comdg. 39th Iowa Infty. J. M. Griffiths, Major 39th Iowa Infty. G1 A. T. Blodgett, Act. Adj t. " 39th Iottq. Infantry. - : - ..j G. N. Elliott, Capt. .Comdg. .Co. A. 39th I<?wa Jnf ty. ^ .U ,t 0. C. Ayers, lot Lt.. " . " , ■••H .C- .W F. W. Stiles, Capt. Commanding Co. F, 3gth Jowa^ Infty# * JouKJir . . . . . * .s .r .'nvofl tlQOBOl^ ■>*A .'OrtT .1^ Tirtt , .2 Wm. F. Mathews, 1st Lt. 39th Iowa Infty. .5 ^rj/wTT C. Carter, 2nd Lt. . " " . . .. 'i''2 , .i;i .W ,t» Augustus Yerger, Capt. .Co. I. 39th Ipwa Infty.- ,nrr|l-'nl. .F .W Robert C. Hunter, 1st Lt. " . <01*! .C rilia/tO J. Y7. Redfield, 2nd Lt. Co. I. 39th Iowa Infty, ; „f ^;-irx|n I. D. Marsh, Capt. Co. C. 39th Iowa Infty. Vols.. ,t J. VJ. Price, 1st Lieut. " " " -JaK .r ^09^ C. D. Rossell, 2nd Lt. " , h;'io'I lOiixiF ^enry H. BenjJiamin, Ist Lt. Co.-H. 39th Ipwa. . .J arloL Wesley Wright, 2nd Lt. Co. h. 39th loya.. . .* .C R. M. Rippey, Capt. Co. E. 39th Iowa Infty Vols. • , 'llotC .A .L William F. Bennett, Capt. Co. K. 39th. loy/a Vpls. ; ,0 ,0 M. J. Cain, 1st Lieut, of Co. K. 39th Iow,a Vols. . r-.o;! ,v ,rr .H Chas. A. Cameron, Capt, Co. G. 59th. Iowa Infty. r ., 1 W. C. Glsast, 2nd Lieut. . - a ioh Ephriam P. Davis, Asst. Surgeon 39th Regt..Iowa Vol. Infty. W. A. Paterson-, 2nd Lt. Co. B. 39th Iowa Infty Vols. . . F. I. Ilurlbut, Lt. Col. Comdg. 57th Jlls. Infty. , - 9^1090 Nelson Flansburg,. Adj t. 57th 111. Jnf.ty. . , .'wvoH tlQoaol^ N. Linton, Lt.-^. R.G.M. 57th 111. Volp. • ^.f/k .rortT G. W. Crossley, Asst. Surgeon 57th. 111. Ipfty. ^ ...aaW N. G. Collins, Chaplain, 57th Reg. 111.. Infty. ^7; » Wm. F Conkey,. 1st Lieut. Col. 57th Ills Infty Vols. .p tnmm§ Graig N. Barr, 1st Lt. Comdg. Co., B.. 57.th Ills., Vols. Fred^Laycusk, 2nd Lieut. Co. C. 57th 11.1s.. Infty . ■ • P. M. wickstnull, Capt.. Co. D. 57th Reg.t. Ills. Vol., Infty..-. E. Borglanh, 1st Lieut. " " " . " . - .!3« David Kenyon, Capt. Co. E. 57t\. Illh Infantry. noJiluMtH William Wayman, 2nd Lieut. Co. E- .5 7th Ills. Infty. .y, nroaot F. A. Bettey, Capt. Co. F. 57.th Ill.s. .Inf.ty. . .n ,j John JI. Weirick,. 1st Lt. Co. II. 57th lUs Ipfth Vols. -jg .jt William Gale, 2nd Lieut. Co. H. 57th ILls. .Infty Vols. Harlan Page, Capt. Co. K. 57th ILls. . . . , noH.W,# JacoT: S. Casper, 2nd Lt. Co. K. 57th Ills. Infty Vols. Josiah Bobbins, Jr. Capt. Co. H. 57th 111. Infty Vols. y A. L. Chetlain, Col. 12th Ills. Cavalry.. ,!{ ,v ,r. Thos, G. S. Heron, Maj.. 7th Ilia. Cavalrj. jW .1 F. Welkor, ^apt. Ist Regt. Llls. Lt.. Ar.t. Comd®» yo, R jI,-|n ,r , ' nncsIMII William Harma, Major 50tli Ills,. Jnfty. " , "i - .C , Mervin Conouae, I t, Lt. & A. Adjt.. 5Qth Ills. , ,-|i ,r F. D. McGillicudd , Capt. Co. K. SOth Illino.ls Infty, ' J. W. Rickart, .Ist tt,. Co. D. .^Ctji Ills. Vol. Intry. no^mX' ' Charles H. Floyd, 2nd Lt. 001.. D. 50th 111. Inf. ..a .h John W.- Cooper, 1st Lt. .Co. .H. . ' .0 Isaac McNeil, 2nd Lt^ Co. II. 5Qth Ills Infty. . juaM .C Simeon Blystone, lat Lt« Co. F, 50th.Ill5 Infty Vol^-mfjsif^ .' .fT James W. Anderson, 2nd Lt. Cb. b.. 5Qth Ills. Infty. ■ / , Samuel W. Starrott, 1st Lt. .CO. .C. 50th,Ills. Int'ty. VolRf- it Charles M. Tarr, 2nd Lt. Co. 50th Ills. Infty. - PranciJ J. Dunn, Capt. 50th Ills. Infty. ilk. Phillip L. Douglass, 2nd Lt. P.Oth Ills. Infty;« .T .A J. M. Cyrus,-Cppt. Co. E. 50th Ills. .Infty. . • 0 .JJoifl* .r. . W. C. Ross, 1st Lt. Co. .E. 50th Ills. Infty, ,X .C Saiiiuol Lockwood, Lt. Co. S. 50th Ills. Infty. " ,i!f»riir .If ."Sj H. P. 7^. Cramer, Capt. Co. A. 50th Ills. Infty. Henry C. Bissell, 2nd Lt. Co. A. 50th Ills. Infty, ■ J. T7. Kins, Capt. Co. G. 50th Ills. Infty. , .0 W. H. Harlison, 1st Lt, Co. B. 50th Regt..Ill Infty. •h'' Charlie D. Fie, Capt. Co. F. 50th Ills.Infty. . . . ,9 TVillian L. "eakley. - . - , -'il'fcti® ,r ,t R. Rowett, Col.-7th Illinois Infty. . . . ■ -/J .1 Geo, II. Esterhrook, Major 7th Ills. Infty. ; nX .T, Hector Perrin, Capt. Co. B. 7th Ills. Infty. .C .0 John L, Robinson, Adjt. 7th Ills.. Infty. , rhUiiaiff .If S. E. Lawyer, Capt. Co.-C. 7th Ills. Infty. • H X»Xli#l J. A. Smith, Capt. Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. . .* ,ff 0, D. Ells, Ist-Lt. Co. B. . . . . : • ' r»r .t riw H. D. •.?. Noweton, Capt. Co. E. 7th. Ills. Infty* - ' .t .;T Edward L. Johnson, Capt. Co. I. 7th Ills. Infty. i ,A John E. Sullivan, 1st Lt. Co. A. 7th Iowa Infty. .D .T' Thomas McGuire, Capt.-Co. A. 7th Ills. Infty. . . . VieeJHrlr* Chas. T. El-liott, 2nd Lt. Co. A. yth. Ills. Infty,. .A .1 Oscar ^ool, 2nd Lieut. Co. 2. 7th Ills. George M. Harrison, Ist Lt. -ffc R. i-ll. 7th. Ills. Inftyj-Xu#n Joseph Rowett, Ist Lt. Co. K. .7th Ills. Infty. % noaXr* Thos, B. Atchison, 2nd I>t. Co F. 7th Ills.. Infty.. ; .!! Wash. W. Judy, 1st Lt. Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. .P' S. E. Furgus, 2nd- Lt. Co. H. .7th Ills. Infty. * • loG .U §dward R. Roberts, Ist Lt. Co. C. .vth Infty. Ills,^ - • fjoO % ,g/i John H. Hubbard, 2nd Lt. Ca. 7th 111. Infty. , .1? "Xjnt) M. V. Miller, 2nd Lt.- Co. E. 7th Ills. Infty. ^ ' - rJ bwTiK J. I/. King,- Capt-. Co, vH. 7th Ills., Infty.. , ' ' . : ,«i Ed. B. Wright, 2nd Lt. ^ A.A-D* to chf. Ar. L.Wing,. 17th A.C..,** Hamilton II. Burrows, 1st Lt. 14th Ohio Batteny. Mvii<T Jason J. Sswiburn, -2nd Lt. Co. E. J.2th Ills. Infty Vols. L. F. Booth, Cap.. Co. A. Ist Ala. Light. Artillery of A.D.,,\ P. H. Bhapman, Capt. Co. B. 2nd IlLn. Lt. Arty. -1-1 P. Bischo-ff, 2nd Lt, Co. A. Ist Ala. singe artillery A.§. ■ r • XT E.W.Ross, Lt. Co. B. 2nd Ills. Arty. . . . . • ■ . ft*! J. M. Pence - " " . " " ^ . P. E. Dawson N. F. R. Amdt 1st Lt.. 2nd Micldgart Batter.y. . TtmX4mi9 ,J ,A N. J. Buchanan, Ist Lt. Adjl. 3rd Mich. Cayalry*: ,n II. Richardson, Capt. Co. D.. 1st Mo, Light Artillery* *^1 Madison Miller, Col. Comdg 18th Infty Mo. Vols. Charles S. Slidldon, Lieut, Col, .18th Infty Mo. Vqls* ' eslf/XW Goo, W. Wyckoff, Capt, Co, B.. 18th -Infty. Mo. Vols. nof> r;|T*laR U. H. Minter, Capt. Co, F. 18th Infty .Mo. Vols. iGoM .C Kenton F. Brooman,- Ist it. Co, E. .ISth Mq. Vols. . ' Iff .THenry VI. Godfrey, 2nd Lt. 'c Aaat.. Adjt. 18th Mo. , James D. Coddington lat Lt. Comdg. .Go, jC. ISth ,Inf, Mo^ "V^ols.' S. B. Hauta, Surgeon, 18th Regt. Infty. Mo.. Vols. . -y . - j D. A. Cudworth, Ist Lt. R.Ci.:'. lOth Bo., Vols, , ' , ./i.iiX.'' Wm. M. Edgard, 2nd Lt. Co, K. .• ." \ .r Frederick Partenheiaer, Ist Lt, .06, .H, IStfh .Vol, Xnfty.* («(• . ' •' , • • f ■ ^ ■ " .2 , -.■ift ;'" .t larjwrt ' Mir/it no?) fJnaR IGoM .c Iff .T- 't - I "" "Osiot p. F*. Randolph, Asst.- Surgeon, 18th Mo. Infy, vols. Daniel R. Hudson, 1st Lt. Comdg. Co. A. 18th Infty Mo. Vols. Abiah M. Everist, 2nd Lt. Co. E. 18th Mo. Infty. Vols.- .h i-lT P. R. Dolman, Capt. Co. K. 18th Infty Mo, Vols. J'Jtj Joiin Mossill, Lt. Col. Comdg. 64th 111. Vol. Infty. ^ » S. T. Thomson, M.h,. ■" " " • " ^ S.* T. Thomson, M. i,. M. 71. Manning, Captain Co. E. 54th Ills. Ceo, N. Reid, Capt. Co. D. 64th Ills. .."oc. OW R, R. Gibbons, Capt. Co. B. th Ills. Vols. ' i* •John Reasey, Capt. Co. C. 64th Ills. Vols. - E.- H. Moore, Ist Lt. Co. E. 64th Ills. Infty. -. ■"'•I Frank Smith, 1st Lt. Co. A. 74th Ills. Vol. Infty. -f' D. W. Reid, 1st Lt. Co. D. & Act. R.Ci.M. 64th Ills-. Geo. 71. Bell, Ist Lt. Co. B. 64th I-lls. Infty Vols. Ward Knicksrblcker, 2nd Lt. Co. F. 64th Ills. Vols'. '"*1 D. M. Moore, 2nd Lt. Co-. A. 64th Regt. Ills. Vols. Geo. Bargus, Snd Lt. Co. E. 64th Regt. Ills. Vols. L. K. Myers, 2nd Lt. Cor H. 64th Ills. Infty. George W. Bobbins, 2nd Lt. Co. B, 64th 111. Infty Vols. Thos. Pullerton, Adjt, 64th 111. Vol. Infty. G. T. Stewart, Surgeon, 64th 111. Vol. Infty. William D. Plumer 1st Asst. Surg. 64th 111 Vol. Infty. M. F. FairCield, Major Com. 1st Ala. Cav. A. B. Stuart. Surgeon 1st Regt. Ala. Cav. U. S. V. r. j i *x*?n»0 .♦•Hi hnit I - Ad ?|||0X fijtfl oc. OOOjOQt T, .:yiw»eue ' "tiD fn tartaO f iaaM iMUt 3. "^fral> 10 ra mm* 5. '"'X X G. W, Slaughter. 2nd Lt. Co. A. 1st Ala. Cav,^ P. A. Stemburg, 1st Co. B. 1st Ala. Cav. ^ James C. Swift, 2nd Lt. Co. B. Ist Ala Cav. • A. T. Cameron, Capt. Comdg. Co. C. Ala. Cav. J" John Satty, Ist Lt. Co. C. ist Ala. Cav. G. D. Hotty, 2nd Lt. Co. C. 1st Ala. Ca-y. I. H. Sliurtleff, Capt. Co. d. Vtli Ala. Cav. ' * .A . . JMI ; m94 md idtofsO 'vwm m9mm fum nl iHiktfAf% mmi- ml* J.-A. Snelling, 2nd Lt. '"o. D. Ist Ala. Cav. * ? E. D. Chandler, Capt. Co. E. 1st Ala. Cav. Sanford Fearael, 1st Lt. Co. E, 1st Ala. Cav. ' ! i1 IM oi mmu mtmm lolmoi Wm. H. Cheney, let Lt. Co. F. 1st Ala. Cav. ' t J. J. ninety, 2nd Lt. Com. 1st A-la. Cav. •' 'X * aild John H. ^eed, Capt. Co. G. 1st Ala. Cav. ' Dodey F Eaves, 2nd Lt. Co. G. 1st Ala. ' : I George W. Kellogg, 1st Lt. 5: Beg. Com. Ist Ala. "•C'Avi hi Mr blxLt. Gua W. Harris, Co. P. 57tli 111. Inf. ^ -• ^ John PhiJ-lips,- Capt. Co. A. 57ti: Reg. Ills Vols. .. ToV Washington,^ August 19, 1863. The President: . •> . . . . Sir: Prior to my departure for Europe^, T had the honor recommend to your" official regard for well deserved promotion,' Brig, General Dodge of Gen.. Grant's army. Since iny return. I find that claim established by new proofs of military merit. He has long had at Corinth a Major General's command and now conmands near 20,000 men. His enterprises have' been important and always successful. His merits are supported^ by_ military testimo'nia'ls of the highest character and "by. no means re'st. o'n my judgment alone. I General Grant's opinion is. different,. I .have, been misinformed. I now recall l:is name to your attention] for promotion to the rank of Major General, not more from a .sense of merit In him than from, a sense duty, to the country, rema.in, . . - f T' , ■ ' ■ : . . V**"! .UT c.jsh .X')V .-'oT ill fUM . Your obt. sevt. John A. Kasson. ,r. * It M T ■ ..I Des Moines, ■ r (s\ Iowa. . -Ct , sa • >i II .1 VO1OS0 ilTPiPfrlC .T .0 Sept*. 4', ifee' 2 His Excellency A. Lincoln: * * * ' ^ Dear Sir; The enclosed personal letter from Major General Oglesby has been placed in my lian'ds to forward to you. I respect fully ask your personal attention to the other military pppers' in the case. General Grant has publicly 'stated that he had placed General Dodge first in his recommendations for promotion. It has also been stated by an army officer that General Grant had placed an official record th.at to General Dodge more than to any other one man he was indbbt'ed for his successful' seige of Vicksburg.' He had a partial education at a .military academy which he has since perfected in th. field and' greatly desires a place in the regular service for his permanent profession. I mention this, in ca.se it should seem right to you to nominate him a Brigadier in tli'at service. " ] Allow me to add that in this state, y'ou.r Springfield letter just published is calcula.ted to produce an excellent effect and-will aid us in ou.r state canvass ow vigorousI'y prosecuted. g. ^ > We entertain no doubt of our success. ' ^.,•'1 ♦ j . Your firn'ed "and obt. svt., Joh'n A.' Kasson. our state canvass entertain no doubt j „ iiixecutive uxiiue a.uwct, ,: : \ " ' ,,„ .■. •^, Iowa city, Sspt. 84, 1863. . ^■ir' ' • ' .ii. :r - • . . .. . ; • His Excellency, 'I f- . • , The President, I understand that Geeral Grant, has recommended for promotion to the rank of Major General, Brigadier General G. M. Dodge of t:;is state. I do not suppose my good ^7ord can .add anything to General Grant's recoi.mendation and yet I would in my opinion fail in my duty to the Government if I did not ask at your hands a favorable consid eration of General Grant's recommendation. General Dodge is one of the very best military men from this State, he has had a military education, is highly intelligent, of excellent habits of untiring industry, active, energetic and persevering and when occasion serves is emphatically a fightinr; man. He is undoubtedly and unconstitu tionally loyal. His promotion would, I think, promote the public interest and"has"been well earned. ' . , Very respectfully, ■ Samuel Kirkwood. . : r: . . Executive Office Iowa, Iowa City, Sept, 24, 1863. I- ' ' '"jP jOOlll , . " .A ,-t.;o w H, Repfcesentatives, Jan. 29, 1864. To the President: The undersigned Senators and Representatives from Iowa in Congress call the attention of the President to the following facts: Brig. General Grenville M. Dodge, then commanding the military district of Corinth, sought an active command under General Grant in the operations against Vicksburg, but *as refused for the reason given, that his services, where he then commanded, the left wing, were of the highest importance and could not be dispensed wit... What these services were are best made known by the official fact that General Grant named him firfet entitled to promotion from the rank of Brigadier to that of Major General, among all the offi cers of his command, after the fall of Vicksburg. Based upon and referring to this recommendation of General Grant, General Halleck commanding the army, reported him to the Secretary of War about the 10th of August last, at the head of the list for promotion. The Secreta y of War, about the 12th of August, in writing approved this paper of General Halleck. But General Dodge has not yet been nominated, though places have existed in that Army since that time. Since General Dodge has had a separate command in the south west, a long period, he has never been censured officially or by the public, nor met with a noticeable reverse or misfortune. He has com manded at times from 12,000 to 26,000 troops; now commands 21 regi ments and 5 batteries; of whom nearly 18 regiments and 3 batteries haw re-enlisted as veterans, mainly owing to his personal exertions and personal influence over his command. He has raised out of the material found in the country occupied by bim about four regiment of white troops, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi and fi e regiments of coTored troops. Within the last month, he has raised nearly 2000 of « the latter. ' Since he was placed in command of Pulaski, he has rebuilt 70 miles of railroad, remounted his original mounted force and besides has mouhted three additional Infantry -regiments and has turned over to Government about 2000 mules and horses, taken from rebels and numerous bales of cotton. This and much more has been done in tlie midst of successful military operations against rebel detach ments and guerrillas, ' „ ■ Are not such officers worthy of official recognition? ■ Strongly impressed with the justice of our request, as due on military grounds and due to the State of Iowa, which has never offered any nine month:;, one ydar or two year men to the Government, but has voluntarily met every call, including ijhe last, with a surplus. We ask the President to personally examine the record and recommendations of tlii ; officer and to decide our applioaoion purely upon its merits and cause justice to be done. ■ James Harlan, U.S.-S. • John Grimes, U. S. S. ^ I , ■ Wm. B. Allison, 3rd Dist. . I . Ti.l James F. Wilson, 5th Dist. .J. B, Grinnell, 4th Dist, A. W. Hubbard, 6th Dist. Ar ,<?'' .net nziT ,eevl#A#rwHKQell mi. John Prics, A. 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'••{••ij r>fi« •• •'/KfnrX ,po®0Oi-.n0T .• •acvooi There has always been quite a question as to the action of the Brigade that accompariied Gen. Lo^an to re-take the line that was broken through on the 15th Corps by Gen. Brown's Division of the Confederate Army at the place where the AuKusta Railroad passes through the entrench ments . Gen Loffan makes a statement in relation to my report that he ordered me to send the Brigade. The facts of the matter are these: When Gen. Logan came to me to obtain aid to re-take the line of the 15th Corps, I did not know that he was in command of the army. I had had no report that he was. I did not even know then that McPherson had been killed; I thought he had been woionded, and it was just after this that I got from Gen. Puller the papers of McPherson's that were captured by the 64th 111. when they took the skirmish line that killed McPherson. Logan aame up and said that.the enemy had broken through Mor gan L. Smith's Division at Augusta, "Have you anything out of line?" I said, "No, every man is in line, but I do not believe the ene my will attack me again. Thev are drifting around to the front of Blair, and I think I can let you have Mercer's Brigade." And he said, "Send it immediately," and I drew it out of the line and sent it with Capt. Edw. Jonas from my staff to accompany it, and Gen. Logan also went with it. When Gen. Logan came to me I thought he came the same as we Corps Commanders went to each other when we were hard pressed and asked for help; though I see that Logan corrects me in his report when I say I sent them on his request. I do not see much difference m.yself between a request and an order under such circumstances, because in all our experience in the Army of the Tennessee, no Division Commander or Corps Commander went to another for aid that they did not get it. That same day Blair dame down to me to ppt aid for his front, and when he saw what my condition was, he said. Why instead of asking you i or help, I had better go and get some help for you. He saw I had all I could handle and a little more. And you note that Logan in his report on page 86 treats it the same as I do, not as obeying an order, but complying with request. Official Records - Vol. XXXVIII Part 3 - Page 372. Indorsement on official report of Maj. Genl. G. M. Dodge of battle of Atlanta July 24, 1864. "Headquarters 15th Army Corps September 14th, 1864. This report of Major General Dodge is respectfully submitted with reports, papers etc to accompan.^' my report. General Dodge is in error in stating that I came to him and asked aid to retake my line - I ordered him to send a brigade to report to General Smith, command ing 15th corps, at a time when he was fiercely assaulted, I being in command of the army at that time. John A. Logan, Major General." But see also page 86. extract from off.icial report of Genl. John A. Logan. "My thanks are due to >ajor Generals Blair and Dodge, for sending me reinforcements at a time when they were much needed." •f .'.r, ■a ^ I " -t? /' ■ .1 ri ; n- " ; ' j -■> > • . . • -hi ■ . ■ ' ' T * • ■* ' ' i « , "" i;-' . 1 i i" ' '' 1 '■ a 1 ' ^ ' - i ' : vi ' ■ 'jr ■ ■ , I . • ■ , iM I' .; ' r ■' ■ . ' ' I' ■ . ■ 'I ' I i , wx ■ ' ■ ■ : ri -' ; ■ -i i 1 ' ' > *•; M'tl' ' "Jit'i ' , ' \ ■ r ■ '• ' h' I r> . . ..Ci- : . f ; .4 vr -ij ;• ■/ > • ' i ■; ■ - I .', . \ ' .j : - ' uf - yf,; 0^ ' ' - ' . w .-t'ir'ji,',) , ' > On July 24, 1865, the citizens of St, Louis, when I was leavinthe coinmand for the Indian campaigns, presented me with a magnificent r • set of silver, each piece having engraved upon it the name of some battle I had taken part in. the presentation of the silver was a sur prise to me--it had been kept a great secret. In response to the*presentation, I made the following reply: "Gentlemen: If I were as gifted as my friend wl.o has just addressed you, possibly I might find words with which to con^-ey to you my feelings and thar ks upon t;,is occasion; but, in the absence of this gift, you must accept the plain and hearty thanks of a soldier. It has been said that a soldier, next to his honor, holds most dear the approbation of l.is country. Be that so or not, I do feel that in leaving this conunand, I take v/ith-me a hearty God-speed, and the kindly feelings of you-all, and,, gentlemen, I also know the crisis through which Hissouri has passed. • I believe I understand her resources and the determination, of her people to develope these resources, and, sir, tliere is no man who will look forward to her future with more pleasure than myself. Gentlemen, in bidding yor. good bye, I hope it will not be the last time that we shall meet, for I have found here many friencs, and have received from all a hearty support, from officers, soldiers and citizens. Again I thank you for your beautiful present. It will alvrays be a reminder to me of the most generous support ivliich I have always received from'you,- ' If I have done anyt};ing in bringing about quiet in Missouri, it is owing to your support more than to anything else," Ma. Gen, W. T. Sl.erma , the hero of the march, to the sea, was expected to be present at the presentation, but the General excused himself in the following communication, which was received at a late hour and is sufficiently explanatory in itself. It also pays a tribute and com liment to Ge- . Dodge; Hdqrs. Mil, Div, of Mississippi, St, Louis, Mo,, July 24, 1865, Samuel J. Hatch, Esq., and Members of Committee: Dear Sirs: I have th^ nonor to acknowledge receipt, this moment of your kind invitation for myself and staff to be present on the occasion of the presentation of a testimonial to Mai. Con, Dodge. I regret exceedingly that I am under a prior engagement to go to Indianapolis, but I will have some of my staff present to represent me. I regret this ti»e more because I should like very much, to assist in manifesting respect to Gen, Dodge, who has serve(' much with me, and I have long known his sterling merit and great worth, and am rejoiced that you also have discovered his great merit as a'soldierand a gentleman. I am-, with much respect, , ' W. T. Sherman, . V.i'W . Major-Generalf iwer "f -"Vl * : I a On Tuesday night a magnificent pair of shoulder straps, from the well known house of Tichnor and Co., were presented to L!ajor General Dodge, Commander of the Department, ty several.officers who had served under the General in the south. The presentation was made in the ladies' parlor of the Lindell Hotel, by the following officers: .Capt. Andrew Poe,'Liei:ts. Sauceman, Roffleton, Workman, Grant, Fink, Becker anh Brown, all belonging to colored regiments. and promoted from the ranks of white regiments by General Dodge, These officers were all captured by .Forrest at Athens and Sulphur Tinistle, Alabama, and having been recently exchanged,, are now on •their way to the front. The presentation speech was made by Captain Foe, and a number of our citizens were present. I!rs, General Dodge and several other ladies were present and several speeches wore ■ made aiid toasts offered. • f *' 9- ^ v'-O' ■ , -J - nl - - ' 'ir : .ir.Irr.r^ fj rt"-;: ri-, , 4r aoM ..k j»;n- . if-umc': •:MimW'. I f t«i r 1/^eC •' ■ . 'Jlaf Wd' •'.c j . . . f. I .*■>'.ii t rv'.. f 4nlJtc-.h ,nlJtc-.h '4^# ' ' ■ ' '• J ix' :r ' • 'vN-fi, -Vfr.-/ >■ h t f ' ■pi Prom Wilson's Manuscript of life of A John City Point, October I2th, 1864. General Dodge of the Western Army is here. It does one's heart good to meet one from the army that has made such bright record for its country's honor and its own fame. I can shake the hands of these veterans and heroes with someti.ing of the tl.rill of joy and pride that pervades my being when I take hold of the hand of my own dear wife after months of absence. General yuimby, formerly of the old Army, is also here. He is, however, not in the service, having long since resigned. Major General Doyle of the English service is here. He is the least Englishand most American of any Englishman I have ever met. Hd sympathizes with us in our struggle to maintain our governmental authority, and furthermore he believes lie will succeed. City Point, October 27th, 1864. General Butler, although acting under positive orders not to attack the enemy in fortified positions, did so attack, and lost for us fully 1,000 men, killed, woxznded and prisoners, without any corresponding damage, if damage at all, to the enemy. I am free to say I fear the continuance of General Butler in command will oaome day work disaster of a serious ch.aracter to our arms. But General Grant has had to deal with such m-^n from the beginning and has succeeded, I therefore have hopes he will succeed with this one. ' % ■ saiJibatLing...aiijd„.v?ei^ r.Uti.'^wi.thoutr--re'StT'l^CftTOTrs. In the spring of 1855, C. E. Stone was elected Mayor, C. W. Bayard, Recorder, J. B. Stutsman, J. B. Lewsi, 't7. Hepner, J. B. Caddidy, R. P. Snow, S. S. Bay less, Jo.in A, Jacks n, Milton Rogers and 'v7. E. Cooper were chosen counselman. In 1856-7 a great boom v/as on in real estate anr everything else The Pacific House was built. Samuel Bayles bought the Miller farm and laid it out in town lots. In the latter part of 1857, and during 1858, there was a great panic in the country. A great revulsion in business and the failure of a great many banks, especially of the "wild-cat" banks which had been established under Nebraska cliarters. The Dodge Light Guards. Speaking of the Dodge Light Guards of Council Bluffs, General G. IS., Dodge gave a hit of history in thp military annals of Iowa which is almost unknown to the generation that' has come since the civil war. General Dodge says he made his first survey in 1853 across the state of lov/a for a railroad terminating at Cpunc 1 Bluffs, believing from previous examinations on the westerr pltins that if a railv/ay to the Pacific was ever built it would occupy the Great Platte Valley and have its eastern terminus in this vicinity. 'As the frontier was unprotected, Ifith the aid of the governor he organized, armed and equipped a military company then known as the "Council Bluffs Guards." When the civil war threatened in 1861 General Dodge felt it would be his duty to take part in it, and so - otified the company. At the time Council Bluffs was settled principally by Mormons and southerners. To his astonishment every member of the company voted to enlist and authorized him to tender its services to the governor, vho afterward stated it was the first company to offer its services to Iowa for the preservation of the union. As it was the only organized compan yin Western Iowa, and as rumors were thick as to what the Missourians and the Indians would do. Governor Kirkwood v.'as constrained to decline the offer of the company's services. The company afterward joinnfiL,.^ the Fourth lo./a, every man in the complany enlisting under Cf^tantn ^ . W. H. Kinsman, who became its captian. Kinsman was soon'selected as J-h Colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa, and fell at the head of his regiment at Blac(v Bayou. Lt. George B. Ford succeeded him as captain and fought' through the war. When the caompny returned home it maintained its I organization and changed its name to the "Dodge Light Guard." By this name is now known and has been so known for nearly forty years. This company was in the battle of Pea Ridge, under General Dodge as its regimental commander, one of the longest, hottest and most destructive battles of the war. They and their comrades ty their gallantry in that battle won the first star for Dodge. Sheridan speaks of the regiment in his memoirs for the service it did for him in that campaign when he was a quartermaster, and he said they would always have a warm place in his heart. The veterans of .he company gave way to their sons. On hhe breaking out of the Spanish American war they enlisted unanimously as Company L of the Fifty-first Iowa Infantry and did good service in the Philippines . Their memorable home receptio was one of the most brilliant and enthusiastic in the history of Iowa. Of the old company General Dodge affectionately says: "You who understand all the ups and downs and struggles of that frontier company will appreciate ho// I love and honor them and how proud I am of their record. It is an object lesson to the young men of our state, and if they v/ant to learn to reppect power and government, be taught obedience and discipline and obtain physical development that will last them through their life, let them join a company of the National Guard." >, be taught that will the National Tac^WThe following is taken from Mr. N. P. Dodge's notes on the early settlemeiit of Omaha: "I copy fromthe "Omaiia Arrow'' of September 23, 1854,' the follow ing items whicl. may be of intcr'ost, , The Arrow was the first newspaper issued as an Omaha paper, being printed at the office of the Council Bluffs Bugle, in Council Bluffs and contains mostly Council Bluffs advertisements, tl.ere being but few business i.ouses as yet establish.ed in. Omaha, Nebraska not having been open to "settlers until May 30, 1854. The treaty witi. the Cmaha Iridians rap-de between them and the United States March 16, 1854, contained the following provisio' : Article 10. "The Omahas acknowledge their dependence on the United Statee and promise to be friendly witlf all the citizens tl.ereof and pledge themselves to commit no depredations on the property of siicli citizens and should any one or more of them violate this pledge and the fact bet satisfactorily proven before the Agent, the property taken shall be returned or in default thereof., or, if injured or. destroyed, compensa tion may be made by the Gavernment out of their annuities, nor will tliey make war on any other tribe except in. self defence but will submit all matters of difference between them and other Indians to the Government of the United States or its agents for decision and abide thereby and if any of the Omalia ^ndians commit any depredations on any other Indians, the same rule, slsall prevail as. that prescribed in this article in cases of depredations, against eitizens." The village of the Omaha Indians was loca.ted a'-out seven miles southwest of Oiiiaha on Papillion Creek. J. B. Johnson, at that time-.- editor and Publisher of the Council Bluffs Bugle, in giving an account of his visit to J.l;ese Ipdiaps in the fall pf 1§54, in coppany. with J. A. Jackson and h. C. Purple, bpth.citizens of Council piuffs, says: "We Sound our friend Logan Fontlnelle, the chief of the tribe, in his lodge surrounded by minor chiefs and braves. "Thej-r villa~e is built in a large circle containing smaller circles until the.wljole ground is filled with their wigv/ains. Some, are byilt with sticks and earth, others of stretched buffalo skins. Vast quantities of corn were being prepared fpr winter use by tie squaws, and they.wepe alsodressing buffalo, deer and elk skins for sale apd for their own"use. Nvimerous Indian Ponies wore in and about the village and occasionally scouts and mounted Indians were seen going and coming, in all their native glory, .In passing around the village, we heard their popular music from one of ti.e lodges; being fond of a iinion of instrumental and vocal music, we crept in and after a friendly "cuggy How" solicited a continuation of the concert.. The instruments consisted of a dres :ed deer skin stretci.od tightjy over a keg and four instruments resembling the ordinary tambourine, all of which were beaten with sticks, accompan ied by a gutteral war chant. Tl.e squaws were mostly engaged in labor and the n.en in killing time, some of them in one comer of a wigwam with a dirty pack of cards betting rifle balls and lead in homeopathic doses. The Papposos were gamboling rl"out in undcess, some practicing with their bows and arrows," The following claim laws were agreed upon by the settlers between Omaha and Pappillion Creek, it being customary to form clubs for mutual protection in each settle ent. The general rule was that each settled Could claim 320 acres and would be protected in holding it if he resided Mi thereon \mtil th'e land was. surveyed "by Government- and could he preempted or entered. Tiie rule of this particular claim club ^ was Ftrst, no indivudal shall he allowed to claim more than 80 acres timbered, land or more than 160 acres prairie. Second, On makinc a claim, the individual shall proceed to blaze his exterior lines through timber sufficiently plain to-be.easily followed by one accustomed"to tracing lines and by staking on the prairie. The corner stakes to be marked with claimatiits name, number of acres and date of, claim. Claimant must lay fovxndation of logs, four logs high and at end of thirty days erect a Iiouse to live in. Claim disputes to be settled by a Committee of three. The follov/ing news items: . , Gov. Burt reached Bellevue in feeble, condition on the 6th of October, 1854 and died on the SOtl. of the same month. The Secretary of the Territory, T. B. Cumiaing became acting Governor until Mark VI. Izard, the new apointee arrived. Married, October 1854, at the Omaha and Otoe Mission, Belle-vtie, Nebraska, by Rev. Wn. Hamilton, Mr., 3. N. Porterfield and Miss Mary D. Hatch of Belle-vue. Mr. aiid Mrs. Porterfield made their home in Council Bluffs and she is still living. (February 15,,191- ). Council Bluffs has no fire engine, .l.ooks, ladders or buckets. A. D. Jones has' surveys and platted Omaha and the plat can be seen at Tootle and Jackson's Store,(July 28, 1354.) Petition' for divorce, Leonora Amy, vs. Dustan Amy, September 3, 1854. D. "7.^ Price, Attorney fo Plaintiff. ^ The M4sst>s. Rock?/ood late from the East, propose to open a BChool in Council Bluffs, in lov/er room of Odd Fellow's Hall (Corner Pierce and Stutsman Sts) terms per quarter eleven weeks. Primary andCom, Eng. branches, ^3.00; higher Eng. $5. Latin, French, Italian and Drawing $7. References, Rev, G. G. Rcie, J. B7 Stutsman, A. D.. Jones, May 26, 1855. Aug. 4, 1854, preaching in Omaha on Sunday at residence of Mr. Snowden, by Rev. Peter Cooper of Methodist Church. September 1, 1854, excursicr dd-wn Missouri by .steamboat to mouth of Platte River from Omaha to Council Bluffs. Rebecca McFadden,. Leonora Am y, J. 2. Johnson, D. '.Y. Price and Patterson, committee on resolutions. September 23. The iuincy, Illinois Company, started from Belle-vue, went north by way of Omaha to Cali.ounr, ti:en struck across tie country ar;d located at Fontlnelle on Elkhorn River. Alfred D. Jones, Engineer and Surveyor, Omahd, Neb, June 9, 1854, Tbe following notice refers to the old mission building in Council Bluffs, wliich ^tood on the knoll in front of. Pierce St. school house between Pierce St. and Broadway,.now owned by Claussen family. All persons are hereby warned not to commit waste upon the tract of land adjoining Council Bluffs city kno-jr; as the Catholic mission and upon which claim ti.e old ciiurch building still stands ahd upon which the graveyard is situated, as. I shall take care tiiat no further loss is sustained by thO church in the removal and distruction W ^ V4-, w tl Ij-., ; 89 of their improvements. The above noti«re is inserted at the-reqiiest of Right Rev, Mathias Lovas, Bishop of Dubuqe, Iowa, and'will'be considered i a sufficient notice,to all concerned. They will, therefore, take'due notice and govern themselves accordingly, A. C. Ford, • ' Church'Attorney.' Jany. 6, 1854. . . . . . Ford left Council Bluffs in 1859, for the newply discovered gold mines in Cojorado and located in Denver; was connected in some way. with a gang of iiorse thieves and, taken'out of the stage-coach '.vhil on liis way to the states and hung or shot. , From Arraw of September 29, 1054. IvTcMaiion and williams. Druggists, Hyde St., Council Bluffs nearly opposite the Guardian and Sentinal office. J. E. Johnson; Notary Public, Insurance Agent, &:c. in room back of the Post-office. ■ . H. D. Ilarl, mercijant and Grocer, opposite-City Hotel, Council Bluffs, Tootle and Jackson, Elephant Store, Broadway, Council Bluffs. Dr. E. Houn, Druggrst, South side Broadway, opposite Bluff House. IST. Voor}ies & Co.,_ head of Broadway and Madison St.' , SnO'.v and Marshal Turley (Atty. at law) Auction St. - and commission merchants, head of Broadway. , G. Doughty and Company, Cash store, formerlv occupied "by S. H. Riddle. . . . ^ ' Bakery, Eating Hou-e and confectioner opposite Pacific House, ■ y J. D. Bayliss. W. N. Byers, Land Surveyor, Oma.ia, Neb. Mrs, Cliarlotte Armour continues the business af her late husband, city hotel, middle Brodway. Kate Kearney saloon few doors from Pacific House. J. C. Orton and T. P. Treynor, carriage and wagon shop, Madison St. a few doors above the Court House. John Keller, Pine Lumber, Oct. 12, 1853. Henn Wi'liams and Co, iiave established a land office. Tfm. I. Cooper authorized Agent in Council Bluffs to receive money, June 11, 1853. Maria Mynstor, Corner Pierce and Madison Streets, advertised land for sale. T. Jeffers fc Co., steam saw mill 2 1/2 miles from city on bottom. (Note. The land upon which this mill stood and v.fhcre I used to go for lumber and shingles was cut off by Missouri River changing its channel and is now in east Omaha.) J. Patterson, Attorney fc Court Lawyer, Omaha. Frank Street V Marshal Turley Attys. at law. James D. Test n •» « C. B. Stone L. ?.!. Kline " " " A. C. F-rd " " " Attys. at law. C. B. Stone .. n „ L. ?.!. Kline " " " A. C. F-rd " " " W. Larimer « n m Johnson and Casday, Attys. and General Land Agents, Royal t). Amy, Manufacturer copper, tin. and sheet iron, Madison^ St., sign of Coffee-pot. ■ ^ ^ P. A. Sarphy, Latham and Go. Land Agents, Relle-'me, Neh. and St. Mary's, lorra. • - J. P. Le'.vis, !!a-mess maker, Broad-.7ay. E.-Knabe " " S. S. Bayliss, Proprietor of Pacific Houne. « . . . Stutsman ai:d Don: ell marchants corner Broadway and Madison. B. R. Pegrara & Co., General Store, Broadway. Jeremiah Folsom, brought a flock of Merino sheep from MMbigan. M. 'Y. Robinson put-on a regular line of stages between Council Bluffs and Omaha, running every Tuesday, Tliursday and Sunday, leaving Pacific House'and Trempnt House, Council Bluffs at 2 P. returning the same day. Perry boat, Marion, ccosses Missouri River during day-light. No crossing aftc dark. • ♦S. S. Bayliss and Coi are erectiiig a saw mill in Omaha. (After wards known as ti.e Davis Mill.) Prices of lots int Omaha ran^^e from $25 to $100. J. B. Stutsman, B. R Pegrarr. and J. C. Mitchell laid out Florence and offer lots at public sale Oct.-15, 1854. Daniel Norton rented the flat boat at Trader's Point and advertised it as running Sept. 15, 1854. Ben. Manchester advertises for.laborers for his bbick yard on upper Broadway, Council Bluffs, September 1, 1854. if - ■ 1 ■ • C.vu; c.vjj • * ■ ^ • c iK e-:wcx-i...kO . . i" » ' ' V,*) I ' *'"i ^ f* * 1 ' J "' \ . 'oJ'r f-icob » •' .* --o/g . et; - ' . ' r r .. " ,-v ' in ,1-110'! .nfcL vb ,T Jf tJ' -yJFjiv , t "".-f • / rv-v. »-«• .-jseJr, , .sD ■ * ' • '-"'nti. fl' I;-' • d'.l S aji -I lav; ' * ifteMtii:*. wn o- /. , .• £ r . • • f fe "t ■; ^ . f •" oxiirt . .1 * •fjoi .0 . ■ <«K» ' A t 0 ,.:'A .ii-y ,y. ' nllv'rTT ■ fkX ^ ^ ' ' ' .' U' '.'iXV .l':>;4jfl The Shnta Fe Trail; ' e'Jnnf There has been a great deal >saia arid a great many romance's written in" relation to the Santa Fe Trail and it has been di-fferently described by different parties. The Santa Fe Trail as I knew it was the result of a necessity of having a route Cf communication from the Missouri River to the Mexican settlements in New Mexico. Thomas H. Bjanton, in the early Twenties of last century introduced in the United States Senate a bill for the estab lishment of a route to New Mexico, which was passed by both branches of Congress. The route was surveyed and laid out in a very direct line from Westport, Missouri, near Kansas City, to Trinidad, Colo. The Santa Fe Trail as it was, and is still called, ran from Westport to Burlingame, Council Grove, crossed Cow Creek in the vicinitj' of the present site of McPlierson, Walnut Creek in Barton County, several miles above its mouth and reaciied the Arkansas river at its extreme northern bend, near where Ft. Zara was located and then followed the Arkansas Valley near the Colorado line. A branch of the trail crossed the Arkansas river in the vicinity where the present town Cf Cimaron is situated; this crossing was known as Ahe Cimaron crossing, the trail passing around the east end of the Raton mountains, going through what was known as the "Dry Route," on account of its lack of water, wood and pasturage, but the main trail followed up the Arkansas, the • up Purgatory river, commonly called the Picket Wire, to Trinidad; thence through and over the Raton Pass, of which Dick Wooton, the old trapper built a toi»l road near where the Santa Fe railroad now crosses the Raton mountains. After passing the Ratoon mountains, it went to Ft. Union and thence on to Santa Fe on a regular Mexican trail. There was generally good grass, plenty of wood and watar on this main line during the summer. Beint's Fort belo.w the moutlv of. the Pikket Tlire on the main - trail controlled a good deal o-f the travel on the main trail, while the route to Ft. Union was much shorter by the Dry or South route. J.-V x(.-l I fr: '• ; i.Y. vtl r rn finiT oJ/inT; c.f? '"-liJ liuoetrf 'icUroinMhcriO pJIIO'x a J.iilVArf io To noMfiA^T x£'i£9i •dJ nl , J' 8«aohT waW nl - "il\f nol IJ|r' A bo^l/tTT tndJ ul ftArtt/bon.titl lo nn.iOitinil tWotf bBWBMq »«w aol.b ,o'lx#'I waH oJ eJi/oi n Jo . 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To ,'\«a1 ijoialf f>.:i tevo hm »• i/0'it:j M -rodJ iUM/lni'tT o..' ,oiiW joaIoI'; r.t ! Oft.} anofla laoii baoi lio.t r jt^ud noqirt^*^ bXo oiiJ , .i.too'! .■•io.tO I' JafT tfi' "Wiaaaft »tdla4nuoM tiojmfi uiUf aauenir w> •i-Xu n 00 fiJnor >\ii Tn, ''OlrttT ,J^: oJ Jtif*' 'i ,n, , / Cj;tu'f I V, l iifl bf cr lo 'oo- vXf.-nTrtab tif"' o'io»lT rtw ft jf iijJ r.'inim 83 Among the mountain men whom I saw and knew on' the plains was Kit Carson, a native born mountaineer. The only education he had was at a frontier school, I have heard him say that when he was a young boy in the school house, the cry came of Indians and each one jumped to his rifle, threw down the spelling book and ever since that time "thar it lays." His instinct was thorough and delicate I and led him to act as courteously as the most refined gentleman. General John C. Fremont says that in their first exploration of Salt Lake, he made his way to the Island near the center of theelake and as tliey landed the ^ man at 'the bow was jiimping ashore to draw up the boat when Carson held him down saying, "The Captain steps there first." Fremont also says, referring to a man who had done him an injury, that Carson said, "If ever I get a cnance I will do him an^ honest injury."S Nothing that was not honest and fair and open and of good repute found its place in Carson's nature. It was Carson who, when Fremont unflertook to cross the mountains in the winter, advised and coaxed him not to undertake it and when he got into the moutains and almost lost his party, it was Carson who rescued him and brought him out. When Fremont unf;ertook to climb the highest peak of the Wind River Mountians, I have heard one of his mountain guides, Charles Lumbar say, that when they had reached within 500 feet of the top, ^ Fremont gave out, and Carson took him on his broad shoulders and ^ packed him up to the top of the mountain. That peak was named then and ahas always been known as Frenonfs peak, though Fremont, in all his writings, giveJno credit to Lumbar, who helped him up. Carson*.s home was at Tous, near Santa Fe. His wife was one of the New Mexican Spanish. Their children were educated by the Sisters in one of the convents near there. ' Carson s life was spent on the plains in the early days where his comrades were such men as James Bridger, Baker, Houston, Beckwith and many others, all of them great men, ail of whom have performed great and important duties for their- country. • ■ 1-.. ■ 'j-.J ,vr*iin nl.i oJ aji'f' • .. 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Graysons - 14. miles. Black ^uller 14 miles, Big Sandy - ■ . ' - 16 miles. Rrck Point 14 miles. Thompsons - 14 miles. Salt Wells 14 miles. Klowa > 1"^ - 14 miles. Rock Spring 14 miles. Little Blue ' - 12 miles. Green River 15 miles. Liberty Farm - 15. miles— . Lone Tree 14 miles. Lone Tree - - 15 miles. Hams Pork 18 miles. 32. Mile Creek - 10. miles. Church Buttes 12 miles. Suiami t - 12 miles. Millersville 8 miles. Hooks - : 13 miles. Ft. Bridger 13 1082. Ft. Kearney - - ,10.294 Muddy - 12 miles. Platte Station '10 miles Qualcing-Asp Springs-10 miles. Craigs ' - 11 miles. Bear River 10 miles. . Plum Creek- ' - 15 miles. Needle Rock 10 miles. Willow Island . i - 15 miles. Eclao Canon - 10 miles. Midway - 14 miles. Weber ' - 10 miles. Gilmans ' • f 15 miles. .' 'Hanging-Rock. 10 miles. • Ft, Cottonwood •! - 17.391 Daniels- 12 miles. Cold Spring - 15 miles. Kimballr, 11 miles. Fremont's Spring 15 miles. Mountain Dell 15 miles. Black Horn - 11.miles. Great Salt Lake - 14.1206. • Alkali Lake 14.miles. Traveller's Rest- 11 miles. . Sand Hill - - 12.miles. . Rookwelis' 9 'miles. . Diamond Springs - 11 .mi lei;. joe Dug-Qut 9 miles. • Bui1s Ranc h 15.miles. Camp Floyd 10 miles. • Ft. Sedgv;iek - 14.497 No Name- 10 miles. • Antelope Springs 12.miles. Point PJ4§kout 11 miles. • Sparring III 11 - 13-miles. Simpson-Springs - 15 miles. • Denniaons ~ ' m 13-miles. River Bed a miles. Valley Station - 12 miles. Dug ''^ay- 10 miles. American Ranch ■» l6 miles. Black Rock 12 miles. • Beaver Creek 18 miles. Fish Springs 11 miles. . P!,. Wardweil 16.590 Willow Springs - 1 miles. Bijou 4 miles. • -Union Station - 15 miles. Fremont's Orchard - 16 miles. Deep Creek - 12 miles. flagle's Nest - 11.miles. PriarierGkte 8 miles. ■ Latham mm 12 miles. Antelope Spgs. - 18 miles. • Big Bend mm 15 miles. Spring Valley & 13 miles. V'-- Cainp ColMns La' Porte Bbnner' Cherokee Virgiriia -Date ■ 'vVxllow Springs Big Lararaie Little Laramie Copper Creek Rock Creek MEdicine Bow Elk Mountain Ft. Ilallock Herseys - Solomons River Saline Spring Creek EllsworthFt, Ellsworth Buffalo Creek . Lost.Creek Fossil Creek Camp Fletcher Downer Station Ruthton - Bluff Springs Bridges Basin Grannell Spgs. Chalk Bluffs Monument - Pour Crossings . Eatop Crossings Henshaws Spgs. Pond' 3 Creek Fitches Meadows Blue Mound Cheyenne Wells Eureka Creek Dubois Cornell Creek Coon Creek Hedlnges Lake Big Bend Sandy Reeds Springs Beaver Creek Bijou Basin Box Elder - Parkhursts- ^ Cherry Valley Denver - 32,,680. 5 miles. - 10 miles. - 12 miles. - 12 miles. - 15 miles. - ' 15 miles. - 14 mile 3. - 17 miles. - 11 miles. 17" miles. 8 miles. 7,.816 16 miles. 17 miles. r 16 miles. 15 milfis. 14 miles. 5.205 miles, 9 miles. 15. miles 14 miles. 14.257 14 mllos. 10 miles. 1 miles. 18 miles. 12 miles. 15 miles. 14.349 12 miles. 11 miles. 13 miles. 11,396. 14 miles. g miles. 13 miles. 21 miles. 13 miles. 11 miles. 12 miles. 18 miles. IID miles. 16 miles. 10 miles. 12 miles. 10 miles. 11 miles. 14 miles. 14.604. Shell Creek - 12,1430. Smoky Hill Route, Ft. Leavenworth to Easton - Winchester OsaukeeIndianola 12 miles," 10 miles. 13 miles. 19 miles. St. Mar-y's Mission- 22 miles Louisvi-lle - 14 iniles. Manliattan - 15 miles. Ogden - - 10 miles. Ft, Ril-ey - 5,120 Junction City - 2 miles. Overland Route to Montano. via Pow-der River and base of Big Horn Mountains, Ft. Laramie to ■ La Prele Creek - 74 miles. Ft, Reno - 86,160, ' Clear F-ork - 40 miles. Tongue River - 50 miles. Big Horn River - 70 miles. Clark's-Fork 60 miles. Yellov;stone mines - 100,480. Madison-River - 70 miles. Virginia City - 70 miles. Yellowstone mines to Ga:;.latin-City - 65 miies. Arkansas River route' BP. Leavenworth to Ft. Riley Ft. Ellsworth Ft. ZaraFt. Larnod Ft* Dodge Ft, Aubray Ft. Lyon_ Ft, Garland Ft. Lyon.to Paton Pass Ft^ Union Sante Fe Ft, Bridger to Virginia_City Soda -Springs - 120 - ;^220 - 265 - 300 - 355 - 470 - 52D - 710 miles, miles, mi les. miles, miles, miles, miles, miles. 139 miles, 100 miles, 90.329, OmsLha to Ft. Kearney Ft, Kearney to Ft, Cottonwood Julesburg (Ft.Sedcwick( Fort Wardwell Denver Denver to Camp Collins Ft, Laramie Ft, Garland - 181 miles, 97 miles. 106 miles. 93 miles, 90.386, 70 miles, - 230 miles. 225 miles. North Platte Route Ft. Leavenworth to Ft, Sedg?/ick Camp Mitchell Ft, Laramie Horse Shoe Camp M-rshall Deer Creek Ft, Casper Sweetwater Bridge Three Crossings St, Marys South Pass Green River 497 miles, 118 miles, 52.667, 35 miles. 25 miles. 25 miles, 25,777, 50 miles, 35 miles. 70 miles, 46 miles, 35,1013. January, 1856. Iowa City, Jan. 11, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I found your letter on my return from Chicago last night and in answer will say:-that kr. Farnam has been here all the week and will return again tomorrow. He is well -leased with those Documents and although they come too late for him to use on New York yet he pledged the county for the 500,000. He will go out to the Bluffs sometime after this Legislature clo.ses when I want you to talk to him about several things but it will not do to say anything to him about his speculating with us in anything excepting property around the Bluffs he is adverse just now to i^epot Ground speculating though he will go in with us when we want him to he is anxious to buy further west a long time before does not like to speculate and be build ing R. -R. in some town you understand. You must talk to hiih about Reeds operation in relatioa to the Hotel that fixed right will be all that is necessary ana tell him where Reed h.as hah an interest with us it was only because he raised the money to buy the property with and only at the "luffs. At Grinnell he has no interest, v.-e owning the undivided 3/4. I shall talk to him tomorrow or next day about the Omaha purchase and i want you to stave off the c?LOsing of the pur chase until I write you what his answer is, if you go into that and F. does not, have ^eed find the money as we shall make it the Roint and we want a controlling interest whether F. goes or not. I am almost afraid to let him touch it until we get it entered if Reed will furnish the money for onehalf of the 320 and give us Bond for l/4 I will guarantee Mr. F. to take l/8 of us and l/s of his at fair price after entered but if F. Buys now we want 3/4 if we can get it, l/4 for him, 1/4 for ^'eed and l/4 for us. The President has ordered to niarket in 3 million of acres in De Fort Dodge and Sioux City districts; had we better nieddle with the Lands. We can get any quantity of to enter by issuing a circular in relation to the lands. The Legislature are hard to work and are determined to knock the capitol out of Fort Det: moines. The House has taken a test vote on the question and it stood 34 to 24. The Fort Des l"..oines folks charges rent etc. which nskes the against it. They are trying to tax the R. R. ylOO per mile, it is too much. I will write you this week. Grinnell property is coming up fast Jr-sper county voted against us, we are going to run the line 3 miles notth of them It hurts but Newton onlj gave 30 majority for the loan. Yours, G. M, Dodge. Is September, 1856 Iowa City, Sept. ll/56 Friend Baldwin: Yours dated Sept. 5 was received tonight and in answer woiild say tl.at I received a letter today from Wr. Reed. V/e are waiting on Mr. Farnam who is in New York to sign the agreement for the Hotel. I will see Dey about that share. I ha te to dun him on it as he is helping me to the Depot grounds etc., and it is rather a bad time now but I will have him do something. I hawboioght the Grinnell property and we can have an undivided 3/8 or one l/2 or l/4 of the profits as we I wrote Reed about it today. I could invest any amount of money. I am a little afraid Reed has too many men in each oper ation, it will yet get out and fix us as bad or worse than Cook and Sargent. I had rather buy on our own hook with one more than to have 1/2 a dozen different ones in each purchase. 1 am about making another purchase but cannot tell what success I shall have, on the other I had to buy and everything-else Reed could not touch bottom they charged hin. ^piOO per acre, I bought for $50 and the Depot Grounds are on our part of the town. All the banks in the west and east are expanding to make arrangements to pay for the produce, are issu ing more than ever before, and all the prominent bankers I have seen say that it will be tighto'times with the Banks next winter than they have seen before and I tell you our only chance to make arrangements for money is to do it now. Pledge all our lands let Tuttle take on the documents to do it with if he cannot raise it without and get our money on long time. I can do it if he cannot. Let him pledge his and we will all ours than I can work at this end to a better advantage and we will have money to use there and those lands are laying idle . I know that they will bring money quicker than any thing else. I do not want another partner in the concern if we can help it. Cook and Sargent have issued and put into circulation $100,000 of Florence and intend to put out $100,000 moi-e. They have $33,000 in gold at Florence to protect it. I have access to their books and now if Cook dont come down it is strange to me. I told Downey today when he showed me the account that they were getting into the fire and to hold up and see how the other Nebraska money stood;all our men and Banks are bound to send every cent of Nebraska money home when the contraction comes on the illinois and Wisconsin banks and I tell you it will be tight tiijes here. We are preparing for it. Cannot tell what we shall do untill the Captain gets back there is something brewing but has not been made known yet. I have to run beck and forth to answer questions all the tim.e but cannot as yet tell the consequences (Remainder of letter missing.) ~ y 1C3 • January, 1656. Iowa City, Jan. 29, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I received yours of 19 ^ 20th today. I immediately sent them to ^r. ^'arnam, have also written him about the Brown Tract. I think he will advance the money on the Brown tract so send on the Bond on receipt of this. .1 am sorry about the '-'maha tract know that it is in such a fix that hb will not like it though i expect he will take it. Who are the owners? I have written you every week and more; I dont understand why you dont receive the letters. The Legislature adjcurned last night and the members are olf. They had some exciteing tinies but it was the house that ever was not one man in it. V/yatt of ^-arrison was the best and ablest member. We could do but little with it as it had no head or tail to it. I am afraid that the Nebraska Banks are ahead in the Legis lature. How is it? N'iller has written me to know if we want any thing if you do l:e will go in for it«. Yours, G. M . Dodge . iC5 Warch, 1856. Iowa City, March 31, 1856• Friend Baldwin; ■ ii'' .1 " I have received two inclosures of Deeds and Tuttle brought several letters. I had a talk with Tuttle he has agreed to go out of our bouse, syas he wishes to.Reed writes that he has not arrangenients made yet. I fear he will not niake any if not ^ shall go on and try my luck. We have had very exciting times lately about our new Location Cook fights hard, there was a meeting of the directors in New "i'ork' Monday. Dey Farnam and all were there. They are to telegraph me or were to but I have not received any so I suppose all is right as today is the.last we can change our map filed in the Lee. of States office which is you i-cnow on the Musquito route. I am afraid we shall have trouble in changing our map at Washington but you can rely on it that we have done everything that could be done. 1 had an Interview with Cook and larnam.. They sent an engineer up after me a week ago on Sunday. C. of course was bitter but i stood on my rights. Re was down on my action in filing the m^ap, but tJ justified the act with orders so s.trong th.at he could not touch them. I have been fearful that they would kick up some muss in Council Bluffs about the right of "ay.. I hear that Cassidy and Test are backwards. I say now to the Gomcil Bluffs people.that opposition to us at this stage is ruin to their route, for I have pledged the right of way. In my report of the two routes I summed up the difference thus in favor of the Misquito; "five miles saved in distance, nine miles of sixty foot grade thi-own out and twelve miles of very heavy work ^.voided, substituting therefore a valley line of light grades and lighter v.ork, reaching the river in two miles less distance than can be done from any point on Pigeon route and again of 30,000 acres of land over said route" But I have had no iears about which route would be built on,miy endeavor has been to have the lusquito route filed so as to have it have its effect now. We have had to appeal to the Attorney General for all of our decisions the secretary of the Interior always deciding against us. We have been successful so far and the fileing oi the map in accordance with th.e only law in relation to the miatter was a great point made by me which they csnnot now get out of the secretary's office unless they do it today. If I could write all I know could show you some things that you little know in relation to the actions and workings of both Florence and Council Bluffs. Another thing 1 will state Parnam and Durant have the privilege in their contract to change lines wherever they see fit and Cook is awful down on their funning up Clear Creek, they having bought extensively on old mans Creek line. Mitchell sent me a paper with an article underscored about those right of way maps. Unless his writings etc. have a tendency to obstruct our gett ing the right of way I shall pay no attention to him. I do not want a paper controversy sherein we shall be implicated as all those things tend to block and pred my actions here as you can readily see. Dey has been scored awfully by Cook, he, D. is down on C., and told me that the line would never have been laid down Pigeon hcd he known the result of the survey or had D. been more confidnet it appears as if c. 1G6 overruled my laiSng of the line dovm ivusquito in the first map "by the policy" not by the merits of the line. Though I had nothing to say after it was sent back here for a change but changed it according ot orders. Reed is now in New York City and writes he is trying some man there . I hasie a noticaa to try Durants Brother., he is sharp and wealthy and has a good seal of influence in ■Vall St, stops now in Chicago. I wish to hear from you about it, and also what you think about our pledgeing our lands. I think I shall be in the Bluffs in April if I am well enougja. We have let otir lower line to Oskaloosa to be donw in one year. Farnam and Durant say that these counties west must come to the scratch, or else they will build that line to Fort Des Koines and from there on and build this line here from Iowa City to Fort Des Koines last. The Dubuque road have raised 6,000,000 on their lands. Would it not be a good plan for us to buy a little at Sioux City. The Burlington Folks h^ve n.ade a small loein in the of stock taken they have decided on the line through the of the second teir of Counties. "hen the-proper time comes we must bring that road to the Blul f s. Our R. R. loan must be taken with the provision that the road comes down Kusquito, I mean whether the fileing of.our maps is down that creek or not. I mean those things shall be fastened so that should anything ha^. en that the management of the road and .Com pany should change they could not change the route. I want a strong effort-made to get the Telegraph line to the Pacific up the Platte. I am amking the arrangements to have a big pressure on it. I will write more I'ully when I hear from Washington. I enclose map of Nebraska. I am etc., G, K. Dodge . Keep-muffi-as-S-j - Sets-all - the -news-f rem-there - regulari I can do more hi.re if my name is not used at all at the Bluffs. Make those you have to tell these thing keep mum as C. gets all the news from there regular. ■ ■ ■ ■ August, 1856. Friend Baldwin; Iowa City, Aug. 31, 1856. Yours dated the 81st and 26th caine to hand today. I have been on my back all the week and also Annie is down sick but I wishto say a few more words in relation to the Pigeon line and Cook. Now Cook did not know that the line was located down Pigeon as he left before it was done and Farnam and Durant are the only ones who have control over the running and location of the lines. . Cook did not even see our maps. Hence you are mistaken about his influencing Dey for I suppose Dey would do anything that would hurt him as he, Cook has treated Dey.very shabbily. This was the question on which it was decided. Dey said that if they ever made a connection with the Pacific road it was no longer a question where the line should be located and I agreed with him there, though I held it could be made from the ^.usquito route. He said not so well, but that was laid aside and the question came up will Council Bluffs act the same if we locate down N.usquito? Now you know that antecedents were against them; and they tl:en said that they would lay the line so tta t they could protect themselves,; a nd fcr. Farnam and Mr. Dey both told Mr. Reed if Council Blul'fs acted honorably with the Company they would get the road down Musquito. Now I say that they cannot build the road on its present location, it is not.only impractable but is against the wishes of Mir. Farnam; and could 1 have seen him I think it would still have remained in its first location; the one that he is most favorable to, and I tell you that when he comes out there to convince hiii by showing him the feeling of the people. Mir. Dey has no feelings in the matter only to do the best for the Company and when you think Cook riles the roost you are mistaken for we have just changed thirty miles of line against his wishes and gave two depot grounds to others where he was figuring big for them. Now Dey is helping tr.e all he can in these depot arrangenients and hAs told mie where to buy. Got the Depot grounds on our purchase at Grinnell in direct conflict with Cooks interest and yet you D him because he did not fight for Council Bluffs. I say that he acted according to his judgement as an Engineer and nothing else governed him; I think he and believe we had not better push him on that note, and if Tuttle can hold it he will pay the interest on it for if you have taken a wrong view of this matter and were you here would readily see how the matter stands if the map was now here knowing as we do the feeling it would not be located there. Kemiember the linA comes into the i^-issouri Val.ey at Jo. Johnsons Tavern as laid down. Send that deed for the landing property to Mr. Farnam and request him to deposit in New York to your credit. I told him and he told me to do so and i wrote you sometime ago also, make some pur chases in the landing opposite Omaha. I enclose you Reeds letter and that will explain about the Omaha property. Tell Tattle to go R-^st as soon as possible and let him take along all our land to Pledge. I dont care if Reed dont want the Mullen and Test Lands, he may go without his,understanding with m,e was to take twelve hundred and fifty acres in Audubon, Shelby and Pottawattamie Counties and pav the interest that had accumulated on it. You can nake out the detds to that amount if you like, I will write him today and tell him he had better take the Mullen or Test land or both and state to him the terms explicitely. Send him a certi ficate from the recorder in relation to Braytus land in that Braytus has not made any other converance or encumbrances, the other I have attended to, send certificate here at Mond . Also let me know where Mullens land lays also shere Tests lays. I wish to hold on to my property in the Bluffs and Florence if you can raise me a little money. It seems to me Tuttle could loan me a thousand or $1500 for a year at his usual rates. I will him. I am ex pecting a good deal of money for the company rnd they have not paid in one cent yet bub soon will. i ami now trying to get hold of one piece more for Depot grounds think I shall succeed think that that will be all i shall do for the first seventy miles west. am exI cannot get that Bond until Mr. Farnam returns which will be in a few days it is signed T think and in Chicago . I wish you would find out whether Mitchell gets anything from Cook now. In relation to our operations. Yours etc., G. M, Dodge. Did Farnam get anything in Floi-ence? wink sharp on those preiiiptions. Tell Street to »i ' .1 ■ . i. ■ '' ' '■ if." - S - ■ ■' iG9 i^ugust, 1856 Iiii. & Ni. R. R. Office, Aug. 2, 1856 Friend Baldwin; I arrived here on Friday and will state though confidentially as we do not wish it to be known to a single soul that we have decid ed on the Wsquito route. I shall start west in a few days to buy^ up lands for D.- grounds for Mr. Farnam to the tune of $15,000 and if we had money could invest but must have it within two weeks. ^ want to hear from you immediately. I know of no way of getting the money here. What shall be done? Cook and Sargent are issuing their money here and I tell you to beware of Nebraska banks. Dont keep much on hand as there is very little confidence in St. Louis in them or even here. Look out for them as there is any quantity of Nebraska money locked up here and also in St. Louis. Tell Tuttle to keep his eye skinned and not to back any bank, stand on his our footing and not favor any of theni. I want $20,000 to use in this 70 miles it will turn within two years. Had I better let Reed in if I can get money from him right away? Yours etc. , G. M. Dodge. Be sure and not say anything also watch the land Office Pre - - etc.. Tell Nate that I advanced $520.16 for the Council Bluffs Guards which wants to be paid in to my credit. I give an accepted draft due Feb. 1st for $4 16. I want it collected right away from the company also to get the No. of that lot of ground I got of Larrine and put j.t in the deed and get the deed recorded. G. 1^'. August, 1856 m. & v., R. R. Office, Iowa City, Aug . 7, 1856. Friend Baldwin; I think you haa better drop Redfield a line and see what we can get on interest in his town for. We have had another fight over the ^;Usquito route and Pigeon is now ahead but only for ulterior pur poses, the Company want some hold-back to make Pottawattamie come to ternis. Shall cut across into the Missouri on Little Pigeon. That is the way we shall lay the line but it never will be built there. They feel sore over Tests opposition and are afraid that there is some like him at the Bluffs. The whole eastern part of the state have gone with a rush for the Republicans; only one Democratic County as far as heard from, old Dubuque . Davis is elected to Congress and Johnson rolled up 300 for the Rex^ublicans, Henry 800, De - - 400, Louisa 500, Scott 300, iviUScatin-300, Iowa which cast only 600 votes gives 350 majority. Linn 500, Adams 500, Washinton 200 and all the rest Blair of St. Louis is elected to Congress, a Republican victory. He attended the Philadelphia Convention. Benton left St. Louis County with 3300 miajority. Write me what is going on. I want you to get hold of some property in north part of town. Yours, G. J/.. Dodge. September, 1856. 113 Iowa,City. September 5, 1856. Friend Baldwin. We are having a seige of sickness. Annie is just getting up from a very severe bilious fever and little Lettie is almost down with teeth and I forget whether i wrote you in relation to that lower landing purchase. If you notify Nr. -farnam of the purchase and request him to deposit in New York for it he will do so I spoke to him about it he wishes us to secure the grounds at the Omaha landing. As soon as possible if you can determine''which to get perhaps you hau better wait until they come out. F xsrt Dodge is not going to be a point in the Dubuque Road nor is Elmwood in the Burlington. This is private and will create a storm. I tell you that those other lines are playing the duce, are running their roads anywhere; their only object being to make the most money out of the operation, are open for bids all the time and if they can get a site on the Missouri where they can get at it they will let Sioux City Slide, but I believe and they think that they cannot get around Sioux City though they are making surveys for that purpose. I have seen all the officials for each road and it is a hurley burley mess I assure you. Dont say anything about it as they dont want to stir up any feeling before it is necessary. Both of the Cooks are Cooks are out for Filmore and there is a strong eifort to Defeat Fremont in this state in that mianner. Eb Cook is dead for United States Senatcr I saw Gov. Grimes today shall send out our muskets as soon as possible, it is difficult to get them taken across the State. Tell Street to watch that Oflicer as there is all kinds of games up to quib'ole in relation to the grant and claims made under it. ard Williams will suffer at Fort Dodge. Webster Uounty is going to defeat the loan.for the Road because the vote makes Ft. uodge a point I have sent White the power of Attorney and directed him to return it to you. h.r. Farnam started from New ^ork on Tuesday. Yours etc., G. k . Dodge, September, 1856, Friend Baldwin: Iowa City, Sept. 19, 1856, Yours dated ^ept. 10 & 11 came to hand yesterday- And I cannot see why G. B. is so anxious about that location. I have the word of the company that their terminus will be at C. B. and all our business done there and opposite there on the river. Now what more do they v/ant? I also say that they do not own any part ol' Florence. Mr. Farnum has written you about womething, I dont know what, but 1 want you to write Mr. Farnara stating the matter fully in relation to the line and he will give you something that you can work from. Now I shall see him soon and find out cbout rebel(?) estate matters you can buy in his name and have deeded to him any of the purchase on the tissouri opposite the Bluffs. Buy and deed to him a certain portion and retain ours in our own name. Let them if they wish to give the interest but have ours tahen separate or combined with Mrj Farnam but it better be in separate deeds. Better pay a nominal sum, dont like gifts, a small sum and let Mr. Farnam pay for it. I dont think he will object. You had better state to him fully in relation to what purchases you intend to niake also their value and terms. He has tole us to let him know wheji we had a good thing also to purchase opposite the Bluffs for him. State the thiQg fully. Now Dey even - he has pledged his word that if Council Bluffs comes up to the mark she will get the road where she wants it. But none of them saw the excitementithat the location would raise and Mr. Farnum knows nothing about it. I have made one purchase for us and shall have the title in our own name - an Addition to Grinnell the first stopping place for one year west of the city. I can try othei property and with our money if you like but have arrai-igements with Reed for the money and it will all be in our name. Reeds sons will be out here to attend to the sale. We hcve many applicants now for lots in Grinnell I paid 58,000 for 160 Acres. There are now about ten houses on the addition and the Depot Grounds are also on it. I consider it a big thing. I shall try when 1 consider it good but in only a few places. Wis will be a good point, and Bear Grove a better one. If Redfield can be trusted you may promise him the Depot Grounds if he will let us have a shoe but dont give him any thing in writing that will in the lai st compromise me because the Depot will have to go into his terms, we cannot get rid ol it. I expect some to be out and make some surveys and Demonstrate that the R. R. cannot be built on the present line but am not sure about it as we may have so much to do that I cannot leave I am urging it and think that it will be done. Tuttie wants to take in certificates from the Recorder of each county that there is no incumberance on our lands and he want to go right away. Money is plenty now but will be scarce soon,-hurry him up. Things look well for us on the line and they depend on you for their main man west. 116 Had we have know)^ that the Keokuk folks were going to fight us so hard in Plok County we should have got you to go over and righted Williamson and Scott,they are carrying the whole east side of the county against us. Now I ask,the Blulf? people to keep still and not do any foolish thing to hurt them any more with the road. The Burlington folks will not go to the Bluffs but end their line oposite Nebraska City. They have not deposited their maps here yet. I shall know all about their movements and will keep you posted but they are locating in one place and building in another so it will not do to.buy on their location. I tell you that those coiTipanies are playing the duce. Who will you send to the constitutional,convention? For God sake send a good able man. I shall send an Petitions to the Bluffs soon for signatures to have.a daily mail from here direct through, shall scatter the petitions along the line and want them signed right off and returned to this place. We can get it if we only try, I think of nothing else. Ask Nate if he has bought anything for ii^rs. Demewith. 1 sent him money to New York, have you had returns? Write me often and let me know how you get along. I think 1 shall be able to buy Dey out of one share, but may have to buy more th.an you said. " ' Your-s , G. ^. ^odge i l l - ' 117 ♦ ' • ,! V* / " J September, 1856 . Iov;a City, Sept. 25, 1856. Frierid Baldwin: I enclose Mr. Reeds letters in answer to mine and and will explain a part of it. The Grinnell property we get 3/8 of 160 acres bond for a deed and pay ten per cent,that was what I objected to but suppose we shall have to submit.- If I understand your last letter you prefer titles in that shape rather than shares of the profits as the title" vests in us here. Is that not so? You must write him about those lands I canot tell what you had better let hiii. have,at any rate if you deed him any,deed those on Keg- Silver and those in township 76 and 77 as those will be further off. Those on Musquito you had better keep as the line will run through them. Mr. Farnum has returned from New York and is very sorry -that he located the line down Pi says he should never have done 11 had he taken the proofs on to New York, the Company all against it so you see tta t it is as I predicted. I have kept up a steady fire at it ever since I arrived. Dey says he had no idea it would create such a feeling and says that he looked upon it as making no difference in relation to Council Bluffs, he says he knew that they had ?ome feeling about it but did not believe it amounted to one cents difle-rence in the prosperity of the place. Reed., son will come out to sell those lands(?) (or bonds) I suppose he is a very fine appearing young man has a good deal of go ahead but I do not knew, what kind of a salesman he will make. The hotel 1 have not yet been able to get fixed. Te are pulling too many strings at a time. Reed is very sanguine about it. I ami not- believe we shall have to advance miost of the money. You had better forwara the Bank right away. Shall we get to the deposit? I am about buying some lands around the depot at Grove. Downey is very anxious to get me to take hold with him. They and Norris own a large tract and Farnam and Durant will not touch it unless they will Deed them i of the whole, they hate to do it, but it is their only show for the first 70 miles as we have bought all the rest. I have a show for 240 adjoining the town if Farnum takes it shall not touch it unless he does. Reed says he-has raised -^50,000 for me at no interest if so it is a very good — He appears to have considerable influence with HiOnied men and ^ shall still invest with him taking bonds - I annex a small - of Grin nell purchase. You see that it lays well i'or as we bought the VfrM >•-'» Grinnell Norris Addition | nell'f lavf houses on U Grln- buildlnE hilisJ' no. is. !■ ®lehty The hepot adjoining has been it so located that It on is it right and partof »hera all toe tha ic .. 1 I ■ ( Grounds deeded "to the CoHipany. Polk County voted us $300,000 by 400 majority'and we have set the ball in motion in Jasper for $200,000. we shall make them pay or no road. I should like to make a purchase or two for ourselves if you can keep up our deposit so as to let me draw on New York. Please notify me of the deposit there and if you want me to draw on it send me sone blank drafts. I know of one or two pieces that will in all probability pay well. Do as you like. One other thing, kr. Farnam does not own one cents worth in Florence and what is more says now he will not. Write me often and let me know how you prosper. I am very anxious about Tuttle, our grist is up if we dont do something before the Banks contract,. You will see by Reed s letter that it is easy enough to raise money on wild bonds. Nate had better print on all the beads and. put in the line from our map in the office and let Tuttle take that with him. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge, Send me a Bluffs Paper occasSionally. Write often. Send on those premp-- Who attended to them? ily September, 1856 Iowa City, September 28, 1856. Friend Baldwin; Orders came, yesterday from '.VasBiington that they should not submit to that part of the Iowa land Bill that allows us to locate our line for the selections of l-ands therefore we shall have to withdraw our maps and make a pernianent location on them. This we shall not do until we get others ready so as not to lay our lands open for preeiription again,. Keep this x-^rivate dont let any one know it, i'iow to the question, I start next week for Bear Grove with my party to make the final location and it will be down kusquito but I wish you to write, N'r, I'arnam receipt of this, dont allude to our new move ment nor let hiii. know that you know our intention of relocating the line. State to him the facts of the feeling in relation to the location, and what you can do provided it is located down t-usquito. State all the particulars in relation to what they liave been trying to do and in what conditions you have kept them still, I want to bring all the influence to bear possible and now you can help me so that there is not a xjossible chance to have the location made down Pigeon, and tills remember is the final Location and cannot be changed. I have not yet received my instructions but was informed that ^•:r, Farnam was disposed to put it on the Iv.usquito route and the encouragement you can give him by pledging the county for 300,000 and the city for 100,000 or more if necessary will fasten the thing beyond a doubt.. He will be out there on his return from New York, and you had better urge upon him the necessity of coming and seeing the state of feeling there. I wish you would pay special attention to this matter as now is the time to act. Also sell some or all of my lots in Florence, a pi rt of them anyhow as I wish to meet my payments on the house. Any lel.ters that may come for me that should be of importance please forward by messenger to my carr.p, which I shall try and keep you posted up on. I do not tb.ink Wr, I'arnam and Ley are very well disoosed to ward the hotel project but do not exactly know, lie is about^getting married and probably is hard up for money he will pay interest on the note. Tuttler holds against he thinks we hold it yet and dont let Tuttle present it, I was in hopes Tuttle would arrive before I left but he does not appear to come, I fear he will be late about it and we shall not get any money, hlease give a little attention to sellmg my Florence lotsor a part of theni, as I fear F, stock will go down. Now dont leave a stone unturned to help me along in this location as I have fought a hard battle and now is the time to rain only needs a little arbitrating testimony from the Blulfs for us to succeed. Write me at Fort Des Moines on receipt of this. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge. (Over) P.S. The Lyons Road end their line in Sec. 8, Town. 83-, Range 46, run 1-| ndles wouth of Ashton and coii.e into the i^.issouri Valley on Sec. two and Town 83 R. 44 thence run due west to River. I believe there is son.e buncun.b in their line as ti.ey run as far north as Town 88 and go through New Ida. The Burlington Road run their line through Glenwood and end it at a Town called Bethlehem. I think that they are fainal in their location and no doubt will make it a point. They have not yet filed their maps. • ' V'' . .V: .' ■ ■ .. I <i' ■' K ■ ■ : : / i ) ri* ■ ■ .. . -i m-w. - • '> - j-M ■ " ' . ■ . .iw,' .'R ; • .fv'■> - T-' 7," ' j ' '■ «s' ' I .'I ^ .-'W/'iL'l. ' • ■> October, 1856. Fort Des Moiries, Oct. 12, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I hrve arrived here on niy way west and will drop you a line. I left our child quite unwell at Iowa City and if any letters arrive at the Bluffs ol' importance to me please foward them to me by messeng er. I shall coii.n,ence the survey at Bear Gorve on Thursday and shall camp at upper Grove on Troublesome, at Ballards upper Grove; nerr the Highland Grove; at the upper Grove on Indian at Sweats Grove or the '.Vest Nishnabotna at Weeks Grove and thence down Silver and cross into Musquito near or below Donners and reach the Bluffs about the first of November. I hove seen Stevens and he is in a fix. I guess he is going to withdraw his Tennessee money and pitch into Florence. Cook is down on him he is afraid he will not get the Roads business as Cook says that they are to hove it and use Florence money. I know better as we are using eastern money altogether. Stevens gets plenty of Eastern money on his own notes without other signers. I dont understand it exactly but he says he can get ail he vants. Rohde Island money he uses the most also one New York bank, I forget which. I heve given you our company ground so as to enable you to send to me if you like. I am very anxious about little Lett and guess you better send out to me on tlie arrival of letters from Annie. Dey has gone east to get married and Farnam is in New York. Henry has re signed the Superintendentscy of the Road to take Deys place in Farnams and Durants business. They are preparing to do a big business next season and we shall strike into very heavy work this winter. Yours etc., G. M. Dodge. November, 1856. Iowa ^ity, Nov. 7, 1856. Messrs Baldwin, Dodge & >^0., Gentlemen: I received a few days since a note from your Mr. Dcxige bearing date Get 7, enclosing a power of Atty. to seel a portion of the land owned by us at Council Bluffs. The power gives you the right to lay out into lots and sell about 40 acres. Enclosed I send you the power of Atty. properly executed. The Bond which Mr. -^odge attends to I have not with me. It is in Chicago to which place 1 shall return tomorrow, when I will hove it executed and returned to you. In relation to the Hotel I think it may add to the value of the real estate, but 1 do not think it would be worth our while to advance any money for that purpose over and above what can be real ized from the sale of lots. I will therefore give my consent to have the Hotel commenced and carried on as fast as the expense can be paid out of the funds aris ing from the sales of the lots included in the 40 acres. Mr. Dey will arrange to have the Depot located at the earliest day possible so as to give you all the benefit of that. In relation to the proposed purchase alluded to by Mr. Dcrl ge opposite of Omaha which has been particaliy negotiated by Mr. Baldwin, I shall leave to the judgement of Mr. Baldwin and take such interest as he may think I ought to. It is now too late in the season for me to reach Council Bluffs in time to advise with you this fall, I shall therefore be abliged to leave much to your judgement and that of Mr. Dey's who is familiar with all the facts in the case. I am. Respectful^ yours, Henry Farnam. November, 1856 Iowa City, Nov. 16, 1856. Friend Baldwin: I can only say a few words and enclose Reed's letter. I was brought in with three of my party last Friday, perfectly blind, caused by overstraining of the eyes with the sun shine very bright on the snow and I am kept in a dark room, can just see in it. Am go ing slowly. You must write Reed, I cannot, and tell him what to do. I sent you Right of 'Way wiaps Feb. 18 with Deeds. 3hall buy Deys interest in the forty. X a Hi, etc.. G . . Dodge . I have written Farnam twice about his deposit. Your map sent will not do, I want the actual bought of the Sections through which the line runs in Council Bluffs from. Send office their figuhes. 127 December, 1856, Iowa City, Dec. 8, 1856 Friend Baldwin: I arrived here last might after a tedious journey came through frori, Fort Des Noines with the party got one fingersmashed bone and all at the Fort and had to quit stageing, -L could not get a cent of Nebraska money at the Fort. Stevens has a loan from them,^ I dont like it much. He is two faced I believe.1 took up the certificate and enclose it. Mr. Farnam is here, leaves for New York with maps tomorrow is anxious to get those papers from the Bluffs and Omaha he is on our side and no mistake but dont say one word as he is very much displeased with Reeds operation ana I fear we sl:all have to quit operating with him he wants no one else interested in the Brown tract. I wish you would caution Reed and tell him not to use the Company's or Mr. Rarnam's name in any transaction, also Tuttle . I tell you that they are up about it, Anything you see there buy. He will be in also everything"will be inade public about the location and Depot Grounds as soon as the county is secured. £ have had a long talk about Florence. Cook denies owning anything except his lot there and Mr. Farnam says he never spoke a word with Mitcliell about the line. I believe the Be-- farm is a speculation at $150 per acre anyhow now, or within two irionths is the tiiiie to buy. 1 will try and rake up some Nebraska money here. ''>e must have money to operate with and that soon. White, Keep and their man have let the whole cat out of the bag and 1 will not move another inch unless I can keep those inter ested from talking. Mr. Farnam will come out on his return from New York with Mr. Dey. All I have got to say is that C. B. is ahead a length and she has only got to do right to always keep so. Mr. F. goes in for her and Omaha without a word and is well pleased with my line. I will write you soon again and give you the ^es Moines im provements news. Yours etc., G. Ml. aodge. I have got the Bond for those lands. December, ibbo . Iowa City, Dec. 21,'56. Friend Baldwin: On rriy return froni iviarengo today I found several letters he re for li.e. have been trying to make the Clear Greek landing but I have froze up several of the party and came in today for recruits. It is awful, snow two foot and thermometer 20 below. In relation to the Grinnell purchaserthe understanding was that we were to have 1/2 at first and ti:en 1 agreed with Reed tlra t if his son would come out there and attend to the sale of the property he should h&ye an eight which I considered better than hireing any one to attend to it. I thought I spoke to you about it but it may have slipped my mind. I am anxious -to hear what success your subscription paper for the Company met with. The line was laid down the kusquito and hr. Farnam took it to New ^ork. He was very much pleased with the line and was down in Florence. He thinks they caught him asleep in the other line. Was pleased with the Brown purchase he is now in New York and will go to the Bluffs on his return that is he says he must but I fear he cannot. He is very much down on Reed and wanted me to quit speculat ing with him. I think he has a wrong idea of ^^eed but it is his (Reeds) fault he has not.policy enough, he never had ought to have moved a finger with Farnam. We must Have some money to use on the line and I am afraid to take hold with Reed now as Kr. F. might not favor us as much as if by ourselves. I can get him into any good thing and he is anxious to take hold 6f anything out there that we see fit. I think he would have liked a piece of the Drinnell pur chase from what he said, he asked me if we had got so strong as to need no more help" and laughed; he also wanted to kna if I had a share in Downeys new town. Cook denies owning anything in Florence excepting his lot that the Bahking F.ouse stands on. I gave him a full insight into all their operations, told him how they came to pur chase the stock etc. I wish you would look at those maps that are up in the Oifice that House made and see if our line is marked on them If it is take them down as he dont want it thrown in sight neither the old or new lines. Nate wrote me about a note that was missing. I never saw it nor did not take it. It cannot be of any value to any one is it? I want to hear from you about Reed. I am sorry, but cannot as I see do much, he certainly has been very injudicious both here and in New York Tuttle I heard some things he has said that are not politic for God sake have them keep mum or else they will cut us up bad. Tliere is nothing so o.bjectionable to Rr. F, as to have any of his business known outside. Yours, G . . Dodge . I have subscribed for the Democratic Press and also for the Silver City Republican. ■f o i J. ol February, 1857 Iowa City, Feb. 5, 1857, , L, ■ - • Friend Baldwin: I returned from Davenport today and found your letter dated Jan. 28/57. In answer, I had a long talk with t.r. ^ . that being my business there he gave me a draft for $1000 which I have remitted to our credit in N. Y. will also send the . 300 right away, starts for N. Y. on Monday. So all that matter is straight. These counties are playing they will force us to only let to I fear and perhaps not so far as that. We have got to bring them into line or else we shall not get one cent from other counties. I suppose i suppose I can sell the Duck Hollow Property if I could give a warrantee deed. I dislike to gove such a deed as I would have to the parties that we shall sell to them interested in our Road. Send on a discription. No. of lots, acres etc. and I will try and sell Onadi will soon come up a bill has been reported to make a new land district up there? We cannot sell Grinnell now at any such price as you mention, the ti.iie to sell it is when we conmience working in the spring. We can raise money on our land to almost any amount; and I think we shall be able before long to ma^e arrangements for a partnership with White our capital on our Lands. I have written out about my view of the matter, say put in our lands at :*5 per acre. We can by tt:at means raise 30,000 dollrs and if you think best I will start for New York as soon as we can get deeds. But I believe you can do better just now in Ohio. I shall look anxiously for a letter from ''hite with a proposition but if it does not suit I think we had better go on our own basis and I feel assured that if we could go east together we could make suitable arrangements for at least $20,000 and i shall want to use before long some more ii.oney here. We must keep Reeds and '''hites connection with us in the Brown addition from everyone. I tell you kr. L. is opposed to it and I think by bringing "'hite in connection with us we can clear away all F. objections. You had better sell my Florence lots or let Nate do it, as they will go down as soon as those maps are filed. We are now laying our and fixing our depot grounds at the Bluffs in reference to getting the right of way also want a copy of Nates map to fix the owners and everything else. I would buy Bollard's lot if Reed will furnish the money. He promised to write you on his arrival at New York, I wish you wouud let me know the exact amount of land we have deeds for and i will raise money on it. It is no use to wait any longer for Tuttle and I would prefer to have a settlement with him immediately and let it be known he is not with us. I will not go to work can get the documents ready. I as he returns from New York and one that will furnish it to us. on so good security and it only two months in New York I know i spare the tiiue now and I cannot me about half of my tiii.e to keep and raise some money as soon as we shall talk with N'r. Rarnam as soon 1 think he can recommend me to sonse There certainly cannot be any trouble need tii.e to do it. If I coald spend could bring the dimes but I cannot leave.C. & S.are down on us and it takes things straight. Be very careful 132 and guarded out there, everytl:ing said and done reaches here by next mail, so you can see my position and the necessity of n,aking things right now. I think Keep will give up his interest in Grinnell to F. but a. not certain, he is getting tired of it. I mean to let P. have an interest in Grinnell without taking away any portion of our interest. I shall get an interest in two other stations from here west if we want it but are we not getting about enough of these one horse stations without meddling with any more? I rather control the Grinnell and say one other station than all the rest. V'e shall get all the stations west of the Fort we want. Now I cqnie to these con clusions: First we will want to hear from '.''hite if he cannot do anything we will pledge our lands and go in on our own hook. I have said nothing to Farnam about a partner because I dont believe it is best for us to take in his friends as he has to many calling him by tha t name . Yours etc., G. M. Do dge ' ^ ' ' ' V ' ' '■ •r t ' I '' r, ^ . ■ V ' 'i "»/ ii '% 153 February, 1857. Engineer's Office, lov.a City, i^eb. 17, 1857 John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear ^ir: Herewith we send you map of Council Bluffs and a portion of l\/:usquito Valley, with our located line laid thereon in red, also meas urements from each l/4 section corner to line. Also blank i-'eeds which will have to be altered so as to read Th.ird Division of aaid Rail Road from Fort Des iVoines, Polk County to Council Bluffs. Pottawattamie County. Unless it is urged by owners of land to have specified in the deeds the agreement to fence and give the necessary crossings, I would not say anything about it. But if they press the matter it will be a good thing-to give way on and you can use it where it is absolutely necessary to get the right of way. We do not want the measurements from Section corners to line specified in deed but you can show the map and also measurements. We would like to have the Right of Way obtained before the new Corporation limits become a law. As it v.ill save us the trouble of getting right of way across streets alleys etc. from the Council. Be as expeditous in the matter as possible as we wish it got before we file our maps and the success in obtaining the right of way will have great weight in favor of Southern route. They generally put the consideration at one dollar but do not pay it. You must give them to understand if there are any stubborn cases that it vlll knock the ^.usquito line cold unless the right of way can be obtained free of cost to the Company. We shall send you another map soon having the lines laid on all the way down kusquito to where this map comnences and shall want the right oi' way .got on that. Get deeds recorded and return to this office. Get right of way all the way to River. You will see the position of Depot Grounds on map and look and see if the right of way is granted over the Riddle tract in that Bond if not, get it. Notify me on receipt of map and deeds which are in two separate packages. Yours etc., G. iV, Dodge. 1 have left this out of the map package f^nd enclose in separate envelope. Map in one and deeds another. G. M. D, i cr. i Iowa City, Feb. 22, 1857. Friend Baldwin I write you so as to urge upon you the importance of secur ing that right away; Cook is playing a deep underhanded game one face of which we detected last week by keeping our duplicate maps back until Mr. F. had gone to N. Y. and fileing the duplicate sent on from Washington with instructions without changing the line he taking the ground that it would make no difference as by the late decision of the Att. Gen.. We shall absort all our i)onds before we get to Fort Des Moines. Dey refused to file and took strong grounds on the question and these few beat Cook as I have got word to Farnam and I guess now the Cook interest has got a blow that of the eompan3'' « stop and some has brought of'their ou4 works. some singular This has things.I opened the guess eyes that Parker won't Bet flO.OOO now. I cannot write ihf ^Luoufars but you can see how the thing would have worked,it was a very a « Deathly one although but I knew it wou^d it was not a have blow at been the brought Mosquito out Route untiland ioS had the map give remedy on. it. I shouid I took have strong gone grounds to New on York the but subject, as luckand would have it the heavy rains had kept Mr. F. in Chicago and Durend s Brother arrived here the next day, hot of which was unAnd^T And I am anxious to get that right away. the map It for will nearly be a good three Lever weeks. for us and one that they cannot beat. Cook kE^ H^thiH^b^ITt"" fo use. Get them right our Influence. away and what Write ever me expence auguments you you to, havetime, d etc. the Company will pay for. Also if you have to get them f way from the Council. Name the sections through which they A ? * other map this week which reaches into Shelby County,and therefore. Blocks their game, so far as I can learn there are no Directors- taking active part witJ! Cook ^ makes tools of them sometimes unknowingly to them. Durend is up ^f^fight!^ ^ sometimes as he takes hFT^rest"fn ^ heard from you for sometime, and ray attention Is so close here that I hardly know what is going on It is n thing that I came back here or else we should be beat. As it keeps me a watching all the time, and I want you to keep close wktch on ilorenb«e find out how much Florence stock they own and keeT about what I have told. We have got to watch and keep still fp™® one keeps them booked up on every move of ours out there and vrM you can easily a good see many works things against that us.came from our house all of which Yours,G. M. Dodge. 1S7 IVarch, 1857, Iowa City, Niar. 7, 1857 Friend Baldwin: Yours of the 21st is at hand and you no doubt have had letters and maps froii, us ere this that you can get all the informa tion from you wish. The new constitution only allows counties to take stock or make her debt to an amount equal to 5 per cent of her valuation or assessment, so you see we shall be compelled to take that vote before fall and my impression is that the sooner the better for I believe delays are dangerous. Farnam has sent us a very explicite letter in relation to Cook and his map operation stating that the company are in favor of the ^'usquito route and for us to file maps of no other line hence the deed has been done and the Governor has signed our maps officially down the Iv.usqmito. That ends that vexed question 1 hope and ^ am right glad. That is all Gass about the Burlington Roaa the Iwichigan Central R. R. have got more than their hands full now and dare not touch another road for the next ten years and the Michigan Southern is in the same fix. I laid the whole matter vefore Reed as you have stated in your letter andhe writes very encourageingly. We must make some definite arrangement :3 with Tuttle. I am writing to hear what you say about buying Dey's interest in the Forty and what to give. I can sell it in Chicago 1 suppose immiediately but I think it will sell better in the Bluffs, •.'/rite definitely about it. I wrote Farnam about the :|4,300 fearing Uirough these exciting floods he might have forgot it, he will deiJOSit imir.ediately on receipt of my letter if he has not before and wrote him in New York. I expect to come out there soon and spend a few weeks. Shall start as soon as the going gets settled and 1 get a little over rny hurry. I am going to Grinnell tomorrow to Locate our Depot Grounds and make arrangements, measurements etc. so that we can have that addition laid off as soon as necessary. I have written Nate about sending up a schedule of all our lands Bonded and otherwise all we have any interest in. I want to print them on maps to use if necessary. If we should be obliged to go to New York which I tMnk we must, both of us, A Bill has passed the last night of the session securing to the state all the lands selected under the acts of '49 and 50 for swamp lands and prohibits them selecting any more after this so you see we have knocked those affadavits higher than a kite. I wrote to every member in congress I knew and then got our folks F. and Judd etc. to write and we have got it through and that is all. I am etc., G. K. Dodge Let my Florence lots slide. March, 1857. 189 Iowa City, March 20th, 1857 Friend Baldwin: , Yesterday I received some six letters from you dated from Mar-. 3d to the thirteenth and will try and write you a few lines but it is awful to my eyes. I got out today and went to the Secretary's office and filed our map of the location, the first legal step taken a rii the only binding one so -trie ordeal is passed and iv.usquito has won this filed unbeknown by Cook and according to orders from N, Y. V'e never filed a map of the Pigeon route in the Sec. of States Office. Now it is a positive fact and they may blow their blast and build as many roads as they please,the M. & M. will build according to law and their decision in the niatter. Again no company can ever build a line over our route froi;. Musqu-ito ot the ^^'issouri Valley above Florence and it will be follish to get the right of way in the matter or meddle in any manner. We have got a strong fight yet, and i can show the coti.pany Mr. C. position if ycra can prove those rumors about wl.at he says we are anxious to get every thing but I want nothing but what will stand the test. I get no ^/apers. Mr. F. is anxious to see all the pieces in relation to these matters and ^ want you to watch 'and send me everything that bears on the case. It was a good thing my chtching Cook in that game, it has opened all their eyes. Judd Durant and all the New Yorkers were hoping it settled the matter at once. I hope to hear from M.r. i" . soon he is in N. Y. now and further I camot say about the in right of way that is for the Company not rarnam as he has not taken that Division yet every effort must be made and every piece secured as soon as possible let the Florence folks get right of wt-y if they like it will cost §50,000 per mile to grade that cut off and it is six miles longer than the Musquito route. We did not even look at it but should have been obliged to find some new way into the valley besides that if we had not taken the Miusqiii-to route. I would say nothing about its cost or impractright of way if they want it, but dont you all n?? that fuss c S* is made to seel believe lots anything and create about a hurrah the Davenport but if Cook company has said those things we will bring him to the test. It is open war now with me and I am going to have it known and also about the Mich Central Road not one word of truth in the matter. They positivelv sav they will not build another mile of Road, they are flounde^ii^ now the same with the Mish. Southern. The Decision an the lands has come.We c nnot get an acre until we build to the lands. Good Mr. C. is down I am herrtily til tired of the squabble right but now, 1 am though bound to ^ say slick we them much watch through now, and I have had a good deal of sharp corresponLncrin the matter. Dey is an trump and goes the whole figuee refusing to net under Cooks instructions and 1 filed the map todarin fLe §f ?h?ir commands We not having until April to do it' ThJy Lt off until F. left and then ordered us to file the nid iinoa ^ i? t,he Ex. committee * You see by this how the case has stood. No one stood by Coojc but he is acting president and went.to get our maps filed and it would be to late to recall it but, thank God it did not win. The Swamp hand Bill has passed confining the lands to the State knocking affadavits, fileinga etc. endways. Good. I have wri Lten very disconnected but you must study it out,. I am used up. Tell Nate t will look to his matter when I get able and also for hin to send me that date of the election of the officers of the C. 2. Q. I shall be out as soon as I am able. These right of way maps I had hard work to get leave to send and it is unbeknown to G. Here you see prompt action especially in the 15 miles out of the Bluffs and all that portion in the new limits dont let any one hereafter when '..ve get these matters settled block pur wheels in opposition that way. That was an outrageous price for that tracing. i wrote you about the raeasurerae its in Reeds letter. I am, etc.. Dey is away. G . N-. Dodge Buy Bullends land. e;.v .. •> . I- . A,-', .'a " ■ I ' - IV • - ; ' • 1 . . . # 1.W • I ■ ^. ■ • . . • - - : ... »• • r I* . ^ * \ ■■..t ... ■ . " ■ - v. 141 April, 1857. Iowa City, April 9, 1857 John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear Sir: I am in receipt' of your two letters dated March 30, also was shown the Florence Courier by C. S. & Downey and in relation to the article under the capture of M. & M. R. R. I think it would better for you to answer it so far as controlling the location etc is concerned no matter how false such assertions are they have their weight here when used by those so disposed to do, and I would positively assert that all such things as reported as coming from me through you are false. That whatever you h£ve said in relation to the matter was from your belief in the advantages of the Musquito over the Pigeon route arri the inducements the Bluffs people would hold out for them to adopt that route. Now personally I do not care one cent about the jealousy or paper fights in relation to the location, but i know that such state ments may carry a wrong influence with those I am employed by and therby injure us, and I do not want a paper controversy with any body, at this stage of our proceedings and i hope that descretion Will not desert the Bluffs at this time and lead them to say things of us that may appear in our favor there but which may kill our influence here. I can stand to all 1 have done with papers that are unapproachable to back me but that you know is of little use to us now, as those never would be brought into question what I fear is that such articles and such assertinnpwill injure us in the future for I dont want a doubt thrown in any ones face. I shall not notice the piece as he says nothing of me that requires refutation and i dont want my name in any paper. You probably can understand these matters better than I can write them. Such things not only injure us but also create a feeling against the company which we want to keep down and when we approach the Missouri have the good will of all the places within my reach. I know folks will write and say what they please but dont let us aid the mi. If you think it is to late to write anything in answer or if you think it not policy to do so fearing that a denial of those things will hurt us let it go, but it hurts us here and I hope they will pitch into somebody that want to be curried, for they evidently iiiean to dig me out but I am bound to stay holed. When Dey returns I shall requcot hin to miake public the location and on vhat grounds it was done or else let me if the company's action is brought up I shall answer it but xn such a way that it will create no hard feelinc on either side. ^ I am etc., G, Ml. Dodge. P. S. Credit me with $2.00 and charge to Cenl. acc. for National Repert. & Cresent, for 1857. 143 'i \ April, 1857. Iowa City, April 12, 1857 Friend Baldwin: I am in receipt of letters from New York stating the Final Decision of our Board in relation to our line and it is "That they have adopted Dodge's line throughout" taking the Iowa valley by way of Ifiarengo and Kusquito valley, and our maps were as I wrote you before filed to that effect in ^'arch. Of course this is gratifying tome after this long struggle. Dr. Lowe, Biglers, Williams, and Stutsman Reed writes, were in New York last week and Dey informed them of the decision. Ke says the Dr. was in high spirits and felt well. It appears to me that there should not be so much fuss over the lines as it would not materially hurt the Bluffs in the outcome. But "nolens valens" the deed is done and I hope we shall have no more such trouble. You have no idea of the purplexities and shiftings this thing has brought us into with its new fuse ^very day. Cook was at the meeting and I of course caught.fits. Downey is ver-y much displeased with the maneuvers at Florence. Is afraid that it will cause them trouble thinks the Crescent City purchase was a hum. bug. He thinks Allen and Stevens are going to run them back ana if so dont let us meddle in that fight in any way or shape, not even countenance it and if you hear of anything of the kind let me know immediately. They are miaking money out of their Bank. I was shown yesterdcy all their redemiptions. They dont atoount to $600 a week and they have >^200,000. out. I think C. 5. &. D. would like an interest in C. B. but I shall not make aji y efforts to get them, interested. Downing I know would like an inter1 ' 'hen I come on I shall bring maps to make changes in the land Oil ices. Those maps you know wei'e placed thei'e by us merely as conveniences for the land Department. The law only requiring us to place the map with the Sec. of State and the Department at '.Vashington. Reed stated hw should be out here sometin.e this week. He wants everything bought around the Bluffs that is cheap and good. Ballard and Brown tracts I think more of the Hughes and Donox^her than of any other firm. I know of. Laborers and Mechanics are scarce here and get equally as good wages as you offer though I have sent out a few. Are you going to build a Hotel this summer? It ought to be done. Hurrv up that right of way and get it fast, also tl:at vote will have to be taken before August. I shall start out before long Dey has not vet returned but will be here by the first of the week. The Western CISCO 1 r om the Bluffs. I also see it reported that tha t nnn have been put at Brownsoita, Nebraska City and Dakotah If so Chan m.an and the rest have been playing false ^ pieces to Ley about ua and the pieces but that will effect AotMng. " and I am etc., G. Ivj, Dodge . H5 April, 1857, Iowa City, April 17, 1857. Friend Baldwin: Yours of April 8th is just received. I have written Ivr. Farnam about the deposit also the Bank. J/'r. F. told me on Niarch 23 at Davenport that he had ii.ade the deposit when he was in New York and requested n,e to send the bond to hini, which I did hence I think the trouble is in the mails or Bank, but i have written them to know. That Fort Kearney operation is not hardly worth attention as far as stability is concerned as that bill in Congress is a Dead letter, but it will make a speculation of course and do no harm to take a share And all those roads will connect before they reach that point. There is nothing around Kearney to contfcol them neither in country or top ography, hence you see a location of a town is upon the guess in re lation to those things.The Western btage Company have the control to California and will make that a point or station which may help it. You can take that shiare for Mr. F. and when see him will mention it to him also Brayton and henry. Have received a letter from Redfield with the offer of two one for us and one for Farnam 1*- that. • cr letter he write, you didn't, say Farnam .but- Tlirner, wh..ol is a right cf way agent and I guess fooled Redfield. Reed will be here soon. I shall take the Triscolter shares I have bought. Deys interest in The 40 in Riddle Tract. In~form me how to draw for ^2000 of it, gave him ^2,000 cash he has written you from K. Y. and ^ shall be out just as soon as possible. Trite immediate y. Reed has not yet arrived. I will state that you iiiust no* that vote either in Omaha or Pottawattamie and get the wheel in motion immediately. I am etc., G, M . Do dge . Copy of an Agreemsnt with G. M. -"odge, James Chaney and D.C.Haskell. December 1, 1857, This Agreement made this first day of December A.D. 1857 between G. M. Dodge of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Daniel C. Haskell and James Chaney of Salem, Essex Co, , State of I«»assachusetts, Witness — eth that whereas ti^e said G. M. Dodge has invested eight hundred dollars in the following described tracts of lane in Iowa; to wit: W.-g and N.E.^ of S.W. of Sec. 6, Town, 78, Range 38; and N.^ of S.E.i" of Sec, 6, town, 79, range 37; and Lot 13 in Sec, 3, town. 78 range 34, lot 16, town 78, range 34, for and a part of said sum in each of thier names; it is hereby agreed that the said Dodge shall pay taxes, attend to and sell said land whenever he may tliink it fior the best interest of both parties and shall receive therefor th- one eight]; oT the profits arising from the sale of said land and the said Haskell, Chaney relin quish their right to the said one eighth profits and hereby authorize the said Dodge to retain them on the sale of said land, provided that the said Dodge sha'l have fully and faithfully discharged his part of this agreement. Council Bluffs, December 1st, 1857, (Signed) G. M. Dodge, James Chaney. Daniel C. Haskell, % 'V. 149 April, 1859. So. Danvers. April 16, 1859. Friend Baldwin: I received yours of April 3. 1 have been trying to do some thing in old Iv.assachusetts but it looks blue enough. There is con siderable money for investment here but they all want to see property. Several will go out to the Bluffs to loo., this summer. I find a great many who are going west for the'purpose of investing but they are bound to see the property and think ^'Ussouri is preferable to Iowa. I ha; e not got through here but ^ have little hopes of doing anything. R. K. matters look blue enough, I have been trying to raise money enough to pay up our matters but cannot as yet make a thing, The Company will hand over the Bonds to us if we can make any use of them for goods or any thing all right. If you can turn them in in part pay for goods by all means do so. I want to know who that man is in New York that has those goods. ■■'•'rite me to New York. ^ir. Farnam will be here again-about the first of IVay. I have not got any - with rue but shall hunt up considerable land business for Nebraska. Dont pay out one cent in money on the work. We shall be able to get our money some way. I know not how just now but be lieve if we hurry the thing we shall be able to trade the bonds for goods or funds for goods and take the bonds ourselves. Write me at New York and also Chicago. It is doubtlul whether I leave here under a week or ten days. There is considerable immigration going into th.e west. If you see any bargains in land Durant wants it and if you can buy any land part cash and part stock M. & M. R. R. - cheap he will take it. tand is wanted more than lots if we could make a big sale or two for some of these eastern folks we could get all and more money to invest than we want. There is going to be a big business in land matter in Ne):?raska and we must do all we can off it. I think I shall go to Washington, Indianapolis and Cincinnati and business. I am, etc., G. ^i. Dodge. Dont give anybody any satisfaction about R. . matters. Tell ' i- to send rr.e .April Estimates by the 25th to Chicago and New York, also to get the Section corners all up if he has not done it. 151. October, 1859. New ^ork, Oct. 25, 1859^ John T. Baldwin: Dear Sir: I suppost if agreeable to you I have made arrangements for all the money we can use to buy wheat with and hold flour for spring en.migration or ^t. Louis market. I have not paper as yet but wait your answer. furnish mill the Fortes, Durant etc. the money and we divide profits. The mill to be run on joint expense, twelve or twenty-four hours per day as we see fit wheat to be bought for not over' at present 60 cents. I have made this statement that we can grind out 100 sacks at an expense of -^15. That we can ship in spring or land in levee in St. Louis flour for 31 cts. per sack, but it is our opinion l-ere that the flour should be held for home market. Now you know whether there is any money in the miJ.1 with what capitol we want and how much home market there is and what margin we can depend on in the spring. I have been trying to raise money in ninety days, have not yet succeeded. I want an imiiiediate answer to this wheth.er we have yet control of the mill and whether you are willing to take the chances, on a loss if one is made we have to stand our share of it, If you could get a telegram from St. Joseph to me yes or no on this I should like it as ti.i.e is iiiiportant. It api^ears to me that it is a good thing. I am etc., G. Dodge. Supposing you send message by express to St. *^0 and at some tiii.e write me fully and send by way of St. Jo. Spoor will do it. r O iOd Hr>- I.'arch, 1860. Des Koines, Karch 4, 1860 Pe£,ram, 'A'arner & Co ., On receipt of this please send me a lot of advertisements on Cloth & Paper by mail to of Des fvoines House. The emmigration begins to pour in here but it is turning mostly south going to Plattsniouth and Nebraska City. All those points have men out at work and I do not hear of see any going to Bluffs. There has been a bad mistake in not sending out men for Omaha and Council Bluffs. I see no notice whatever of these points but Bills maps and induceuients of all kinds are as thick as can be for every other concieveable town, i can assure you that it is necessary for the Merchants and Business men to move and have some one canvass Iowa, Illinois etc. I have written Press & Timber Cedar Valley Times and several other papers. Truly, G. K. Dodge. If you could make arrangements with the man who goes with tl:e Omaha & Council Bluffs business and to take along some of our advertisements it will pay or even to send a man on purpose. I have got them up at Oskalooaa, Ottumwa, Washington, iowa City, Davenport etc. but it needs some one to meet the emmigrants and give them cards and to keep up the advertisements. They turn them down here, it wants soii.e one to go into North Iowa and Illinois and also to Wis consin shall I advertise in Press & Tribune. G. M. D. Answer immediately, i shall stop here a week or two yet. ■i K K1 OsJ April, 1860. Kansas City, April 6,/GO John T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear oir; I have sold 75 sacks XX and 25 sacks XXX to Mc Henry and Downs of Wyandott City. They pay 310 and 285 on Levee Council Bluffs. I telegraphed today so you could get it on first If you get this before it leaves be sure and get it The Best Brands of flour is wanted here and XXX and XX sell better and Brand is liked better than Lexington Qouble Extra etc. as all fine and Inferior Flour coii.es under such Brands. If iv'cLenry and Downs like our Flour they v.'ill take 100 sacks a we^k or so. Chick & Co. will settle with them. I sent $600 to our credit at States Association today. Leave for Leavenworth tonight and will be in St. Jo. Sunday, Yours, G. . Sodge . Ship this flour as low as possible but not above 40cts. They must iiave it next week. Council Bluffs, Dec. 16, 1860. Dear Mother and Julia: I have been too busy to write you until today I have a little time. Father writes me nearly- every week and I hear from him by the Pilgrims who are continually passing through here; his ranch is the best knovm on the road and he sells a large ainount of goods. I sent him out three weeks ago eight large loads of flour, groceries, '^c. The Indians are camped close by him and trade considerable. Politically we "are not very much excited out here. I suppose down there it is all secession excitement. Tfe have won a great victory w'nici- has placed us in the true light of the constitution and for one I never will agree to have it frittered away by compromise or the knuckelling to the hue and cry of the south. They may have all that comtittitionally belongs to them but when they ask us to throw away our cardinal principals, give up all we have gained and fasten forever upon us slavery as national and freedom as sec .i nai, I pray bo God that the Republicans will never submit to it. I wrote Grimes and Curtis today on business and as a P.g. told th.em to be liberal to the south but not to give an inch of our just rights; to stand firm and if necessary stand to their guns. TTo amount of clamoring should move the north and the souther never should be allowed to break iip th-is union. I say let the nation financially go under and let every river run with blood as the south threatens but neve let it be dissolved because the old dominant party has had to succumb. Old hyprocritic Boston I see trembles; her solid men turn Rowdies to get the faint praise of a McCowan, lialf brother to the "Brooks" that struck down her Senator. She had better pattern after a wastem city, Chicago, whici. stands to her guns and defends a negro from Nebraska being taken to that territory as a slave when under the constitution he is free. There is notliing new here; good sleigjiing and pleasant weather. Polka are all well. Little Ella is as fat as a plover. Lett as quick as lightening and about as pointed. Give respects to all the folks. Is old Dan at Rowley? Yours, G. M. P. S. 7,'e are just getting a P.fli, established at our ranch at Cottonwood Springs and father is to be P. M. again. 161 Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 29, 1861. Dear Wife:' . ' , I arrived at this place last Wednesday nirht after a.chilly and blustering journey of eleven days horseback; two days, Loweveh, laid over, that is, rested. should have been used up. Slept a bed three rdgl.ts, balance balance of the time in the wa.fnn,[D that took down our buffalo robes. I had hot ridden two days before I got into cold up at Cottonwood springs, the weather was delightful '.vhcn I left, and in fact has been so all winter. I am now stopping at G. M'b where I am living in superior style to what I have been at.Cottonwood. Pew live better than CLettie and much since for a girl of her age. She puts ever,^ word in the righ.t place. No granunarian does better, and then she is very 'capable, can do many kinds of house work, Ella is the quintessence of good nature, is as plump as a partridge and pretty, a; d will talk as fast as a Sioux Indian when he tldnks the Pawnees are after him and some things she sa^s can be under stood as well. Two hundred dollars of my claim'for India'wdepredations is allow ed, and G .M. has managed s -' as to- have the money paid me in Omaha some time hence. I think he //ill be unable to get any position for me as most of the western offices are filled. I b'^lieve the appointment for Pawnee Agency has already been made so I cannot have that. Unless I cai: sell ray interest at Cottonwood, I shall return to that place the last of April or first of May. I have received a letter from Jule since I arrived here; it was remailed from Cottonwood. Sl^all probably have more letters from one and another by Saturday's western mail. We have fine improveme;its up there. I want $500 for my part. The long journeys back and forth are very tedi'-'us especially such weather as when I came down, and then to be nearly immersed in the Platt River which was filled witl. "slush ice" in a cold night, is shivering to think of. The river at the crossing at Kearney is nearly two miles wide including islands, with twelve channels, and the water in some of these runs nearly as swift as Niagara river. It came near carrying the old mare down stream. I could scarcely make her .-.tem the current against the cold weather and ice. Tl^e ininure we were out of the water we were mailed v/ith a coat of ice. I hauled up at a ranch on the opposite bank of the river and stopped over night, stripping myself and dried ray clothes, took no cold. On arriving at Loup Fork we were detained some ti.ree hours on a sand bar before we reached the opposite bank, once across that river I felt I was nearly home. Stopped late that evening witli a T'r. Falos whom I once assisted when he was in trouble. He took good care Cf me and wlien I came to settle my bill in the morning, he would not take one ce: t. I have some good "riends up tl;e Platte Valley, always glad to see me. Very many people knov me I cannot call by name Omaha folks seemed glad to see me, as did also many in C. Bluffs. They had all heard of our being cleaned out, scalped, etc. and were glad to see me with even a much larger acalp than they ever saw on my head before. All said I looked well and the ciimate agreed with me, and that I have not got scared out of a year's growtli. I find times dull here, but am glad to see Natlan apparently prosperous. He has a good business which is dally increasing. He received a large number of letters today. Some witli remittances. He gets a large tax paying business from Boston. When in Boston he fell in witl- a Mr. ■i^lla are really beautiful children. I left. Sher is very graceful, -^rd Lettie has improved I might add, accomplished She puts ever,^ word in the righ.t place. No and then she is very 'capable, can do many kinds the quintessence of good nature, is as plump as a; d will talk as fast as a Sioux Indian when he ifter him and some things she sa^s can be underin the morning, he up tl;e Platte Valley, cannot call by name have lived since i!'s fami ly. Joseph Hayes, a real estate agent, who was once in G. li'sengineerlng party. He joned the party for the ;.urp-se of see'-ng the country. He ' .introduced Nath-n to John J. Dixwell, Presideht of the Massachusetts hank, Bcsston, who has since forwarded him a list of many thousands of acres of land on which he wants the taxes paid. He is almost daily receiving additions of this sort, which is a good paying business. These Boston men are using their influence for him there. Natlian's promptness commends him to all business men. Lew Hill is about to leave here, and Nathan has made him an offer"for his land lifet, which he expects to get, and which is worth $200 per year. . a,. Very truly, . y;: ob -t. yjfjv. >.1 CfiiO . . ,S. Dodge, rn r-i , -i.jJm ' ■ ,5.;. .'-Jr-r* . IP'ft .-• 't iy ■ yU i. «.'a ia ac. i "hi r-r 'h! . i.J t Inl .1 iL I- J:. ■■ ■•>1' . h'. ■"> hO". , ■ ' r-i .! c .'.'i ho'i I' t-.lN'iJ •30" • a;, to''kw-t J Xoh fo-i' . ; . '■ •>'1' ■ '••h - -.j' r • iKfti 9 -n »i{ "ft. baHUn-w .'m ^ hw. , !'* ■; '-.Ij PTftfi' - ' I fitf tPOtTi' 'I'jnJf ftr ■'VVf'.gl .*oruu#5' T v-c „n.. 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The expenses on account marked A. were made under instruction from the Governor of Iowa hereto attached marked No. 1. Under these instructions I started about May 15 and visited St. Louis, St. Joseph, Fort Leavenworth, Then to Washington, New York, Albany, Troy, Pittsburg, New Haven, Springfield and I obtained in Washington six thousand stand of Arms and accrouterments. I immediately dispatched them under charge of a messenger to Davenport. Three thousand were sent to Keokuk. The 2d and 3d Iowa Reg. got them the 3rd, the day before it was ordered into Missouri; 1000 stand never reached Iowa. I obtained thesu arms after the Governor and our Members of Congress had entirely failed in doing so and I spared no pains, time or expense in getting them and forwarding them. I paid freight, drayage etc. for the purpose of getting them there quick and I saved the state by obtaining them an expenditure of at least >^200,000 in arms and ammunition which I had instructions to buy. I contracted for the arms in New York, but succeeding in obtaining them from Government in Washington, I did not buy them as ordered. I also made all the contracts for Tents, Blankets etc. for the 4th, 5th and 6th Reg. I spent the entire time from May 15 to July Ist carrying out the instructions of the Governor and en tirely for State business. How well I -performed that Duty, I refer you to the Governor. I got these arms home in time to protect our whole southern and western border. In making contracts and trying to buy arms for the Dtate, I visited all the manufacturers and Armories in the East and thoroughly posted myself as to prices and quality in everything pertaining to Civil Government Iquiping and also as to equipments every cent of the charges were spent for the state and much more that I did not consider proper to charge to it. When I left for the East, I did so not for pay, but for the purpose of arming our state and to a great detriment to my private business. I succeeded in getting what I was sent for and bore my own expenses, except what Judge Baldwin got for me, and I now owe for that borrowed money and if any claim is just and right this is. I charged for my services the salary of ft Lt. Col. and Aid to Governor which appointment I received but my appointment of Col. superceded it I never took my commission. It is also less than I was receiving in my profession, and it barely covered my outside necessaiy expenses. I was very particular in xkeeping account of my expenses. -i- had two or three letters of in struction while in Washington for the Gov., Telegraphic Dispatches, and in relation to visiting different points.They are either distroyed or in my papers in Iowa and wheiB I have been unable to reach them. The instruction I received in Washington was to buy 1000 Endfield Rifles, the full equipments for 1 Reg. of ^avalry, ammunition, etc. and to aii E, Clark in purchasing for ^tate also to aid in making negoti ations for bonds. I was authorized to buy arms and give drafts in Bond , which I maue arrangements to do provided I got, no arms from Government, but was to buy Arras for 1 country Reg. for border service. I contracted for it gave my drafts but subsequently countermanded the order . Respectfully, G. M. Dodge. 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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource General Dodge Papers - Building the South-west System - 1870-1873, Book 8 This volume has the Military and Civil Recommendations for promotion etc. of the Commanding Officers, Governors, Civil Officials and of Officers who served with [Grenville Mellen Dodge], 1861-1865. Includes letters written prior to 1870 and data that was omitted from books 1-7. N. P. Dodge's notes on the early settlement of Omaha. Santa Fe Trail. Early days in Council Bluffs. Includes "Texas & Pacific Railway Company: Report of Gen. G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer" (1874). Index to Book 8 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge Texas & Pacific Railway Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/db27f82d75bbd9ddf2f1cddb829a60aa.pdf bada70ed460936783359ac4334564d8f PDF Text Text . f ' "^rrT DATA Chronologically Arranged For Ready Reference in preparation of a Biography of GRENVILLE y.ELLEN DODGE President of Sundry Railroad and Construction Companies Late Chief Engineer of Union Pacific & Texas Pacific Railroads Wember of Congress Wajor General in War for Preservation of the Union etc. etc. etc. etc BOOK IX. Texas & Pacific Record Director of Union Pacific Railway. Report as Chief Engineer of Texas Pacific Railway. Letters from Europe - Years 1874- 5-6-7-8-9. In S. J. Klrkv/ood v/as nomipated arid elected Governor for the third terra. I had knowp Governor Kirkwood fe ver since 1854 v/hen I was a young engineer in Iowa City, He had a farm and a mill on the Iowa River a short distance ahove that city and i;^ making my surveys,from Iowa City West; I first made his acquaintance, I saw then that he was a very strong man and he took a. greht iiiterest in the extension of t.:is road and gave me a great deal of information. . When he first ran for Governor I traveled over a portion ^ of^,^Iowa with im, driving hir. in my buggy, he making speeches at every point in the district. I remember during the canvass I received an anonymous letter telling me that, it was not safe for us to be driving over the country day and night as we were, as <- there was a bitter feeling ah.ong many of ti;e. citiaenS .in the soutiiwest against the doctrine that I^irkwood was preacning. I turned this letter over to Kirkwood, ;I think the next meeting vfns at and he read the letter to tiie audience and said that nobody had better interfere with hfeAand podge for they were well healed for anything that would come, which caused a great hurrah in the T crowd, while the faot was the only weapon we had was a" v;hip, . i When tjie Civil War commenced, as I have sl.own heretofore I I came in direct contact with Governor Kirlovood, and as ray own "u" records show, he was a very strong and devoted friend from the ' beginning until the end, liThon I entered the service, Mr, Peter A. Dey appealed to, Kirkwood to give me a conmianp,' brt Kirkwood .^nswer^d that he did'®ot see how it was possible to do so wlti, the lN*Wl7ient men. in ?o-.va seeking the position, but ^ey was a very dear b 'Vkvvv V, of and he'told him that if he gave me a position that he would guarantee, if I lived througi., I would Csme out among those at the head. He said he did not believe tliat I would« live through the war. Finally, as the records show,. Cameron asked him to^ appoint me a Colonel ^vhic-: he did. During the war Kirkwood stood very high among all the officers, especially wit . General Grant because he refused to send to the.old regiments at the front citizens from the State, as many Governor's did, taking the place of officers who had been in battle . or who were entitled to promotion. He invariably made the promotions in the regiments in the field in response to the officers in the field, which was a great he p to the Iowa regiments, but after the bottle of Shiloh, he obtained a prejudice against General Grant. He listened to the stories of the teamsters and camp follov/ers who were uijd-r the bluff at the fight instead of waiting until he re- - ceived reports from the officers and he made some very severe criticisms of Grant in the Battle, wiiich hurt Grant very :uuch7^~^ ' In 1666, Kirkwood was appointed Senator, I tiling, to fill a vacancy and he came to Washington -hile I v/as there. He then changed liis opinion of General Grant and was anxious to meet him. I was Very anxious too that Grant should make a good impression upon hJLm. I notified Gen. Grant that I was going to bring him up. I went up with him to the Whi,te House and when we went in Vice President Wade waa present. I introduced Kirkwoo(" and Grant received him with great cordiality and in the conversation Wade said that he had looked out of the White House ifindows and saw the rebel flag flying in Virginia, when Grant made the answer that if he had had authority during the war, every rebel north of the Llason and Dixon line would ]iave been sent south; that they should have gone where their sentiments were appreciated. This pleased Kirkwood very much. Grant complimented l.im very hirhly on his acts as Governor \ bf the State during the war amd also paid a ver; .hirh compliment to the lo'iva soldiers, namins several of the officers who had served under him. It was through his prudent mnnagement that he saved the large sr.are of nearly one million of dollars placed at his disposal taking care of the Iowa soldiers. It was due to his prudent management that our State debt did not exceed $800,000. Kirkwood was a very strong character, the people had great confidence in him and his judgment and up to the time of his death he was a great factor in all the acts and legislation of the State. I wired you today about havin^^ our local subsidy bond printed. , I believe it is just as well to print then; here, _ ■ ^ I want them printed one i;alf in denomination of i^lOO each," one fourth f'SOO'and one fburt-ht :*:10jDO... My reason".for this is, that the contractoi^S Could pay, off.more of their-men witi. the hundred dollar bonds. • ' ■ I ■ ^ ■ I By the list ,o.f_ accounts befit you", you'can form bome idea of the difficulty' of" coming to any' settl^menti ■ J . . I can c©^ along, with our* own employees, 'but thos.e of our contrac tors trouble me, Many of them leave their teams and outfits.here and are dead broke and'their'men .ire clamorous a**good many of them nave had attachments_put unon their whole institution and pnless I get money to pay off their'labor thoy will go to tl.e wall and we will finally have to do something wit}; the labor to keep them, quletv I settled v/ith llerChants. and Planters Bank, .Sir rman,- with lands belongin.':'to tl.e Construction Co*. Tiifey hefid our dra.fts to amount of about $30,000* With-Adams and Leonard, Bankers of Dallas,. T shall settle with local subsidy* ' i. Very'respectfully, G, LL Dodge, , - * . ilf .. ' • Chief Engineer. r j T o ■ X •' ^ I '' ' * « X.l: r • r --.s . ».j.r , ercf ^ w 'I'viJLJI^eU T»vc . lie • Chief Engineer. .;n'ei .. ry ron ■ _r ■ ^ • 'fu'^cr To ,Jfl "'rti; r.^« V.I-' - •■i' ' ' • V r-i '* •- * * » " ■ ! To ' ftToiJuV jn odMarshall-.-Texaa, January 1, 1874. .. g : rrl n ■ ■ • ■ ' - v Col. Thomas A. Scott, . ' ' : ' Dear Sir: ' I received your dihpatoh Dec!. Slat and anewered it<^ .1 1 never saw Mr. lersei.y cm the w/orlc:. He came here just at Ll.e time I was leavinr "Jfhdi t T 'sawof liira I liked but have no knpwledge of -j^is fitness for the positiony Mr. Dickson bitterly appose's his returning here; the reasons for v.'hicli I gave you'In my letter or the SGth inst, Mr. Hayes, vdiom I cnnsider very competent to judge pf- such matters say that he- is not a good master' mechanic for this class of road; he might do on a road that is running ^0 or 40 miles per hour, or mig t po3sl«biy make a -good' for%fflah for ^ops'. Hayes has shown me some of his Jobs that nerve not very creditable to him. He says he is expensive and lacks respect and"control of men. Mr, Mahl, t. e Aud-itor, says Hersliey never had a fair ■ chance hero and could not got one if hei was to return." Though he is very anxious that ho sliould be' given a sl.ow. As a frl-end of Mr. Henshey^ I; would not advise him to come lie re under the present arranremerit.>■ Hi's po3.ition "would: be very uncomfortable, and there would be a continual complaint from one bide or the otJiOr. You know i.ow easily the position ooulct be-made very uripleasant, and his dutio.o unsucceBsfu''. For,thono .reasons 1 wired you to give hi:, .oome other position Th#i*e i.o one thing very certain; we need a Master moclianic and ono who will bring eyeryti.ing and every person to a strict accountability. I endlotf# copy of a letterl.nat I wrote to Mr. Dickson, . There, are a grea^yMiny other tilings thAt, from time to time can . be changed^ tyuli we oahndT all at once. l Very f vl.' 1.--1 ully, M. Do^e, . , OJ .:T- . V ■ ' 'llarshall, Texas, JaLnifaity 2, 1874, " Col. Thomas A.scott,'' Dear Sir: I received your telegram in relation to cost of, work TJ.C -XO :; ■ ;. ;n« oh* Gherraan' to Texarkana and wired you today. I have raked Uf) vsufficient to take me to Paris; as soon as I can settle these freight matters which are troubling me. . . ^ , We owe the fl. & T". Central freight, • $18,000. Morgan* Lin-' - *' • 10,000. Houston Direct Navigation Co. • ^ 5,000. International R* R- •. - 5,000. ■ ■ ,M. K. T. R.' R. about ^ - i • 2,000. ' Total. 30,000. _ 300 bars-of our iron are attached in New Orleans by ti e Louisiana State National Bank on a protested draft. • - I'Dom Baris to the junction where our Northern line strikes ilie main line to Texarkana is 85 miles and the grading, bridging and tiefe are all completed, - or nearly so, "Then we come to dress up, it will probably cost us^some thing br' dging, I estimated in ray dispatch as follows: Grading $5,000. Brid^^ing. 10,000. Buildings 25,000 This includes a ten stall round house at a point half way between Sherman and Texarkana. Water stations stations 12,000. 12,000. t* • * « " • • Thi;'> includes siiraps'complete Tracklaying- - 85,000. - tncluflirg all incidental expenses Engineering and Incidentals 10,000. ' Right of way 17,000. 5,000. s'll' I :il" ■■ u'* blD ttsO . , rj lettO' V"*- '■ M..7 oj orteoa .'I .g TO T I ~ I firo t -xjhjt T 'iJwcv. .fr.iU i ~ .f ? 'irr. : : -rh /fro Is f»l 85,000 tons iron. - . ' ^ 35, tons spikes (VIe have on hand spiie'for 50 miles.) ' - 156 ' * fish-bar and bolts. . "> Freight and iron from point of manufacture via St. Louis- to"Shbrraan $20 per ton, via river or sea to Siireveport $15 i^ar ton. "• If delivered immediately the latter point w^i'ld be 'the' Ohea^st for us. " " ■ J lo I would require in rolling stock ♦' - wnc bvl 10 locomotives. 6 passenger oars. 2 baggage cars. ^ 'HrT 100 box and cattle. ' ' IJ , i: 150 flats, ■''0 X'' <■'* rVort 12 land ' ■■ Mtfo* hdio 12 push. . oJta ac ' .ovjfr g-' 1 Switcliing engine. ^ Ji' • - "." iq *' 1 should want 50 flats to commence with as there id nb'"j'olling stack here that I could get. I did nbt jbut any priCe upon the iron as it is,so much 16-er ' now than when I estimated it before that 1 had told you to fix price. If you can land me the iron at, Glierman or Shrveport, 1 will do all tl:8 rest gut of the earnlAgs of the north line. , I would not expect to do it out of the earnings each month . f'T ervmi 1 .jc*' mm f. .flw .*1 euJ 2^' 'ufT ij o*" i ii)ush. as received, but would expect to get enough to pay what I should need whi.le I ^as doing the work and take tl.e balance after the line was com pleted through. I think ;;ou can safely promise from the earnings of t]:at road, after it is completed through a payment on the iron of. $15,000 per month- besides all other expenses. I believe I could pay for the engineering and right o way out of the sale of lots in the towns along the line. I am inclined to think I could do a portion of the work, bridging, tracklaying, buildings, .^c. with a portjLon of the local subsidies; or our first .mortg- ge bonds, if contracts were made now. On the. line Dallas 60 Ft, gorth I can contract the work t.iat would have to.be done in this State, say everything but the iron and freights for one fourth, cas.. balance in construction bonds, or local subsidies. , " , If vou can'arrange f'or this, iron, Dallas to Ft. Worth, by promising $10,000 in cash per month for from the Texas anc after it is completed, or even whilst it is being completed, I can care of the 1/4 ca.sh by what I can get- out of - its earnings, - . Very, respectfully, :- G. lu. Dodge, - I' ' Cl-iief Engineer. Pacific can take '' tt * f Marshall, Texas, January 3, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.p., ^ ' Dear Sir: I wired you ioday about letting the work Dallas to Ft. Worth. Our old contractors are layin- out there with their teams idle and they offer to do ti:at"work very cheap and for very little money. It seems to me that we ough to grade while we can. I believe I can also get something out of Fort Worth. I know I can let it.for,l/4 Casn balance in our securities and property; that would probably want for securities first mortgage bonds or local sub idles. The estimate on completed work as made by I'r. Hayes is about four hundred fifty thousand dollars including everything. Since then I have received all the timber for Trinity River bridf^e GX06pt about xjplOOC v/orth of Ci:or^ which are layin^^ in Galvoston, so that I wou5.d only have to pay for the labor in puttin'^ up the bridge wl ich ^ould probably be bbout $10,000 for thetrussed work. The great coat would t]:en come in the stringers. There is a large amount of them but I believe I can arrange with some of the mills here to saw them out on long time, not + think it will reduced average the me Sradi-g $3000 very per ipile. iiiucb by changing tl.e line and do The rest of the bridging I think I can bring down to about $1000 per mile, perhaps $15,000, So that the,amount of cash that I would Fort^orth would do the heaviest part ^of the grading near I believe that townthat say five or ten miles. The pading and bridging done would I think put you in better shape to get the iron, coat nnaf about $150,000, without going into a close through estimate from at Dallas any rate would-A ^ it would be aomewi.ere in this vicinity, ' The ties we have on hand, there will be the coat of transpor tation on, an average haul of say 60 miles, all over the T & P. If you get the iron spike and fish bar and arrange for the rolling stock, then would come freight buildings and tanks. At the International stations between Dallas and Fort Worth,I could put up a'pXatform or somethin", putting up a good station atFt. Uctth and furnish putting up ,he other.depots after the road is running and we need them. Let me hear from you on this question. It will soon be too - late to do an-'thing for as soon as these contractors leave the country there will be r)0 one .here ahle to do it. All the men with whom I am now dealing have capital and a good deal of faith.. . See my letter to Mr.- Scott in relation to cost of our nor^h.ecn line, sent in response to.his telegram. - . ■ j ' Very respectfully, - ■ «),- ■ : '-rr - . G. l.I. Dodge, Js: - . - Chief Engineer*) b»« rr- p' ' ' ft* JSy <1^1 rr-i Lh -{ric ' t-rre i.I .'I iJ "r- frn Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1874'. P. Bond, V. p. . Dear Sir: Our earnings for December were vl01,5C0, an increase of |38,000. During the la-st iwo weeks, we run them up to an increase of IdOGC after decreasing expenses very materially ail around, and .will make still further reduction during the next month. For instance, Mr. Grain, M. T. cutdown liis yard expenses at this .place from $420 to $295; his transjportation office from $625 to $500 per month and he is gett ".ng out nearly double the mileage. He has reduced the road to two good roadmasters and making a re.duction generally in all his departments. iDt will take some time to get these things to moving smoothly but when tl.ey do you will see a vast difference in the radd and its earnings, especially its net earnings, I have not had time to go over all tl;e rolls ye .. They all show a disposition, after my talk to%them^ to come to anything or to try anything that will help us. I h0|:ie the gentolemen who is coming here to take Mr. Wallace's place is a practical railroad man, Mr. Grain, M. T, is a good R.R. man. He takes charge of the / road-bed after January Ist. The .earnings febove- are outside of all construction business, and are our cash earnings. I have used about $15-,000 of the money of the T & P mostly r on freights and November estim.ate. By showing this to Mr. Scott, it ; w.ill save ray writing, iivliait mi0m •rrr'".T Very respectfully, , G.. m'.. Dodge,. - '."f : a/rr.t 0 . Ol.ief Engineer. 5 ^".4 ^'1 ■ ' er oJ ♦ . . . , - o ffMarshall, Texas, January 4) 1874-. • P» S, ijond, V* Dcfir £ The question of Mechanics Lien being able to hold the road here for indebtedness is viewed differently by the lawyers here. TMrockmorton thinks that a mechanics lien is good against the road for six months or that any workman has the same lien on the road, but Steadman and Sexton give me written report as follows: "We do not think that the act of the Texas Legislature of 17th Nov. 1873 creating a lien in favor of mechanics or was intended to apply to railroads," I polntedout to them the section of the United States law that . exempts us. I wish you would point out to me the section of the local ^ law that you showed me. ■ • ■ They also '^ive me an opinion that Ward Dev/ey and Co,,aur track layers, can hold the track from Moores Landing to Texarkana, 15 miles, until they are paid for their work upon that portion of the road. This is probably correct from the fact that W.D. Co. are in possession of that track, i.e.r from the last sv/itch to the end of track until it is completed and accepted from them by the company, W. D & Co. t'^ vrhom we owe about $20,000 are tryin'^ or will try to force me to pay for the old work by hanginr: to thia track. I understand they are all ready to enj-oin me, but I have been talking to Dewey and was endeavoring to get along with him without any trouble. They are the only parties who have shown any disposition to give me trouble and th^y only indirectly so far it is only rumor. I got a permit out of them to run passenger trains over their traok on acth" of December and although they revoked it I am still running the trains through and they will have to pull up rails to keep me from doing so, but they hve given orders to -allow -no freig;.-t to -be carried over it. I am strongly inclined to think that I will have trouble -with bWrn. » -If forced to it, I sl.all tender them payment for t];e track from 'Moores Landing up, which will amount to about $12,000-. owe them nearly all of this on November and December estimates. I write you this so thot if you see or hear anything of the junctiion you need not be frightened. ' ^ w' ■' ' respectfully, ' w3 fl M. Do rJ to "*Gor . •X XT' ■■.nl Chief Enginefer. •■I'r iU ' f me*. m V , • i»> a Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1^74, P. B.^Mbhd, T.p. -■ X . ! . . . ■ Dear Sir: I widh you and Mr. Wallace would come to soirie "clear understanding about Attorneys lie re and about our legal expenses. Of course I am u -ing the same men Mr. Wallace put In charge, Steadraan and Sexton here. Maxey and Eppersen nt Joffereon. Throckmorton and Drown at Sherman, Gosd and McCoy at Dallas. They Lave all got cases of ours. There is also a Mr. Wrighi of Clarksville employed when we first came here, but Mr.- Soott.- He has been attending to our business at Clarksville and Paris. I propose to close up with him at any rate. It seems to me that we should settle now, that the construction Company has bursted; with all except, perhaps, one firm. If I go ahead with the work all I want is some active young man, who is a good lawyer,, and then if we have any large cases or anytl.ing needing special attention, make a separate arrangement for each case. There are so many suits pending now that we can only-close up "the account of the confliruction company with th phrties. ' . J : r ' m •: ic rt*>H i • .. I te« ' J I .' j-tm-i i i ^ ntwf" " * ian " 'W g'fX mhw -JC ^ ■, iX'r*" ftfij r .* i 1 ir ■J ff.) ISflT* r, ■ , rir'i • , If you so instruct, I will ?;rite each of these parties to return their'bills'for work done for'Construction Company or in whatever way you and Mr. 17allace may decide. You see that now is an opportunity to settle.these matters and perhaps a better one than we,will ever have • "I again, on the plea that we are in liquidation. The right of way from Paris to six miles west of Sherman cosrt , nearly ^^20,000, more than all the rest of the road. We run that much through Attorneys; the balance we run through agents. There is anotJier question that wants to be considered vyhich is that we have no record of-any right of way over the Memphis and ElPaso ghade. Under the advice of Messrs. Epperseon and Attorney who were connected with the old M. & Eip, i did not make any effort to get the ri ght of way over that grade. Mr. E pperson said that it was-all ob tained for the'M. & EIP."road and even if it was not the road-bed had been built over the rigl.t of way so Ion-' that-it gave us "a title. Now a bill of sale grom the-Receiver of the M. & Eip, for that grade or something that would give us a title to that grading, it appears to me.is very important. I think Gen. Bristow and Mr. Wallace are^"fully posted on this matter. Please consult them and act very promptly, for there are several cases coming up where men claim to have never given right of way to I.;. >. ^J^IP or T ■& P. and Gov. Throckmorton does not consider the advice of,Epperson as being good law. The'Right of .way, when taken fro M. & EIP was receipted in a book and that book was burned, so there is no recorded evidence so far as I learn ever having been given to either company,- Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, - ' ' c ■ Chief Enrineer. i' - leji Marshall, Texas, Ifanuary 4, 1874. Col. T];omas A ^Qott, Dear Sir: The feeling here in Texas in relation to aiding us is not as strong as one wculd suppose. They even doubt about the standing of some of their members. You will notice ti.at since I come down here, most "of the leading papers have had articles. I enclose one tlds'morning fr^m the Shtreveport Times which is a very influential paper in Northern Texas and Louisiana. I also forwarded one a few days since from the Jefferson Democrat, another leading paper in Texas. • . ' I enclose also an article from tlie Iron Age, which I believe comes to you or Mr. Bond. Ycu will notice on the Construction Co. I lihought it woyld be best to put out sbmething ahtl.cratively that would help us. ^ . . "5^ Very respectfully, ' /». A • « _G. Dodge, ^ ^ . tfhief Engineer.' ' -'kI ■ - ■ " . .1 ."X. T j" ■ .:u. I T > ft yr ••lO t' I' - r f* f r tr- ^ pnoh - • h 'l-f i...: U r't-jjcf tuo a.Tf; vfi, " "Ml .' r I.Q V' ■'' ' OMTjO rijtlqci T > ' ' IV > /a 51 nm , ' "i/ivtwhJ 1 T c. "r- I'Hf! f lo^'l f-ir ■* rti -jn *ftn'V ' -■ Marshall, Texas, January 5, 1874. ^ ' .: -■ ■■ ■ »" .i' • fl P' S.Bond, V» P., • ' Dear Sir: The neiy arrangement of the Texarkana Branch will require some kind of new depot buildings at tliis place. We have no mpney t put into it but there are parties here who propose t-^ build a depot and hotel or dining room attached,'upon our property, on a plan that we sl;all submit, fixing a price for the building at which we can take it at any time, we giving them t]ie privilege, so long as they run it to suit us, of keeping the l.otel and" eating i.ouse. ' . , At Texarkana, the two companies will be immediately obliged to put up stock yards. The stock business is going to be very extensive and will commence imuediately. •Thq stofik,yards will cost $8,000 or vl0»000. I propose to let the yards in,connection with the Cairo & Fulton, to some party who has capital enough to,build them agreeing upon a price at which we can take them.at any time,'and agreeing upon price for loading and unloading stock, say not to exceed $1.50 for loading, 50 /'for unloading and 25/ for feeding. , The experience of all roads is that after building stock yards • it is better-to contract the,loading, unloading and feeding. I think we can find parties who will put their capital into these yards for this privilege until we can get on our feet and take them. These yards would,be.upon the ground of the two companies. Please send me your views upon these matters as I trust to act upon them immediateiy. Very respeo-tfully, 6. M. Dodge, .i--* ,r ' '' . Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, January 5, T8f4. trust \ ' Tv'i ^ ■ t,. ■ ■ . j,, ..icO Marshall, Texas, January 9, 1873, JTol. Thomas A* Scott, Pres., t Dear Sir: Messrs. Bofinger & Pegram are endeavoring to get up a fast freight line from the east, north and north-east to run over our lines in Texas via Cairo and Fulton and International and G .. Northern R,R. , ^ . Seraething of ,this kincd is needed to put our r-ute prominently befo^'e tiie people arid bring business to us. We have an active enemy to fight, the li* K. 4-T. an one-side and the River and Morgcn Line on the other and if we can through sucii. an organization should bring our line into notice. To show you how little we are know , the Cairo and Fulton now issue their mapp and posters ignoring our road entirely. Tliey connect at Texarkana with the International and Gt. Northern R.R. and show our line as unconstructed. If anytl.ing of this kind is done I can recommend Messrs. P. & P. as proper parties. They have done our business fiathfully and are thoroug Dy posted. ^ As to the policy of sucl. a line or conditions of contracts with it, I am unable to ;ive an opinion except that I believe it will bring us a business tliat wo do not get and probably cheaper than we could obtair it ourselves. G. M. Dodge, Chi f Engineer. 'TCa 6.3 0 Kardhall, Texas, January 9, 1874. P. si-. Bond,:v. .P., , ■ ; 1 . ..i Dear Sir; The decision of the Supreme Court delcaririg the late election null and void; being unconstitutional will be very detrimental to us in our local subscriptions. . L The Shermar bends $8,000 were voted for under the "law upon ' whicK the decisidn.is given and I suppose we will lose them. All our other bonds were voted under the old election lav/ and I suppose are legal, but all the officers now holding office in Texas were elected Under ti;e new .selection law and under this decision it is considered that they could not.act legally in issuing the bonds. - I have disposed of all of the Sherman Bonham bonds and the greater-part of.those of Dallas on our indebtedness giving ceritifactes to deliver tl.em as soon as issued. . ' . .Of course all these certificates will now come back bo me and 1 will have to rearrange the indebtedness in some manne'r. It seems as though there was no end to bad luck in Texas.'":-^ Of course all these cities and ounties will take any advantage that keeps us from qbtaining the bonds. . I tried to get our-iron in New Orleans by giving Texas and Pacific paper 2, 4 and 6 months. It appears tliat this iron v/as never tumedover to T & P as I understood it was ordered to be. Very respectfully, . " J ^ G. K. Dodge, Chief Engineer. ■ oXXo'i to •v ' rr.iv I*" f' iwo T -|* * ■ , '■ i Or ,r.-' - MarsJ-fflll, Texas, Jartu'nry 11,' 1874'. P. G. Bond, V. P., . Dear Sir:- I have not made so many settlements during the past week owing to the condition our securities are in, but have fix ed upon a basis of settlement -,vith 'Jard Dewey A-. Co. I have had our road examined to Texarkar.a by State Commissioner and accepted; had him put in his report the fact that we completed there and had our trains running on the 28th Dec, 1873. The Cairo Pulton track is obout 4 miles this side of Red River, they say they v/111 be rt Texarkana by the 15th ihst, 1 do not look for thom here for business before Pebruary 1st. I have had no response to any of the cummunications sent you. Suppose you are waiting for the water to move. Our Harrison County bonds cannot be obtained until we complete our shops. They are now all completed except roof to one wing. Of course 1 am very short of funds for the construction com pany; have used up pretty much all you sent me paying.off men and freeing our freights* , The Iron held ]iy Morgan line still lies in Galveston. I have freed that held at Houston and am in hopes soon to-get free what is in New Orleans, We are-very short of rolling '3tock-on the road, cars and locomotives. Sands earnings in the Northern lln^ for December were $8500 bealdss all his constipiction business, about $3,00. of this will be net, . • • bs ■mO v'lvi : .c .^J iO ' . ^ . I am very much in need of the pile-driving car at Hannibal. They wired Mr. Dickson Lhnt they were holding it,for Sicels to { bring it down. I settled up with Sickels and he left here some time ago. I do not know where he is. As I wired you, if it only wants a man to bting it down I can soon arrange that. .Everything here is moving along smoothly. If I had my local subsidies I could clean up all my indebtedness. I have put cut so far but very few bonds and no company paper. I will not get our indebtedness here settled Sinless than six months so that I can close it up. Where I settle with local bonds I have to give a certificate or an agrement to settle when we obtain the bo'ds and the indebtedness is so scattered thafe it is very hard to get at it. I have used a great many lots in our different towns. . I have now made agrements to settle with all ourlarge creditors except two or three. I Very respectfully, 1 G. M. Dodge> : xtjr';' i- ' rt . Chief Engineer. ■ H'j . X .J , '' llicJt** W, , • ■ X*' - 'OJ . Marshall, Texas, January 12, 1874. F. S. Bond, V. P., Dear Sir: I haye made agreements for settlement of following drafts, mostly in lots, supplies or local subsidies. It will be some time before all the. drafts, will be taken up as I have to get the subsidies: #1031 $2016.5 . .V . , , ♦Wnt ■.btM Son "b mfiH' t »i> • en-i ;n- . C. J. Ball, E. West and Son* Miller & Riardan R. W. Rogers G. C. Galloway J. P. Green Gwinn fr. Eastman J. K. McReynolds 2022. - . .for : I 2023 x-fT' (ntSf ni^'j rti oJ - Aonr. Srr.<^ 2031 t- JnwoI.'Jeu no^\u IX) rl" 2025 b#><x?«48aNi beon rtU9 bAd WWAII I " 2026 JO,''io*| it Sxt^ .a 2039 "dj M* jnlfffwm nf.'o be.'. 'MtJd r^rkmiS 2040 81 jtoM'iS rmSllR CxlT 2041 .t ed f/|w TCC vo :J 2052 etwii .a- .il to' Oi •€ bAji «W«lt f ill — *111 'Ml.tXaw ert« tW ■ ■ iSn' T-nl rtaH lyO ring contractors: ■ ; r.,n ti/o -• Lyon Rozelle & Chris t'&'fiher. id Son* ' f Ingall and Jones. ; g i. liardan Ward, Dewey tc Co. t- 'Tft >rs • ' Anderson fc Beck. r , liT .oway Moodie & Collins» . ,;n,W J. G. "•■arner, 'iQ weYf m i| J 1064 . 2022. - . . ...a j C , .i • 2023 1090." - ♦ ■ 2031 f- inw: 1099 ' i: 2025 2000^ r J J' /' 2026 Jar 'iOW • 2005. 2039 "hj jnlr 2006 : . • r • 2040 81 j(oi 2007- ; -.I ' . 2041 ' .8*8T .t 2010 . r . 2052 - 2011 ■ rrt« oi I 201« - , . . , 2015 Also the following contractors: ohnson Ktnney, Mat Culler Johnson Howson $2i66t37 G. B. Russell J . E. H^arn J J. A. Plackwell Robert Spells C. D. Palmer J. N. Reynolds ft Co. . P« Polly. Conrad St Holly Kay Sr. Re avis A. C. Montgomery. Co. W. A. Clark. H. II. Coyce. • :.ol ffiv ; albnafi i I ,1 » < »l «J> 1 VvT.; • 45,2. Also the following vouchers Johnathan Adamson. C. P. Ettler James A. Churchill Durham Howell Co. J. P. PifeceraM George Tf. Rollins Jackson Flints & Co. Charles lioore P. Parish W. Roy James A. Sharps J. H. Thompson W. Y. A. Walts. Frank Buck W. E. P. Clegg Frank W. Fox. Galloways h Iloore J. J. Hall. E. & P. Jacobs. J. G. t'ontgornery, J. M. Pinkerton. F. E. Sickels Snyder h D-vis, Turner & DeParry. James F. Utz J. J. Vf. Vf. Washburn Washburn International and Great Northern Ry. Co. Also the following acceptances: Benjamin Ackley $452.80 KcCabe & Fuller 234.00 Very respectfully, B. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, January 23rd, 1873. George D. Krumbhaar, Dear Sir: I have settled this day account of J. R. Thompson, amounting to $713.55 interest to February 1st, $18.00 - $731.55 with three notes as follows: A1 - One year, February 1st, 1874 $261.11 A2 - Eighteen months, Feburary 1st 269.74 Jl3 - Twenty-four months Feb. 1, 1874 279,37 Bond No. 7200 coupon July 1876. Enclosed please find final detached coupons. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. January,', 1874 Jan. 3, 1874 M.-F. Hurd, Dear Sir: Marshall, Texas, If you h&ve any use for an additional Assistant, take Mr. Coweley who lives at or near El Paso. ke is a friend ol General Augur who says he is thoroughly posted in all that comitry east of El Paso and is '.'ell up in engineering; also knows you. he is now in San Antonio and I have written him to write you. Would like to have him employed if there is avvacancy. I have written Walcott to consult with you about explorations east of the hfo Grande and north of Delaware Creek line. i am anxious about that country and want you to confer fully with Walcott. Get him to travel over it with you, if you can, although it is out of his division, still, I would like the opinion of both of your upon it. The hard country that we will meet east of the Sierra Nevadas is that portion of your line between the Pecos and the Rio Grande . It wants to begiven a thorough exploration until you are satisfied there is nothing in it you have not seen. Truly, G . M. Do dge . January, 4th, 1874. Following letter refers to death of Sylvanus Dodge, 1874, Jan. 4th, 1874. Dear Sister: Yours of the 26th came evening before last. I also received a letter from you several weeks since which 1 have not yet answered. I have been so very busyfor a while back that I could get no time. Am now with just my own family, the first time in two weeks and have no help. Emma goes to school and it is so far it takes all her time. I am through with my hurry now and shall have more leisure. ',':e had heard of lV:r. Dodges death. You must miss him very much. Yes, he was a good man. I always knew it, and have no doubt of his reward, and tha-t he is enjoying the bliss we all hope for ^^r. Railey got some potatoes out and was all ready to start for G. Bluffs as soon as we got your first letter, and it turned so cold the night before that he could not go, and he has not dared to go since. '.Vill go over just as soon as the weather will permit. lie *;ants to see Ocean on some business about wood and the '.Villis note etc. Willi! left here yesterday,had not time to go over and Mr. Bailey said he would attend to it for him. We are having a dreadful winter which helps to make the tin.es still harder. 1 never heard so much complaint in my life. The farmers cannot pay their debts. We manage to keep comfortable and tint is.jabout all. iv.y health is excellent and am growing fleshy all the*tiii'e. I^r. B. is not well, nothing particular the matter only getting old ^nd break ing down. We will fatten the other be^f right off we have the mate to the one that was killed. We have one new new milch cow and expect Pet will come in in a few days. We did not keep the calf because 1 wanted the milk as I was buying my butter and young calves are only worth about a dollar. Will try and make you some butter when we get another cow. I am glad to learn the t Lettie has recovered her health. Would like much to have her come and see us. Emma wanted to go overand see Ella this winter but ^ dont like to have her stay out of school, she can go when the term is out. Love to all. M. A. Bailey. ' mars]-all, Texas, January 4, 1874. Vfm.. Gavin, Esq., Bort Scott, Kansas. Dear Sir: Ho one can re:'ret your condition iLore tr^an I do "but you are greatly mistaken about our having any money or being ablo to obtain it. We have put in here $6,00C,000 of our own cash and borrowed nearly ^^5,000,000 more and we l-ave been unable to raise a cent on our securities. As long as we had monejr or could borrow, ve stood up wr.en everything failed, we were obliged to lay down. Whatever we have got, you can have. We will "ive jz-ou our paper at 12, 18 and 2f^ months s cured or will turn out to you any of our supplies lands, lots or local subsidies at a fair price to pay your debt, I am settling all our indebtedness in this way. Very respectfully, r. M. Dodge, -. - Chief Engineer. • 4, • 2"* ... Marshall, Texas, January 4, 1874, Messrs. Bofinger & Pegram, New Orleans, La. Gentlemen: The letter of your Mr, Pegram to Mr, Wallace, Dec. 4 1873 has "been referred here. As I understand it the draft for $2550 is a draft given you by Mr, Eddy probably you discounted it at the Louisiana State National Bank, The iron that has been attached for it is and was when attached the property of the Texas &: Pacific Railway Company, I do not know whether or not the attacijnent was made at your instance for the purpose of protecting your indebtedness but it is the only attachment that has been placed upon us. It seems singular to us tr;at knowing all the facts in the case, it should have been done. I want the iron and we hope that you will arrange to let it come forward. That indebtedness will have to be settled the same as a"'l the other construction Company indebtedness. Your firm is doing business with our road and should, for the amount of business that you have done, carry that much for us until v;e can get square on our feet again. Please write me if there is not other material of ours in New Orleans, if so^ what? Mr, Bofinger stated to Mr. ^ickson that there was a large amount of our car material in Cairo and New Orleans, There is considerable of it missing. We are endeavoring to arrange our matters so as to go a lead with our work and ask you to turn in and get this iron released so that we can lay it to Paris, Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer, - lii V ^ 23- Marshall, Texas, January 7, 1874, A. G. Marquand, 120 Broadway, New York. Sir: Your letter to Hr, Piersoll has "been referred '.o me. We completed our raad to Texarkana, Dec. 26th and are running regular trains there. Our arrangements for making transfer there are ample and I hope you will get there as soon as possible, as there is no doubt we will do a very large business as soon as connection is made. Red River Bridge will be an obstacle, but I hop- you will soon be able to get that out of the w§cy. Ver; respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. '-iyA Hars&all, Texas, January 9th, 1874, To his Excellency, E. J. Davis, Governor of the State of Texas, Austin, Texas., Bin: In compliance with your request, I have the honor to state that the only compensation paid by the Texas and Pacific Railway Company to Col. C. D. Anderson for inspecting eight and five tenths (8.5) miles of this road, is twleve (12) dollars per mile for each miles of road examined and twenty (20) cents per mile for each mile in tra veling to and from his home to the point of inspection. Very respectfully, G. li. "^odge, Chief Engineer. Marshall, Texas, Jan. 9, 1874. Is aac H. Sturgeon, Commissioner, Dear Sir: Your letter to CqI. Scott, Dec. 29, 1873, has been re ferred to me. I ar. waiting to "et my track on the two divisions complete before I send for you to get my sidings and buildings on the Jefferson line to Texarkana and to complete to Brookston on the Northern divsion. It will be but a short time now until I shall wire you to come on. When you come there are two routes you can take, one via the Cairo and Fulton to Texarkana; tiiis is tJ;e shortest, even ir you have to stage it from Fulton to Texarkana, or you can come via the M.K. T. to Dallas and T & P to Marshall. Very respectfully, G. I'l. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marsl:all, Texas, January 11, 1874. V ♦ t **"' f ' &. R. Anderson, Sidney, Iowa. Wy dear Anderson: I am in receipt of yours of January 5th., I hardly know what advice to rive you. There are a ^ood many points in Texas where. I think a y ung lawyer could do -..'ell.' If I knew that our road was going forward immediately I should advise you to take either Dallas or Sherman; they are not very large towns now but are growing. . These places are settled mostly by southerners and "a northern man would not have much sho./ at first, though they are now rapidly filling up with Northern men and there would soon be plenty to do. Everything is so new in Texas that it is hard to tell just where the prominent ooints are to be. Galveston is the most prominent town in the State, H u.ston the next, both of them growing towns. If you should remain here, of course, I would d.o all in my-power to help you along. If I was going to reno-e to a large town, as yon. say you want to, I should select a commercial center either Chicago, St. Louis or some such point. . . . 1 J .'ait. Juc r G. M. Dodge. I lO liHr mm t-tl ^ .r/- ' * bioi m\ - tJi^ ^ fiiJm m •«* ^ I J ' ' ^ m> mid *9 4ami jtwt imt mm amom tA •ftMt tfW# • .\l .d Very t lO jm mm nni Jv** ^ •' •urn w m^'O ttitv ^nmiJfmmmtmwt m •«« ^ I ruly yours. i * - * if - j* T - t ■ J > • 1 ! ' V Jcv'. i ^'7 g/. rMarshall, Texas, January 11, 1874, repbrt that Ic^a roads How did West in asked his bank John T.. Baldwin, . t ; ' ■ ' Coimcil Bluffs, Iowa.' Dear Sir: I am in receipt yours January 1st. I am sorry Stewart got hold of the bank matter th.ou^-h I suppose there could be no help for it and do not care. It is: better to let them understand that we do not overlook such matters. I do not think there is any truth in the report that Iowa roads will lease the bridge. How did Chapman settle and what did we have to do? West in his letter to you December 30thi Bays that we never asked his bank for any documents. Before he went to Chicago I talked to him about it and he agreed that if they could do anything he would let me know. He wrote me two letters which I have and in boti, of which he said discounts coulc. not be had or gave me to. understand that it was impossible to do anytl.ing in Chicagon; said that he never saw money as close as it was then, notwithstanding what the papers said. I took this to be an answer to my personal application. He also kruew that I had that paper in N.Y. and had failed to negotiate it. I do not know anything about what he wrote Stewart except through you and Mr. Pusey. I do not care anytj.ing about it, one way or the other, only that it was a singular transaction, with one of our customers whom we were endeavoring to help. As soon as Sickels gets back you must go for him on that m Colorado note - we cannot carry it. ■ Very truly yours, G. M. Dodg-^« -T-.'V4 ' liar shall, Texas, January 13, 1874, John Beresheim, Cashier, Dear I have yours of January 8th. I note what you say, cannot take Giiman stock. The hank must take care of itself and let stockholfiers do the same. My ifldea in dividing the account was not to get all our eggs into one basket; we had some very heavy deposits at Chicago and New York before th y were divided and v.-e got caught in both places. I think we better be at a little inconvenience and be safe. Our accounts in both places will grow. I have no doubt it is considerable trouble. Tie could not very well take our accounts away from our stock holders. I do not understand why we do not get collections from the Cook County and t^e Union National. Do not they have any to send or wher do they send them I am disposed to let you run these matters as you think best but I would consider a little as to the effect before I made any changes I do not know how the railroad accounts affect us now; they used to be valuable accoxints to us, in giving us exchange etc. and increasing the bulk of our business. I agree with you that the public accouiits whic,; we have been keeping have cost us as much or more tl,an v/e have made out of them. Still they indirectly bting business to the bank. A bank necessarially has to do a great deal of business that does not pay. As we are well rid of them I do not think I would pay very much to get them again. It seems that Chapman was unable to do anything. I liope he will go to work and close up his account or at least as far as he can. I have written him today. I do not care much about the West matter, except that I think in all such matters it is best to let the. understand that we know what is going on. I do not understand what you mean about Pusoy being looney-- according to your letter he doesn't appear to have made very much out of it. The weather down here is deligl.tful and I am going along first rate. I still hold about $12,000.00 of your last lot of drafts. Ask Mr. Baldwin to send me list of accounts we have in Washing ton unpaid on new contract. I wrote to Washington today. Very truly yours, G. 'I. Dodge. Marshall, Texas, January 26, 1874. John Beresheim, Cashier, Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the 15th inst. and also statement of bank expense account from Mr, Baldwin. It is too late now to lock the door after the horse is stolen but there are one or two items to which I wish to call your attention with a view to reduction of this account. Bradstreet'e reports flor one item, "Fuel Account," >"or the year is f459.10/ There is something radically wrong about tl.is or else we should have new heating arrangements for another year. Of course election expense is an extra item and one which I hope we will never have to incur again. I would not allow the rent question to drift along until the first of May. It should be settled now and we should know exactly what we have to pay, I went to see Officer and Pusey twice. You should see them and come to a defirite arrangement. I do not know w^ ether you want the stock report or not. If not, I would cut it ofT and take it only at such times as you need it. Now that Oilman has resumed, I hope it will help you in your cash matters. Cannot we get rid of that loan from the Savings Bank? I do not know that I shall need any money right away and if the vouchers of our new contract are paid up, it will help very materially v/ith that over draft. How much Mr. Baldwin will have lo draw in Waghington to the credit of the old contract I do not know but I would like to get rid of lOf. interest on ^10,0.C Lo the Savings Bank. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. B41 Mars?.all, Texas, February 9, 1874. Hon. Wm. A. Wallace, '".P., Karrisburg. Pa, Dear 3ir: When I was in Philadelphia erTly in December, a dispatcl; came there froi:, l!r. I,!ahl, for a paymaster. I suggested that Mr. Frost be appointed in order that hfe could do the business of both companies. Mr. Frost has made all my payments since I have been in Texas and knows all the details, but I cam ot afford to keep him in the employ of the Construction Company unless we go to work. The position is one that requires reliability, great accuracy and experience, as well as a good accountant, all of which Mr. Frost is. There is no end to the number of questions coming up on my old account. They will continue unli-il I get fully closed up or start again. I saw your order to day for the first time; sent for Mr. Kretz and put him in charge of the payments for the running department. I will have to keep'Vrost, which, in my opinion, is an unnecessar expense. I believe one thoroughly posted, competent man can attend to business in that Department for ^oth Companies and I also consider that he performs the duties of local Treasurer. Now, -.ve have a local Treasurer, Mr. Hall, ijis Assistant, Dr. Smit.. and paymaster Krebz and my cashier, Mr. Frost. I v/ould suggest that all the business could be done by two persons, one as Treasurer and Casnier, tl.e other as Assistant, to run" over road and pay, I gave an order today to Mr. Frost to turn over everything belongn • to the running department to Mr. Kretz. Frost and Kretz would get along together all right but the latter, though, in my opinion is a verj' competent man has not had the experience to attend to business of both Companies. Very respectfully. C. M. ^odge, Chief Engineer. SPAi'- 'fr?, F. '■ "Fj' . ■ »!b" Cj(^ Karshll, Texas, February 12, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Dear Sir: I ser.d you today per Adams Express maps and profiles to be furnished the United States Commissioner for your signature and that of the Secretary of the Comjoany. Please execute them and for-.vard to Hon. Isaac H. Sturgeon, St, Louis, Uo, Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. Marsliall, Texas, February 13, 1874. F. S. Bond, V. p., Dear Sir: I enclose copy of bil"' such as I think we should try to get through. I understand a bill has been presented by some other road very nearly like this. I think we should at least try for a two years extension for us. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodye, Chief Engineer. "Bd it enacted, &c. That whenover any company heretofore incorporated and authorized to construct any railroad or other public improvement in this State and wiose time for ccmpleting the whole or any part of its work has been limited by its-charter or by the laws of this state, has been"legally organized and has actually surveyed and con tructed, or has commencted to survey and construct any fifty or more miles of its line and has expended upon such work $25,000 or more of money within the limits of this State, the limitations of time as aforesaid upon such work, or any part thereof shall be and are hereby extended for the peirod of one year, to be computed from the day on which such limitation or limitations would expire; and if any such company shall have expended the sum of $1,00C,0G0 or more upon the worlc v/ithin the limits of this state, the limitations of time as aforesaid as to such Company shall be extended for the period of two years to be computed as aforesaid. Provided there shall be filed for record in the office of the Secretary of State, a map and certificate showing the location of the work actually done and the amount of money expended thereon such certificate to be yerifiod by the oaths or affirmations of the President and the chidf engineer of sue. company; and a copy of such certificate duly certified by the Secretary of State under tl:e great seal of the State shall be evidence of the fentension of time as provided for and granted by this Act." l.!arshall, Texas, February 18, 1874 . Col, fliomas A. Scott, Dear Sir: Some tine apo I received a letter from Mr. Bond enclos ing article from Galveston news, and now I have one from you. The day I started north, this article was handed me and I immediatel wired Mr. Dickaon to answer and have it rectified. Re wrote an answer to the news, whic: did not helpthe matter much The mistake I made was in not sitting down and answering the article myself, sending it to Dickson h\at I supposed they vinderstood these matters well enough to do the thing properly without my doing it, literally my dispatch to him was implicit. I shall now enclose yoi:r letter to the Galveston News. I think that iSj.the safe way to put an end to it. In my letter to Mr. Bond, I explained the condition of the matter.^ Our discriminations"have been almost entirely in favor of ralveston until our connecting roads cut us off locally. Very respectfully G.M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. -.ft w I h'- 0^1 Jiarshall, Texas, February 22, 1874. F. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir; We owe the Houston and Texas Central R.R. from 18 to 2 25 thousand dollars. I cannot tell the exact amount until I cet all t.eir bills. They elain that their contract for transportation of everything was made with the Texas & Pacific Ry. Co. and signed by Col. Scott, which is the fact but it was all shipped and all bills rendered to tlie Cal. and Texas Ry. Construction Company. In trying to settle v/ith them, they decline to have anything to do with the Construction Company. It is important that we settle up with them because we are doing business in connection vrith the Co. and they can at any time seize our friehgt and give us trouble. The question that I want to have decided is this. Shall I settle with them for the paper of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co.? A .copy of the contract with them is with you. This is about the last indebtedness here, of any magnitude, and I would like to dose it up IlT possible. Dallas and Sherman i.ave at last voted to let me have their bonds after a long struggle over it and after voting once or twice not to issue them. They are now being printed and I hope as soon as they are out to take up drafts for which I have given written agreements to settle with these bonds. Very respectfully, G. 1.1. Dodge, C-.ief Engineer. Mi Marshall, -Texas, February 33, 1874 m r . * r .. r,wi .ir. ' £ .. .,1 , r I. • ■ u J . ,• ■ ■ ■ ■ . :rr ...• ^ r . r ..r<wi .i-"', ' ;. • .„-.f ,: ■ -^ 'r' uJ . : - ■ : -nv J*. 01^' Col. Thos. A. Scott, Pres., 3 ^ , i . Dear Sir: In ans^ver to your'request for a report upon the. most feasible connection rif the Atlantic' o.nc Pacific railroad with'the Texas and Pacific Riilway routes, I respectjfully submitithe. folloV/ing: '"In ny opir.ion> the shortest and most direct, And in an engineering of view, the cheapest' route from Vinita to a connection with the Texas andl-Pacific Railway is as-follows:. ^ . i Starting at Vinita, rurn-inr southwest on a: direct' a'line afl the country will admit, crossin- the Arkansas'near the mouth of the Snak River and" tie Canadia; R'ver about '§0 inilos vest of the Eastern bourtdary of the Chickasaw reservation and the Red River near the mouth of the Little TITichita, tl.ence direct to Port Belknap and Fort Griffin; joining the TgxcXS n.nd Pacific at- or noar Port G-fiffin, * Xatitud© 32 5X j Xoncifludo 99° 40*, distance 350 miles. _ A route equally as good in an'engineering point of view and perhaps better in a conimoriial oae would be from Vinita south-west cr.os5>ing the Conadian near old fort Arbuckle'and Red River at ti.e mouth of the Big Wichita Wicniba thence MiCXloc? doWti-t-he uuwii- divide VIJL V between wif t,he Bl- and Little Whlchita 7 7 .7 toj a function with the Texas and Pacific East of Double Mountain; latitude 32 35'.longitude ICQ® 30' distance 450 miles. ? V .. .x, x, rTl ^ ^ J ^ ^ A Any line connecting with the Texas and Pacific east "of Doubld Mountain must keep to the east of the Wichita range of mountains. The foot-hills of these mountains on the Ganadlan and Red River arelin about _ ^ ^ ^ . .. .. . •% ^ — T\ ^ •__X_ XI _ rOOo—i'lillS 01 l»n©SG mounbuiiia un uiiw L\.xs^ longitude uut:?90®, 570 ,lill^y They turn UUX II thence UiUJllUc; south-west u and 'fall ma Ci j-a. _ off- W X X - into xixs/v the plains at Double.Mountain, near Longitude 101®,-latitude 32 50'. At their DOrthern extremity along the Canadiai. river tney are abcut 120 miles wide. Any road connecting with them in west of these,mountains Would have to start from Vinita, cross to the Red Fork of the Arkansas, follow that u;: to ti.e Canadian, t-.ence crossing the Canadian follow it up nearly to tie Natural Mountains; thence along the western foot hills of Wicliita. Ranges due couth connecting with us at' »ltlphur Springs, longitu^ 102® latitude 32° 10' distance BOO miles. ' :x. This line wuld cross tlie "Staked Plains" or Would man alon^ their eastern l^oundai'y apd v/est of the Wichita range of mountains. It. would be impracticable to traverse tl.e Wici ita'.-ountains, east or west, or diagonal y. They are broken, abrupt, 5C0 to 2000. feet l.igh. They must either be turned on the north or on the south. The. line from Vinita t-- Fort_ Griffin or to a point west Of that and last of I>ouble Mountain will control a larger anc3 far better distric* t a line to the west. Every foot of it is over a country capable ' aultivation, traversing the best portion of the C};orokee, Crcc-i u.s'iiie Chickasaw Reservation In the Indian'Territory and running through .tie counties of Caskell, Shackleford, and Jones in Texas. All the country west of this line susceptible o cultivation, the valley of the Cimmaron, the Canadian and the Red River would'naturally flow to this lino as th'ir outlet whilst it Would control one half of all the business of the country lying between it and the M.K.^i. ry. At the corssing of Red'River these two raikroadp WOuld be about 150 5in Franciaao ^eir Sftn Diego asr^ point departure for i .' 0 " Ui Trolrhor 7 St, Louis, the lino via Dbuhle Mountain and i'^ort Griffin would be the H shortest line to St. Louis. By connecting with us at Sulphur Springs,^ the distance lost by going around the Wichita Mountains is so great tl.at nothing is rained in distance by that connection. The distance from San Diego to Fort Griffin via Texa s and ^acific Railway is 1315 miles; From Fort Griffin to Vinita via Atlantic miles; -os. i - and Pacific Texas and Pacific and'tne Indian and Pacific R.R. is 350 miles; Vinita to St. Louis via Atlantic and Pacific R.'^- i ■, 3G4 '-.iles, total, 2029, miles, Saint Lou'l's' r to Fort Griffin via Texas and Pacific Railway 674 miles; os. i -rausi..co to St., Louis via Texas and Pacific R.W. and Atlantic and Pacific R.R. 2391 miles. The line from Vnita to Fort Griffin or to Double Mountain would have maximum grades not to exceed 66 feet to the'mile and its excavation would average from 12000 to 150C0 cubic yards to the mile, probably less. It would run through a country that have all t..e material for the building'of a road, ties,,bridge timber, stone, &c. and from the time it crossed the Canadian until it connects with tie Texas and Pacific line if could rtin throtigh the best coni fields of Texas and'txe Indian nation. - ' ^ Through the Indian' nlition this coal is already developed and worked and an excellent quality of cOek is manufacturered from it. So far as developed in Texas and the Indian Territory, the veine run from 3 to 11 feet in thickness and at alone would be a large source of revenue 4o tli entire length of the Atlantic and Pacific, wJdlst any road going West of the Wichita Mountains would in all probability avoid these coal fields entirely and turn south before reaching them at the foot of th^ Rocky Mountains or Ratoon Range and being too far northto get the benefit of j.the basin, as now developed.^ u ' In ray opinion, in an engineering, commercial and financial: point of view, the natural junction with us is by one of the two lines designated crossing Red River near the moutli of the Big or Little Wichita and connecting wit; us at son: point between Fort Griffin and Double ' Uouataih, I have been pver a great portion of this country and have also traveled up dio Canadian Cimmaron and Red River Valley and liam confident that the line I have designated will for a long time, if not always, cont rol all. the business west of it, while at the same time it runs t..rough the heart o' the best portion of the Indian territory and north-western Texas. The purveying parties for the location of the Ft, Wohth and.Denver Railway and for the selection o" land for us, have just been over the counties through which it runs in Texas and ti.e; report them to be the finest portion of Texas, t streams run ing water the year round; the valleys br ad and well timbered; the dlvi< 4s rich in soil and nboxinding through the counties of Wichita, D^ay and'Young In copper, Shoulf this lin^ be built over line from Sherman would, in all , probability be iTUShed west through Grayson Cook, Montague, and Clay Counties, making a connection -.vith the T & P near the western boundary of Clay or the easten; boundary of Baylor, and fc ould give for all that county . the-shoi'test route to Gt. Louis n d allow the Atlantic and Pacific to wnter into comp'^tition fcr the business at least as far east as Shermnn^^ Tt4s connection i - also made at the most northerly latitude by the Texas Ik Pacific llfle, 'i. Griffin being In latitude 32® ri* ; hen^P It is the sl.ortest distance on an air line from Vinita to the Texas and "atlfic Railway for any point west of tlie 98th meridian of longitude and I consider that the connectloti should be made as far west as that meridian in order to develop a country independent of the U.K.': T.R.R. inS^ and the Texas and Pacific R.'^.F. Prom Fort Griffin our line runs south-west, crosses the Pecos River in latitude 31 42', Our surveys determine that there is no feasible route throu^g tl.e Guadalupe Mountains from Fort Stanton latitude 33^ 29* longitude 105 28' to Ilurd's pass where we pass thera latitude 31° 30', Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. Chief Engineer. -■ 't; ; i -if.' ■ % or.— , . . ' ■ > . ,i i. • <v;.\ » .1 1 " ■ - ■ ^Vt, •. ' '■" s , . r 16^ Marshall, Texas, Fehruar" 24, 1874. F. S. Bond, Dear am in receipt of yours to C-ov Throckmorton in relation to subsidies .from Lonrvie;? to Jefferson. The trouble is that all the Jefferson people and members of the legislature who are leading members of the House and Senate make it a condition in putting ti.rough the International compromise. U do not think the Internatonal people care anything about building through from Longview to Jeff-^rson but I do not believe tl.ey can get oheir bill through v/ithout that condition in it. I had about concluded a settlement with Mr. Dickson for the amount due us on this ..ouse by making a reduction on the charges agains him, but Iloble lelis me that the understanding was that he (Noble) was to have the house If tnis is so, the house should be turned over to the Texas and Pacific and put in their hands. Mr. Dickson now insists upon taking the house, but heretofore, as I have written you, he has insisted upon the T & P owning it and furnishing it for him to live i? . I think you hud better consult consult Mr. Wallace Wallace about this matter immediately and come to some determination so as to relieve us here. As it row stands it is a personal ciiarge against Mr. Dickson on my books. Please call the attention of Mr, Wallace to this and see what Dicksons communications to him are. When Mr, ^ickson leaves here he will go east and will pro bably present ti.is matter there. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. (o (cf . .. ^ \ ^ , Mars:.all, Texas, February 25, 1874. .< 4lJtrl «J nc eiwi m oJsU ' ' ' m ri^.KOl '"fj •» ^•■ ■1 CMI .'.1 J ■ ' - . r; , -Jt f»s r-j ■• '.! -.,fV Xv/T ■ .<^1 ITb ei JI ''<T-:z' . » fc: • ( -'ftj ej n"i#l»0«I # 'Ri John Beresiieim, 'Cashier, Dear Sir: I an in receipt of yours of blank though recent date enclosing letters of Ames and the Comptroler, I do not v/onder that the Comptroler complained of our over drafts and overdue paper but I find thiat is the case with every National bank that I have heard from. Ames letters are all right except that he should be gi en to understand that we lost $10,000 during the panic by the action of the Union Pacific Railway Co. It should be put right square at him that right in the midst of the pnaic, when they were owing us $20,000 they drew out every cent t^iey had v/ith us causing a run upon the bank jrf" and took it to assist an Omaha ban^, and that, if I had not been in New York and borrowed the money at an enormous interest sacrificing my own securities to hold up the bank, it must have suspended that no other bank in the country could Lave stood such a drain. Also that all of the interests that should have worked in our favor especially the Union Paoi/ic did everything they could in opposite direction. The $10,000 due us from the U.P. sliould be collected. The certificate of the Savings bank if held by us must be at a lower rate of interest; we cannot stand 10^ You can tell Nate this from me; it is not treating our stockholders right. I am willing to car j?y the paper allowing six ^ interest, I think you belter place the Oilman stock; cannot you take it yourself? paying part cash? I do not want him to throw it on the market through the hands of anyone else but do not want it myself. I am satisfied to settle witl Judge Baldwin tut do not under stand why we should pay ten dollars per acre for land that is worth but seven. I am wiling to take the land at whatever Nate and Mr, Pusey or any other disinterested parties may say it is v/orth and take notes fob the balance, wit.; security on any corner building. It appears to me that is all they should ask of us, especia ly when we give him such liberal terras and long time. Mr. Baldwin must look after Yheeler, We cannot afford to lose anything by him. I tl:ink if John takes hold of it he can get us through T(bji must look closely after it. I suppose Mr, Baldwin has a delicacy about pushing the matter, still it is our duty to protect tlie bank and save ourselves, I hope after the March meeting there will he a change in U.P. I am not particular about th'^ R.R.accounts. They may be a loss and too much work, but they will come out all right in my opinion; those accounts were and will be valuable to us; however, if you and Mr. Baldwin wish to drop them, I shall not complain. My own judgment is to do their business for the present. It seems to me that if M#. Baldwin should make a plain statement of the way in which the U.P. did its business, he could get some his way. So far as giving them drafts, before three o'clock, I should consult my own convenience and take my own time. It is now a good time to work the Iowa Roads and put blocks before the U.P, Tliey are in no good humor and it can be worked up among tl.em and delay their settlements as long as you like. Morse, Stevens & Bradbury will do this b explaining the situation to them. I see tl.ings in the future which if they turn out as I expect will Justify matters much easier. I would also present tils matter to Ames, The West paper should be put into a note and sent to him to be rediscounted at his bank in Chicago so ti.at we can get money on it. It is all wron;^ for West to ask us to carry":!t any longer; he is now in a position to take care of it himself. Very respectfully,^.,^,, H . . m ; ' lO tu c . Dodge, j,^^2 'tnwo Uro lb /tow Mtn iA t *7t«V9 h4t«r mit •! IblrU l«lt t J.. .t fiulHbire. tim cJlflieb iMUMk-. 9vn'. 1 imdt iCWNF lAOoJtiiil f»j /•» 1" •<? 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Gen. J. G. ^alker, Austin T©2s.s« Dear Sir: I have yours February 25th. As I wrote you before, I agree with you that nothing should be done in Austin xintil our extentior is out of the -vay. The matters I submitted were for the consideration of yourself and the Governor and I thought to gi e you my views at length and sometime in advance so that they could be thourht over and put into pe. -ery hard for me to do any work between Sherman and Ft. Worth, except by spending $5C0 to ^lOOC per month, the Governor understands thid fully as he knows the men who are at work. Mr. Bond sent me copy of a bill sent you for two years extension. I would surgest thnt that extension e obtained if possible without bringing in the name of the Texas and Pacific. I am receiving letters from all along our lines, preparing all kinds of conditions; and the moment you put a bill into the Legislature with the name of the Texas and Pacific in it, every county through which we run will attack a condition to it; therefore, I suggest that the two year s extension be made a general law, the same as that for one year. Although the Ft. Worth people were here to see me, and as I supposed went away perfectly satisfied, I receve letters from them which I have forwarded to the Governor in which they want three or six months but no doubt you hear all these t.;ings in Austin. I want you to keep me fully posted on the progress as I know better then how to answer people who come here, v/hom I cannot put off by telling them that I do not know. I also suggest that you look carefully after the of the Marshall City Charter; see that they get nothing in it by which they can squeeze us. They have a disposition up here to live off of what they car tax the T P. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. gCttlilV. i .r-:- 4 Marsiiall, Texas, February 27, 1874. E. B. Hart, Secretary, Dear Sir: Your letter 21st instant to Mr. Malil has been handed to me. When I came here ti.e road was nearly $200,000 in debt and it had to pay for all the work done since November 1st. Thii was the agreement with contractors if they vould go ahead and let us finish up the work. I have struggled along here wit., very little money from the company, have settled most of the old construction company accounts, and have begun to get into shape but to pay off its December rolls, I had to borrov/ $30,000, If our earnings keep up, we will soon be on our feet and can send you the money. Until then, cannot you raise the little money you need in New York? The only way to meet your call for old and current expenses is for Mr. Mahl to go out to eh. bank here and borrow it. Our earnings have been Calling off very largely on account of continued wet weather, not averaging over $3000 per day. Ho much the expenditures have been decreased I do.not know. You will see from the vouchers returned the class of indeb tedness we have been wiping out, some of them running for more than six mont..s. If -e can once get on our f-^et, we can g - right.along but men who have been waiting six months for their pay and w};ose labor is starving for the want of it; whose property has been attacked and a good deal of it already sold have demands upon me that must be met. I am certain if you can get along for a month or two and borrow this money temporarilly you can then get it out of the earnings of the road. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. V . L 70 1874. On Llarch 8, 1874, my daughter, • Lettie Dodge, was married to Mic. R. E. Montgomery and the local paper gave the follov/ing account of it; "Sin.ce the origin of the human race, the hest thought and wish of young hearts has been in the desire to unite that holiest of all relations -the marriage tie. No more sacred relation exists among men, and while among some Christian organizations it is made a holy sacrament of the church, among all,classes of civilized people the event of the union of two persons in marriage is made the occasion of more or less festivity. Parents look forward .vith anxiety to the future of t eir children, in ti;is respect, and with yearning and all encompassing hearts, to the time when the ties of the roof shall be broken and those they love will go thence to battle with life in the companioship of their choice. This feeling and solicitude'is the same in the palaces of the rich as in the hoveis of the.poor and to see two young hearts'thus joined together for weal or'woe, in sickness and in health, in,foptupe as in misfortune, with all'of life's best hopes in advance and rich in promises, comm-^nds itself to our best natures, and makes us wish well of the young couple wi.oever they are who thi s obey, the divine mission of human life and exitence. The occasion of tpe marriage of hiss'Lettie Dodge, eldest daughter "f, General Grenville of this city, yesterday. Robert "3. Montgomery of Texas, and formerly of this city, has led us to these reflections. For several v;eoks social circles in' Council Bluffs have been stirred by th.e prospect of this happy event, and pregaration made by. the many friends of the young couple, to make it pleasurable to ll;e. fullest extent. That it was so,, was evid.enc.ed by the happy faces of those present, and who. v/i.tnessed the interest ing and solemn ceroraony. The bride and groom are known to many a our readers; there are those, perhaps, who will s.ee .this ar'-i.cle who are unacquainted with either. W.e have .known .both for years--from our readers; there are those, are unacquainted with either. chiLdliood almost,- Miss Do,dge was born in Council Bluffs and her home has been here with her parents ever since. Council Bluffs, was then on the frontier and a small village--since growr; to a city of "reat commer cial status. Ilex education was principally acquired in the new home and under the eye and fostering care of one of the best of mothers. The bride is a tall, graceful, sensible lady, and one who has always bestowed upon her parents the full meed of her young and affectionate heart. Mr., Montgomery who i.a3 won .the prize, came to this city in boyiiood. 'iVe first became acquainted with him ih 1868 when he .was an aoMve, energetic lad, .trying to make his way by industry througl. the world. Under W, G. Crawford,, Esq., he was Deputy Clerk of the State Courts, and also Deputy United States Clerk, and in the manner of doing business in the offices he held, made giany warm and loyal friends, who congratulate him on the conquest of the heart- of the lady whom he has made his wife. For several years Mr. Montgomery industry througl. the Clerk of the State in the manner of warm and loyal the heart- of the 5 Mr.. Montgomery has been connected with the Texas Pacific railroad and has in Texas, always winning and holding friends. resided 1874. ^ % The Presents: In richness-and .rareness.the bridal presents excelled any hitherto betstowed upon a Council Bluffs brid'-:e. Quite 'a number of ele^rant gifts are yet erroute, too late for. "perusal" at the banquet. He append a partial list of the cl.oioe presents presented to the observation of those present. From the happy lover and husband, a magnificent cameo necklace and brooch; by Hrs. Gen. Dodge, cameo earrings,• matchihg.gift of grbom;'by Gen. Dodge, father of brice, a wealth in the shape of a Shetland seal sacque coaf and presents from Ella, bride's feister, of a gem in lace and embrbidered handerchi^f; Annie,- also sister, a beautiful amethist ring; from the bridge's grandmother, Mrs. S. Dodg'^, • a Bible, whose teachings will no doubt be attentively .followed and in glad remembrances of the thoughtful giver. Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Dodge were represheted Ir. the array in a splendid'gift, attractive and recherche, embracing a silver water pitcher, goblets, bowl and server, gold lined; Mrs'. J. 3. Beard with tasty and elaborately worked blue-beaded pin . cushion' and mat; Mr. and Mrs. J% M. Phillips a set of solid" silver taa spoons. Nate^and Mary Phillips, elegant silver butter'dish. Mr., and Mrs. G. if. Collins, Omai.a, magnificent and novel silver fruit stand and boquet holder, a rare gift; Mr. J. M. Eddy, Omaha, fine sil ver card receiver; Mrs. . .-M. Eddy, Omaha, silver and gold fruit server; Mrs. Hiram Price, Davenport, silver and gold cream ladel; Mrs.'E. G. Allen, St. Joseph, silver call bell; Mr. and Mrs. J. 71. Morse, silver fruit basket; Mr. and Mrs* T. S. Tlines, Moline, 111., silver pie knife; T. G. Granger pair bronze flagons, mantel orna- Ji ments, very fine; 71. L. IVhitneyj bronze stork; F. E Lawrence, ele- ^ gant bronze mantel ornaments; Mrs, Horace Everett', tasty bronze 'novelties on black pedestal; from "Pet," "Minnie" and "Grace",' three Graces-- a beautiful set of desert spoons, gold lined; Dr. P. J. McMahon,, fruit basket, pretty; Ernest A. Blackburn, silver card receiver- J." ". Robinson, iced silver gold lined egg serve; Laur" and Ltzzie'Baldwin, splendid silver and glass preserve dish; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Street,, novel an,d unique silver a-nd glass cftlery ■ stand; Mr. and Mrs. J. '.V. Laing, elegant' silver cake basket; A. P. Peck and J. ". Davis, Omaha, tasty-cologne set;. Mr. and Mrs. J. Baldwin, set of solid silver spoons ;'An|ty Jackson, a solid silver pie knife; Mrs. C. G. Eddy, silver frosted fruit dish, very fine; Miss Lizzie C. Baldwin, silver and- -gold sugar spoon. i ' ATTENDA CE: BoTore the hour of nuptials, the. spacious hallo, drawing-rooms and parlors of the General's resident were fully occupied by "the distinguished and ever,-welcome guests of the family. Among those present from a distance and from cur sister town of Omaha, we mention Mr. and Mrs. G. IL. Collins pnd daughter, J. M. Eddy and wife, Mr. Edward Peck and Mrw Davis,. The music was conducted by Messrs. ,Schroeder Hoy,or, and was of the most befitting character,, and throughout those jaccomplishe musicians rendered well and fully ti.eir part. , , Tn'E CERE'iONY, Promptly at the appointed time the guests assembled; anticipation on uppermo-.t tensio- ; the wishing hearts-- all nobly generous—hoping and bl-eisin^ the deed--th0 bridal corege J descended from the upper parlors, ',he musicians giving Mendelsohn s " grand Wedding March. First came Andy Jackson, groorasmau, and Miss Ella Dodge, bridesmaid, followed by the groon., Mr. Robert Montgomery, and rs. G. M. Dodge; next Gon. Dod-e and bridge Lettie and other members of the family, the Rev. Dr. Garrett, officiating Bishop, having iniraediat.fily previous takpn his, position in the parlor where the ceremony was performed, in accordance with" the full English Episcopal service, the fath r giving away the bride,--the groom plac ing upon the for-life sharer of his fortunes and woes, the talismanic ring. The ceremony was very impressivd and as the Dean in full bishopric costume repeated the grand sentence: "0 Efeernal God, Creator' and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grac j; the Autnor of Everlasting Life send'fthy blessing upon these they servants, tliis man and this woman, whom • we bless in Thy name, that as Isaac and Rebekah lived faithfully tohether, so these persons may surely perform, ana keep the voew and covenants betwixt them (whereof this rdng, riven and received is a token and ^pledge) and may ever remain in perfect love and peace togetiier and live according to Thy laws, tiirough Jesus Christ, our Lord,' amen.". ' » There were many hearts that responded ful-ly and many eyes that filled 'vith tearful hopefulness in the future welfare of the high contracting parties. ^ The bride and groom, as alpo bridesmaid and bridesgroom bore themselves gallantly" through, the ordeal. THE COSTUI.'iE" were of elaborate and comme il faut description. The bridge's dress was of gros-grain silk, of the new shade denominated "ice blue" a sliade "extremely delicate, almost .vhite. It was trimmed v/ith valencin'es lace and pearls, th'^ skirt cuth with "Worth train, sherred puffs on back breadths, the diagonal folds of the siblk covering the front, and every fold embroidered" v^ith pearls.-Corsage sqauro neck, trimmed v/itn lace and pearls; wreaths of orange flowers descending from the corsare to iaeet the bottom of Lhe skirt in front, and orgnge flowers' from the waist 4o"wn thn puffs of the back to meet the train. " < , - . Miss Blla Dodge, bridesmaid, w&re a pink silk,trimmed With ruffles of silk headed with a wide ruffle of Paris raus"'in and ■ " valencinnes lace, and overdress of valencinnes arid muslin; corsage being of pink silk with over-jscket of lace. • , ' Mj?3. Dodge wore choftolate silk, trimmed with cardinal red velvet--cameo ornamorts. Mr. Montgomery was attired in a Prince Albert frock coat, vest of same character, dark pants, and light tie and gloves. His "best man", Mr. Andy Jackson, was similarly dressed. The bride's traveling suit was of bro.vn gros-grain silk whith shorred front, demi-train, tiimmed witi. velvet and silk fringe; English velvet walking jacket to match. Her winter suit was cap, muff and sacciue of SI.etland seAlskin. The book from v/hich the ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Alex C. Garrett, Dean of Trinity Cathedra", Omaha, was presented to the bride b that clergyman, the book bearing the following inscrip tion: "Lettie, from her faithful friend, Alex C. Garrett." Council Bluffs, Nov. 25, 1874. "God give thee of the elect of Heaven and of the fatness of earth. '"he book is exceedingly beautiful bound in ivory, inlaid witi: gold and colors. On the irory is a double trian^lenof deep blue, inside of which there is a gold cross, with flexir do lis 187 4. terminals indicating'Fait:., Love, Hope and'Grace. The choss supports a circle indicating Eternity, and is of red and gold, .'.vith blue sectors, all surrounded with the rays of glory in blue. ' "There was a rainbow round a'out them." ^ - To those kinghtly Masters of Ceremony, R. J. Cory and" J. Beard are the family and attending gflests devoutly thankful. Their mission was well and gracefully filled. It would be a difficult task to attempt to portray the almost intoxlcatingly bdwltchin-; mqnruer in which the various rooms were festooned, evergreened and made tropical as, sunny Southern arbor, by means offlowers, trailing vines and gems of every hup. The refreshment room was perfect in ever'y detail. Upon either end of th^ spacious table rested groom and bride's cakes. The bride's was in the fcrm of columns, surrounded with a wreat. of roses and very elegant in make up. The groom's was a Roman, basket, very tasty in design. In the center of the table was a pyramid of maccaroons, oranges and candy, on top resting a flower girl. There were other cakes lusciously.greeting the eye. The decopated meats, were prepared by Messrs. John Nicholson and Hathaway of this city and the cakes, decorations and candy pieces by R. M. Marshall of Omaha. All this work was tastefully and thor-oughly performed by the parties mentioned. Messrs. Foster of this city and Ryan of Omaha are responsible for elegant exhibition i- the floral department. The collation was never so enjoyable and among the other incidents was the ring price secu)ed by Miss Grace Deming to whom that roving artici was by chance awarded in the cutting of the bride's cake.. The newly married left on yesterday afternoon's train for St. Louis, where they will remain some days, afterward prx:)ceeding to Texas, wliere tJrey will reside djarlng the winter, - We have, littl else to adcj. These children of Council Bluffs wherever they may fine it their lot to rest, cannot secure in their, we trust, happy future, more hearty, sincere and devoted friends than last night bade them joyous vale, vale, AS they left the elegant surroundings of home." , :: fi.isro; . -; • . . ' , ■; • botl-J'' '. '■n . . i . -f* .-i" ! . bnff •t|.i iil; ' b .« ,i t ' i , • " ' .T .fj' ci .'■•11 Ta ,<iu- ' '/■ tJ • itT ^ J'tvjev ' ♦-am 1 , Ln-tl: buieho ' •T'" vlii' t J ! ' o. .' ■. Jo i', . rf ' Ur., JevXwv i.ri/nrt?' . ! '/.XA.ar ' •tijjfy.r In wuj ojm hn« lltM { ' , -£.1 r -lU w .j ..Ojrf-' ilcol ntfT - . ,nihe.JiiO 'it il, 1 t.r.ifr.i fi i.! ' .tiljnwf jioo'i r.u wMnd in..* -7 n il ,r> *•>//' , •I'-ll"* iifc.. ami .a- P: . .*1 ,rf* t t. .--A 1 .abi iJ' ' I ! I I '1 av . - ,^'1 1 i ./jn Mr, tioC r In Jui X'" Uij jn '! |.v 1 f'n "' " ...''lea .. 'lea L<"tyj X"l.f J |,,i l> frt'AfjifTflLr ' ' ' i Y. Airi . iiO . ;.-//»'• fu\ff ' I - , J J' I '-iril i • ' lo |r Philadelphia, March 30, 1074, George Nob^, Esq. Dear Sir I went over most of our matters west with Mr, Scott and urged the building of 6 miles west of Dallas, He seems to tl.ink that he cannot do it just now; as soon as we can pay off the debts in Texas they want some money east; however, I am in hopes, under some plan, we can get 30 or ^40,000 to pay the freight on that iron and the cost Of the six miles. The House, I am inclined to think when Mr, Dickson comes on, they will h&D'^ him, turn over to the Company, We are very much in hopes that when the rain stops and the bridge (now done I believe) is out of way, our earnings will come up. All the earnings of the Texas Central Division goes to the T & P to Mahl anr that divisions they will hold in statua quo until they see the outcome of our- plans, I wrote Sands to do anything on it you wanted done, and I am in hopes we will be so fixed I can turn it over entirel out of construction Department and get rid of it. The Department question at Marshall is settled, Tr.e department proper should be in the Y. but we are unable to build it;when built it should be large enough to include the offices of the ruinning department, as it will be required by the time we get to and the Construction Company building will then no more than accomodate the land, lot and auditing departments, I therefore believe it to be our policy to let them put up the eating house in the Landis lot and use the lower part for our railroad or depot purposes until we are rich, I have no fears of the Injunction, our Attorneys all give an opinion that it would not be had on that ground. Sturgeon is in Washington vorkin'^ for a report. As soon as you can consia^ntly do it, wish you would wire me that road is up, h> tells me he sent you copy of agreementnwit]; G.N, & Int. R.R. Don't fail to get back your views on question as soon as possible. They want us to pay 25 per cent on our local travel. The three locomotives at Little Rock will go forward soon. It doesn't look much like buying stock cars. What do you think about Truly, G, M, Dodge, Chief Engineer. jOI Washington, April 10, 1874. •f ft>iciySff eofCffL ■ T>«r J. K. 7ddy, . • * *. . ^ ' ■ „ I.Tarshall, Texis. ■ • . . . Dear S^-r: If you. can close everytV.ing up so as to come "by Kay 1st, do so., I expect to return before that. If anything should occur so I cannot then leave everything. There is no money to pay out on old construction matters, except what may be due on old pay rolls. I hope to get soraeth- ing from them before I return but the prospect is very poor. Mahl had orders to let Frost have enou~h to pay rolls of New Construction Department and there is something due me on his^books for old construction account that was to be used on old pay rolls, I cannot pay vouchers, even to employees until I get money here, as I was in advance of what had been sent me when I left. I am very anxious about the.-, bonds; I dont understand where they could have made tho mistake or is it only an excuse? It is, useless to wait all ySrar for new legislation; if I can get the londs out of Sherman and Dallas, I could close up. I wired T & B to- take up drafts as fast as land was turned over. What does Dickson intend to do about the house? They have delayed it so long intendjpig to get it for Noble that I may loose what is due the Construction Company. Coble better send the vouchers on as far as closed ^p and leave the books with Ross. En dorse the notes so that Granger and Ross can settle if anyone wants to but I mean that all settlenJents will be made that can be beofre that time. I want, if possible, to settle with H. & T.C. R.R. and D.N.Co. They are the only two debts left I care anything about. The drafts you speak about from Krumbhaar want to stand on books as a credit to Philadelphia but not chr-rged out. They don't belong to our office or they would be 1-^ft r " -.itirely. I am looking fdt- a statement, Texarcana where terminal deed is made; wants to be deeded to me as Trustee, or if -h y o j .Jt to the T & P the full amount against T A: P Railway wants to be made out; also the amount turned over to T A: P Co. Co. in this is officers Car, and the supplies invoiced February 1st, and whaterer is found that had not been charged out before. You understand these matters fully and I want to have them left in good shape after I return I shall not have much time in Texas. Seems to me Montgomery could attend to the bonds and not have us I don't see where I am to get the money to pay any of these men until we get relief somewhere. To pay the clerks discharged, you will try to get enough out of ban! for what is due by Mahl. the rest will have to wait. When T V P is paid off the Construction Department of T Ac P should be paid also; the balance due me on lands, on old Construction Co mpany, wo will have to pay if we can out of Wheeler lumber/ Respectfully, G. 1.1. Dodge, C.E. , James A. Division Evans, Engineer, fit ,A / ^ ; New York, April 10, 1874. | Dear Sir: I have received all your letters, the last of Karch 27th; also I'r. Harts. I saw Scott, he has heen in hopes to make" so'me ^ arrangement by which he c\;)uld meet tiie San Diego indebtedness. I don't ■pee ].ow it is t - be done Unless we reorganize. All have been sanguine of" aid from Congress in -time w'e will get it but not this year, in my -1 opinion, on the strength of'orders from P. I went on in Texas and complete road under way and oh promise of prompt pay, as yet none has been made. I settled old indebtedness there pretty successfully and closed up expenditures. I wanted to c; lose in California and it would have been better and settled tl.e same as oui^ other debts. I I 'don't see v/here the mondy is to come from to continue this work in r^f. - California; no^ one will pay up if we reorganize; we may possibly raise I Jin-V • • 'Zrmi : . 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Evans, Dear Sir;I have read all your letters; the last of March 27th also Mr. Harts, I saw Mr. Scott; he has been in hopes to make some arrangement by which he could meet the San Diego indebtedness. I don't see how it is to be done unless we reorganize. All have been sangu.ine of aid from Congress;in time we will get it but not this year, in my opinion, on the strength of orders from P. I v/ent on in Texas and completed road xmder way and on promise of prompt pay, as yet none has been made. I settled old indebtedness there pretty successfully and cleaned up expenditures I wanted to close in California and it would have been better and settled the seyne as our other debts. I don't see where the money is to come from to continue this work in California. No one will pay up; if we reo.rgardze, we may possibly raise some money but I can find no one who wants to put money in any enterprise just now, no matter how inviting. Our completed road in Texas is doing finely but as spring approaches, receipts'run dowr- and th^^ want of iron to build from Paris to Texarc . drew-back. I will urge our people to try to help you in paying men* -I would not incur any more liabilities, if I could help Hf, until ve see daylight. I wired the Pacific Mat.to let you have I2OCC but they wired they could not, the d-'mand and no payment having drained them. Matters east got no better; business is dull and those who bridged over the panic as theii' iime paper becomes due far® unable to pay. What I have written is for yourself alone. Truly, G. M. Dodge. * * New York, April IC, 1874. P.S..Bond, V.P. Dear Sir: I sent you several letters and dispatches from Texas about Bonds, land subsidies, &c. You can draw your own conclusions I used up a small capital in telegraphy, urging prompt action by our Attorneys in Texas in getting out" the bonds. They were 30 days or more in getting up the form and then while I had some one printing the bond, thevsecretely went back on us. I suppose we must keep still until we get a gear's extension and" tl.en I hope I shall be allowed to go for them. If I can and not hampered, I will bring the bonds. . I got a letter today from Evans; he owes |20,000 and says he is in very uncomfortable position; cannot even pay his men kc, ;says he went ahead on assumption that money at ratef or $2000 a month would be sent him but he has not had a cent; something should be done to aid l.im my men in Texas are in trouble. The T v P does not pay for work done since November as agreed. I hope earnings will pick up so it can. The U.P.R.R. telle me today tliat they start their corps of lobyists to W. Monday to fight their bill thy>ugh. If the men are to handle it who I am told is employed, it is a jo6 and means flefeat to us or to them through both bills before Congress have no show. The T & P it 4rtK I don't heara word from you Truly, C. M. Dodge. New York April 21, 1674, Dear Governor: Throckmorton: I am in receipt of yours of April 14th. I sent all your letters with Adams L. to Mr. Scott and Boncn VTe have been throuc;h this same mill so often that we are used to people being .ungrateful and selfish brt Sherman and Ponham, We ..ave no money to buy any land if they get the Crutchen property where it can be handled, we can talk about it wl;en we get ready to start. I do not think we shall attempt to do anything in W. Jihis season, but will try some other plan and make our big effort next winter. Harrison County has voted the bonds to us; now to get through but we have pretty nearly settled up all old matters and we are individually getting in better shape than we have been for months. It is useless, however, to ask or think of getting money to start up with, so long as the ugly feeling against railroads and all corporations exists as is showing itself in "'ostmnd soutl.. How Sherman and west Texas can meet you after what tl.ey have aione is more than I Qftn see. You oug. t to let them feel the weight of your power; unless you do as I do, never do anything for revenge; let time make all things right. Keep me posted; the company i.olds a meeting tomorrow, the 22nd, and may develop something. Just now the south is getting a dose in way of high water; if its representatives would fight for its great interests, and prii.ciples and quit quarrelling over office and the they would do some good. Truly, ; G. M. ^odge. : • ''4 y.'-i NO. 233 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, April 28, 1874. Ky dear Ella: ✓ I got your good long letter of April 19th and while ^ ain waiting here will write you a few lines. It has been snowing east and in New England and New York.froirl 5 to 8 inches fell. I wonder what you will say to that. I am wanting to get home but our matters here are in such a shape that I cannot tell when I can start, but hope dally to get relieved. There are so few left in Texas now that I do not suppose you want to continue there much longer and am looking towards the but spring is so backward that you do not want to go until and planting can commence. There is nothing new here although this is a boys world and plenty going on it is the same old things over and over again. Broadway is crowded, Washington is full of politicians and feathers. Everybody complains of hard tinies end thousands are out of employment and I see no prospects of its getting better. I begin to despair of ever getting away from here. Have carried this in my pocket three days and will mail it. Go to Washington Friday night to be gone several days will wire or write from there what I expect to do. It snows and it is good sleighing in interior of New England, Truly your father, G. Ni. Dodge. New York, April 28, 187^. J, M. Eddy, , " , 0 i. Dear Sir: The Ex, Com. of Union Pacific have made ClarK Supt, and there will he no one hetweeii nim and l^r, Dillon. Clark was here and I saw him; he will do sometliin^ for you. As to he wants to remain with T & P Scoott sent out orders yesterday for him to be local Treasurer and for all payments to be nmide on approavl of Noble, separating entirely the Auditor and Treasurer so that there will be no clashing and each will attend to his proper duties. I don't expect to have anything to do except for him to cldse up old accounts for me; his assistant will be if he needs one. I want the bulletin sheet to show whcflil^ the amount charged to me from Philadelphia is; returns received show about $7 700,000. I wired you today for balance; there v;ere some drafts drawn that vouchers do not cover that are to come in; the loss on material and supplies should };ave gone into the cost of road supplies, it will in final return; loss on material should be ci.arged to its items, bridging, iron, &c. whatever it i?, and supplies should go to mateiPial. Parties wh- owe us should appear as debtors unless they can be transfered to land Department. I have notified everyone in Construction Department to close accounts at hay 1st. Washburn resigned, I would prefer him to stay and let Clcott go; if he will, I may complete Trinity bridge durin- t e summer. I don't see how tl.ey allowed such an expense to accumulate on those scrapers. I have got no funds to pay storage; you better have Bofinger pay storage and ship tl:em on what he owes, if he has not settled urP'^sv' t'lo^' can cold; Seems to me some plan mi'ht be foimd by which our ftiterlala and supplies could bo stored for 10 or 20 dollar., s. if -sgfolks h" west 'ith you, I will take the car at the Bluffs. I want the tdtal sum paid o^t^n^^ight of way sent me. I think Philadelphia office must have another^to send to me, some of items charged to me but they say not. You, of course can only account for the amount you have credited them with. The balance of the drafts want to be charged to timber. T..ere are drafts of $15,000, $125 00 and $5,000 that I think vouchers have not been fully returned, and if not, that will stand as a credit to Philadelpliia office to be accounted for when vouchers come in. ^ . What about Jefferson bonds? Throckmorton and Biown wired that Planter's bank would not take any more land; have them send back drafts for amount given them. Hie amount of material, land, he. used up in settling accounts and drafts would appear as an offset to Philadel phia o fice. You can give amount of each without giving details. I could not find the scheduii of Vouchers , you said was sent me, probably ti.at amount and the balance you send me will come. I could not find the list of voucliers when in Philadelphiaji suppose they had not arrived. You understand what I want to offset is th.o amount on our honks credited to Philadelphia office. . _ T-ere is no probability of our doing anything before fall, if then. We have not concluded wl,ether we will open tue fight in Con' ress or not. Mr. Bcott is -here with mo now and .?e will go to Washington this week. Our debts are giving us trouble but we will get through. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge. New Yor]^, April 29, 18'74 R.E. Montgomery Dear Sir: Yours of the 21st at hand. We have no money to pay on the right of way. The $450, as I understand it, is the amount fixed f for us to pay and if they sue they cannot get more. If they are likely to get more, you can probably settle by putting thera off until I get back^ We have no money to use around Clarksville and v/e better not try to do anything th'^re until vve know we are going to build a road up there. It doesn't look now as though we should very soon. I want e--erything cleaned up so far as it can be done without money and a statement made on all cases not settled to turn over with the books. Ha^'e the books ready so wl.en 1 return I can turn them over. You had better be looking around for something to do for when I get back, I am going to close out everything so far as my Departments are ffoncerned. As soon as you get the books, make up your statements and if anything needs attendinr t^p before I get there, get Blonde to attend to it if you go away, and explain fully to him anyt.ing that needs to be done. Has anything been done west of Dallas? I understand that the right of way was received mostly on the 1st line. The deeds and papers relating to right of way west of Fort Worth 7;ant to be put in shape if they have not been and labelled, the line they are upon and the property tl.e . cover if it can be done. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge, New Yoi'k, April 29, 1874. D. W. Washburn, Division Sngineer. Dear Gir: I am in receipt of yours of April 20thj as t -.vired you, I prefer you to remain and let all the rest go if you see f)roper. As you hre wall posted on all matters and e«pecially as to Trinity River Bridge, which it is possible we may build this smraraer, and as" I cannot be there, some one who has hnd charge should be. Every one in Construction department will necessarily have to leave as their duties close out, but I must keep one engineer for new work and for old line. You better remain for the present and let rest go. I hope to go soutii soon, Tut may be detained sometime yet. Respectfully, G. M. ^odge, C E. New York, April 30, 1874 James A. Evans, Division En^inee , Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours of April 18th. You must not looso all hope at the first set hack. You were evidently out of heart wi.en you wrote. As soon as I came easf., I commenced looking: after your matters, and this week ^ot a dispatch sent tot.he Bank there to let you have $10,000 on terms that I hope will relieve you. I have paid no atten tion to you, knowing you were in direct communication with head-quar ters and supposing you were actine under their orders. Mr. Scott says h iinderstood from what you said vhien here that for three or five thousand dollars you could eo on and close up your work and i.e would apree to obtain that but now you call for $2^,000, a vast difference. The T S:P has not had anything to do with the work since the organization of tlie Construction Company. I notified you of tiuat when formed. All our work was done under it, but that makes no difference as it ownes the or did until they settTied. have no doubt We will and if not this session, next. It looks very favorable now, the case is not as bad as you think, I never supposed we could build with the lands, I did think we could with the capital we had arranged for complete to Fort Worth and ten miles at San Diego and we would if had hold off. That is all past and "/e must do the best we can. You know every member of the Company is individually responsible for very large amounts; that not one cent of securities-have been negotiated and that it is i: possible for the Company v/ith the present state of country, to raise one cent. You are not as bad off in California as I am in Texas. I suppose when you speak of cost of road yo' refer to just cost of construction. You do not take into con idoration discount on bonds, interest to bo paid or- i ' during construction. I think the bill calls for a n estimate ,;-35,000 per milej road is ever completed and si;Ow a clean discounts, interest, &c. ^-c. equipped; arid built as it will have to be, it .vill be doing what no other road in the United States that I know of has done. I have made a very earful estimate of whole line, taking all these matters into considorabion "ut I cannot get it as low as you do by considerable and I used your estimates on your division. When you get oast, I will see you. I don*t have any trouble in settling your^matters and I hope before this readhes you tho telegram sent will enable you to close up everything at, San Diego in such shape as t,o leave it running and th.e people feeling better. We will succeed in Congress in time and give them a road much greater than they third, for now., I have never said how great anc' was very careful a year ago not to comiront myself, a.". I have always considered t..at to complete the road to the Pacific, we would require GovemmBnt aid in some form and have always believed wo would get it; did not see iiow Covornment could refuse it after aiding a nort ern road. In tho shape we now ask it, we will be no burden to government. Write me fully about matters and 1 will keep an eye_ on matters out there. I ought never to have lot them drift away fiom'me. RespeotfUilly, G. M. Dodge. Marshall, Texas, June 3, 1874, Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: Fron: the first day of I'ay, I have turned over to the Texas and Pacific R; R; . Co, Cq, everythinc everything connected connected witl. witl. it it including including the the northern division. I ha®e also taken out of the construction departn.ent all material etc. belonging to the building of cars, ^c. so that hereafter all work that is.don in the shops will be solely v;ith the T.& P.Co, I hold in my department all material and supplies pertaining to the uncompleted road. I have arranged with Mr. Noble for any work that I may need done in th shops for the uncompleted road, making requisitions and hav ing it charged up to the construction department, so that all work done upon completed road after it is turned over will be done by the running department. If they need any engineering upon it, of course, Washburn will do whatever may be required. I have completed luy arrangements for building five miles west of Dallas, upon the following basis: For tl.e timber that I had to purchase about 400,000 ft. I padi $16 $16 per delivered on the cars, payalbe l/s in Harrison County bonds >5 75 and one-.-alf in freights. The freights to be applied only l/3 upon each car. T..e total amount of this freight will not exceed $3500 or $4000. For grading 28/; for raising and framing Howe Truss (per lineal foot) $9,00; false work #4.00, the contractor furnishing the material. This false work is sixty feet high. For framing and placin.g trestle work $17.00 This false work is sixty feet high. For framing and placin.g trestle work $17.00 completed Washbum Piling ' .50 Track laying (per mile) 700.00 All payable in Harrison County Bonds 0 75, work to be completed August 15, 1074. There *ill remain to look after tiiis work, Mr. D. W. Washbum and his assistants in the Engineering department, Mr. Adamson, in charge of material and supplies and suck incidental help as he may need in shipping. In charge of t;;e old construction books and closing their accounts, I still retain Mr. Ross, the Assistant auditor. Every one else has been relieved. I may have to employ one or two inspectors and watclinen, but think I have brought the.se matters down to about tJie lowest possible point, I shall leave here in the course of a week or so to t-ikc my family home, will return here whenever it is necessary. I shall leave here in the course of a week or so to t-ikc my family home, will return here whenever it is necessary. There are a good many little settlements tiiat I am makingevery day; a good many of them will be closed up as soon as we get Dallas county and Sherman county bonds, both 6f which, I hope to havewithln tl.e next ti.irty days. The Indebtedness of work done by Texas and Pacific since November Ist, I have carried forward from four to six months to a time when they can meet them with'^ut difficulty. All this is much better than 1 told you I would do when I left Philadelp ia and perhaps even ^etter than the men t..eraselves car .stand. I have told them i.owever that if we get in s.iape we will keep them through. I have arranged to keep por.scnal look lut over the work, payments on it, etc. Please show this letter to Mr. Scott to save mo t'lkc writing another one. Respectfully, G. M. ^ddge, C .E. (?92. Marshall, Texas, June 4, 1874, ftfttfi ««/iee«T Jay Gould ^ .aotlirJk .ft r .no* Still. Av© • fic 4VX»ll oti • y /T I. New York. * ' • . - Dear Sir: I received your dispatch today; have been fearful of this bill and the time from the fact that it had Chandler"behind it. I received a letter from Chandler stating that he thour^ht all our other billswould be alright but of course said nothing about ti.is one. I leam from dispatches received today that there have been a combination made which is going to"be very hard to beat. My plan is of Cheyenne, same kind of a basis. I leave here for Tuesday. I expect to get that we should have some representing it and that go get the bill before Stewart's Committee. Upon that we have Stewart, Hitchcock and Fenton. T/fe must tie it up there*. The K.P. people have been using pretty*stringent arguments and pretty freely, and no doubt thay will try the same in the Senate. Our efforts to amend the bill so as to give us our rates west of Cheyenne, we may and probably can tide it over t..is season but they will be likely to ci.eck that in the next or some session until we get the same kind of a basis. I leave here for Council Bluffs Saturday; will reach there Tuesday. I expect to get all the facts in tl:e case there*. I think that we should have^some strong man of the Company in Washington representing it and'that our chief engineer, Mr. uickels, should be brought before the Committee. I also think that the Committee, through some excusdo should call upon the Government Directors for an opinion in this case upon the'§ffect of this action upon the Government here. Mr. 7/ils n especially should go before it. He under stands the question thoroughly and ..is testimnjiy would, have great weigit. This will give us chance fior delay and perhaps for a compromise. - ' " From what they wire me, it seems as though the opponents of the Bridge bill let everything else go to save that. Even* our own people appeared to care more to defeat th^t which in my opinion does no affect them at all, thaWfor defeating bills that ere vital to us. How the pro rata bill could get through the house withou. any explc: ation being asked is more than I can see, except upon the general principle that the men who are for us are afraid to say any thing on account of our past troubles there. I am told the Pool influenced Sawyer's opinion on the bill as he and Iloughton and McDill and, in fact, a majority of the Com mittee assured me theat the Bill should not go through without amend ment covering rates west of Cheyenne, They were very positive in this but their minds seem to have clianged since then. I have not yet seen the bill and it is possible that there may yet be something in it that will change the case. It seems to me that if that portion of the bill was struck out that makes the Denver Pacific one of the branches of the Union Pacific, then it would amount to nothing more than the law es about Mr. H rlan. Ho is vo'y influential in the Senate and old Senator, tinderstands this matter well and would be good man to attend to the case in the Senate if you could get him. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. people affect opinion on the bill majority of the Cornthrough without amend- >?&.r (NV/b Marshall, Texas, June 4, 1874. Hon. 7? B. Allison, ^ Washington, D. C. o . . Dear Sir: The pro rata "bill that has passed the ^ouse in the interest of the K.P.R.B- preventing U.P. from fixing any additional charge from r, Cheyenne to Cgden is simply robbery. ; The Mountain division, Cheyenne to Ogden, costs 50^ more to run and to make the U.P. pro rata over that divisions, losing a haul of 500 miles is simply to put it in condition v/here it can never earn . . sufficient to pay its interest. It*seems to me Congress should be governed by the report and ' testimony of Mr. Wilson and .he other Government Directors; they understand it fully. It is also a great wrong to Iowa, being a bid* in favor of turning everyt. ing to the Soiithern Roads. , ' You can readily see that if the K.P. can get a pro rata on our mountain division, they could cut the rates east of Cheyenne over their light division whilst we would have to take their entire business on our heavy division at same rate as we take our own over our light division. This would, naturally, be using 500 miles of our Mountain road for what it costs over our low grade division. .If the Bill comes up in the Senate, it should be so amended that all rates v/est of Cheyenne to connecting roads should over the raoutitai^ division be divided say to U.P. and 34,'^ to connecting roads. That would then be paying for an extra distance of something over ^ ' 300 mlSbes. Heretofore the U.P. i:->s obtained-for its high grades over the Mountain division 500 miles extra distance over its connecting iposids • * I leave he.re Saturday and shall be in Council Bliiffs Tuesday - next. • • , r.i . .D Yerv tmily yours, ^ n-l-trf) V ^ G. M. Dodge. 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Thomas Scott, Dear Sir: I enclose to be signed deed Texas and Pacific Ry Co, to McCoy and C-ifforrl, We have no title to this land.It was included in the transfer from the Gila Co. to Texas and Pacific R.R. and operates as a cloud upon the title of the owners. As it does not properly belong to us, it is better to comply with their request and relieve them from further trouble in the matter. Mr. Evars writes me t.-at it is proper and rigl.t. Mr, Evans also wrote me a letter in explanation of your under standing Wiion lie me'- you east; the $4000 or $5000 he desired was to carry on the work in addition to the amount that he owed there; he supposing that the debts were to be taken care of also biit that money that was sent him was to be applied to going on wit/, the work, '"ut as none was sent liim, it was impossible to do eiti.er. I have given hills of sale on the construction property in San tJiego to Mr. G. V. B..McDonald to cover the debts due there, and bills of sale on t.je ties to Mr. Wl-ite to cover amount we owe him. I am in nopes this 'ill tide us aver until we can see daylight somewhere. Very respectfully, ' G. M. ^odge, C.E. ■ 4' ■ i 'r ... M:'. c'-.g f.'h .r*v,. ■ 4'-' • ', Council Bluffs, Iowa June 16, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Pres., Dear Sir: It was my intention to fro east "before Congress adjounred but was sick in bed at home. I hope, however, to get out within a week. I suppose all the members there have passes. If r.ot, I thi k it would be a nood idea to supply those w^.o are of any importance to us, I fear ti e Northern Pacific bill is facing; to raise cane with us as I notice that every convention in the north-west is putting; resolutions in ti.eir platforms against tl:at class of legislation so that our fight has got to be made by the combined south and what rates we can get from the middle and eastern state. I have tried some of the leading press ir the North west, but they do not take veiy kindly to it; the fact is, that the Granger and anti-monopoly element are very powerful and control everything; still I think I V7ill be able to get them at it before congress f^cts. Graham wrote me f_rom Kansas City that Stevens wired them that they had aloowed him to "put ir a bid from St. Lo^ is and Kansas City at 60 cts per cwt, delivered at Denison and Dallas, based upon St, Louis ad a starting poi::t. I do not know v/hether t! is is true or- n6t. It does not appear possi^rile. though they v;ill do anything to overcome and break up the advantage we have. "Very respectfully, G. li. Dodge, C .E. (of Y Marshall, Texas, July 8, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I discharged all my employees in the auditing depart ment except Mr. Boss in charge of the old hooks and placed the matter tinder Mr. Mahl, at the instance of the company, with a view, I believe, of avoiding unnecessary expense. If we have to pay Mr. Malil extra for ( Oing this vork, it seems to me I had better turn it back to Mr. Ross. Of course, he has i.ad C'^nsiderable work to do and may be entitled to pay for it. Piaase consult Mr. Wallace; see -/-hat you think he is entitled to and -ive me your opinion in the matter. Very truly, G. M. Dodge, C.E. " f - >g-;' i. I •• • ^ , ■ 87 ' July, 1874 Council Bluffs, July 11th, 1874 i\iy dear Papa: I have some idle moments this morning, and will devote the first half to you as the other half goes to Vaiine. We are having cooler weather just now. Wednesday and Thursday nights had a most refreshing rain. ^ have not received a letter from you for so long and really feel slighted and am pining for one. C. B. is very dull just now but neally every evening I go to ride in ray phaeton and take either Eddy or some of the girls. It is a very handsome phaeton and horse and with blue ribbons on niy whip floating in the breeze I tell you it is just"stun." Just wait until you come home and we will jusfe cut a shine together some evening. Please hurry up though -for you know I have not any surplus patience on hand at any time. Col. and Krs. Eddy are over,spent last-night and return today, I believe. Kamma and ^'-rs . E. have gone to ride in the pheaton this morning and I am having to keep house. An.-.ie is up again but for two or three dayswas very unwell indeed with sort of remiltant fever. I expect it was the hot weather as much as anything. For a few days last week the thermometer stood at 107 in the shade. Have you noticed the comet? Last night it was beautiful and when it gets to its full brightness I think it will be grand. I am actually getting tired of vacation. P want to earn some money and be doing something. I never was so utterly gosu for nothing in my life as i am just now. I have been thinking of going to school to A.r. Rue here but I think 1 will have schooling enough for some ye ars to come without going in the sumnier time. It is so very hot to go out among the grapes and I hardly know what to do along. have hardly got used to it yet. I hope you will come horiie soon for we are all anxious to see you and I am sure you need it enough. I sup-ose LetLie will corr.e with you wont she? I hope she is well now. Is she still in Brooklyn or has she gone to Boston? What did you do on the fourth? '•'e had a very quiet tiine, stayed at home until evening and went to ride in the.cariiage then. I must close. Gome home soon 'Vith much love your al'f"* daughter. close Gome home Ella Dodge. H Rev, A. A. Putnam, who was a school-mate of mine and who had been a very close add dear friend up to the time of his death, visited « in Council Bluffs and on August 6, 1874, he gives an account; of this i. visit in t]ie Saleir. Register as follows: • . ' ^ "About half-past nine in the evening, v;e reached Gioux City and here I got, by moonlight, my first glimpse of the liissouri River. On all these western roads are to he found the Pullman cars and tiie best accommodations which travellers may reasonably ask for. Entering a sleeper and proceeding on our way, we arrived at Council Bluffs early the next mornin-. Having taken a room and breakfasted at the Ogden House, I went to call on some friends Wiior;: wiiom it had been been one of the objects of my long journey to see. The story carries me back to other years and scenes. About eight months after I was born, at Danver,s Mass., a newly-married couple came to live in a part of my father's house, which still stands on its original site near the Topsfield line, tJ.ough. the L which the happy pair occupied was a long time afterward separted from the main building and removed to a spot a little way down the road in a southerly direction. The young bride was a frequent and welcome visitor amongst us and to my mother, who had a large and growing family and many cares besides, she proved herself an everkind and most helpful friend. The strong attachment which the two formed for each other no lapseof time or event of death has ever broken or abated. When I was no longer the baby of the home, hut another had succeeded to my mnther's arms, this dear woman, it was who claimed a special care of me, taught me liOw to walk, helped me to my first feeble words, and sang to me the lullabies of those infantile days. Years passed away, and it seemed good to my faithful guardian and to her excellent husband that they should at length seek, by a hhange of residence, to better their fortunes and the propsect of the little ones wi.o now clustered about their own hearth. They lived for oom- time in the more populous districts of the imraediate vicinity, and afterward toiled ti.eir way to Mie far, far West. There, at first, tl.ey dwelt in log-huts in the wilds of Nebraska, surrounded by beasts of prey and by more savage Indiacs, whom thi.s gentle In dy, often left quite alone, was yet brave to face and hrive from h.or dooiu The privations and terrors of that wilderness life need not be recounted here. The family at last West. There, at first, 1 Nebraska, surrounded by 1 whom thi.s gentle la dy, < face and orive from h.or ( wilderness life need not retreated to the eastern side of the Missouri, where, at Council Bluffs they have snce had their home, and whore they have come to position and influence. The husband and father, Sylvanus Dodge, died three years ago, honored and lamented by all who knew him. But here still the three surviving children, one daughter and two sons, a£^of whom are married. Both of the latter are prominent citizens, and the older is wealthy, greatly distinguished himself in the war, ro -e to be a Major General, and has since been a member of Congress. And here, surroi nded by her children and grandchildren, continues to reside the widowed mother, advanced in years, but as bright and intelligent and interested in all that is going on in the world as when we knew her in Danvers in "days of Auld Lang Syne," Did I not wish to see her? Having first called upon the younger of the sons, I was accompanied by him to her house. He did not at once tell her who I was, as he was curious to see if she would recognize me-. She knew it v/as a Putnam, but was no't luite able to say whicli one of the tribe, whose name is "Legions" it really was. 7/hen sl:e- found that it was actually the first child of her care, back there so long a time ago and fifteen hundred miles away, I think I may safely add that we were glad to see each other. Then we sat dov;n and talked together of the days I could not remember and of others that I could, of the changeful years and of the changeless friends and of the bless-'d mother mine who only last summer went to heaven, and 'teho in all the weary stages of her pilgrimage wished th^t she could but look ence more upon the face which I saw now. 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W. T. Sherman, Dear General: Ky first promotion in the army. Colonel to Brig adier General, was made in March 1862 immediately -fter the Battle of Pea Ridge. It was the first made after tl.at "battle and was made in a telegram to Gen. Halfteck and wired to me at Lebanon, Missouri, where I lay wounded, I want a copy of Halleck's dispatch if it can be found. 2nd, after battle of Vicksburg, Gen. Grant wrote dated July 27, 1863 - see copy of letter in Coppee - Grant, Page 457. I want a certified copy of that letter if it can be obtained. Have you a copy of the letter written me just after Belknap, see opp. Sec. i7ar. I lost mine or it was stolen when they stole my waistcoat at the Reunion at Louisville. If so please sent me duplicate. I suppose some one who has charge of these matters can readily obtain this War Department letters. I merely want this to complete my files and iftHit is not asking too much will yoi; let one of vour yaids look them upn for'me. for'me. Timly, G, M. Dodge. 4' ' ' ■ *• ) '4 fr 'i.' ■ 4 • A. ' •■tfc. • ' 'V- if Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. 14, 1874. Sidney Dillon, Dear Sir: The stock buyers and packers are getting ready for fall business and they want to buy or 1-ase sufficient ground to accomodate the increased business and propose to add to the yards now used by ill the roads, so as to save expense to the roads of additional' trackage. The present yards are on C.M. ground in your name. I told them there would be no trouble but they want a permit from you to occupy ground until it is sold or disposed of and then to buy it at same price it is offered others if it is sold to outsiders. The yards now are near the engine house in corner of your land and they would add to the: having premit of the roads. You could instruct Mr. Clark to tell them what parts of ground they can occuot and you could say in permit such portion of the 8.'.7. 1/4 of S.77. 1/4 Sec. 35, Town. 75, R. 44, as designated by Supt. The packing business here- will increase largely as the stock in west gets ready for market and there is no reason why the cattle of Colorado and %oming should not be brougi.t this way over U.P.R.R* inst tead of to Kansas City byway of K.P. and now is time to do it or by giving the buyers every facility, especially when it coats us nothing. I hold that as soon as shippers find a market, here, they will ship tl:is way; the only reason they go by K.P. is that there is a market at Kansas City. A good deal comes here now and it will increase yearly until we will get the bulk of the trade, by fostering it; many of the shippers who ship to Kansas City live here and will ship this way hereafter the packers will buy extensively this fall, to feed as corn inlowas will be worth about 15 cts. per bushel. Please answer promptly as the buyers for hogs are already cut. Very truly, G. Dodge. 1o% Council Bluffs, Iowa, Aug. IV, 1874. r ; . £ i0 ■ ■r -1 'tf *;-> v.n^si Sidney Dillon, Pres. U.P.R.R.Co., ^ Dear Sir : From my converstion with you and from statements and letters that I have received, I am satisfied that the Union Pacific Railroad Company has an imperfect knowledge of the town lot department although v/hev. I was in charge of, it, I made from time to time official statements relating thereto. I propose to state as briefly as possible its .history and gi .'e the official record and facts relating, to it. On ** ay T5, 1866, J) was appointed Chief Engineer of tie; ^ U.P.R.R. In qddition to this, I took charge of all the lands,-'- right of way, &c. belonging to or claimed by the Company. I organized the tiand Department aT)d got the lands ready for entry by tlie Company and took such action with the Government as •'ould protect the company's rights and also obtained the right o^' way for the road. I had entire charge of the Land Department until 1868, when, by order of T. C. Durant, V.P. it was turned over to and placed' in charge of IJr. 0. F. Davis who had been employed by me in that Department. I early saw the necessity of some organization of our depots at end of track for the safety of person and property. IThile we were within the organized countries, it was easy to maintain our rights but beyond" these limits and the Government surveys I could plainly see trouble. I fomed a plan for the organization of towns within the organized countries and in September 1866, commenced th sale of lots for our depots. Beyond the organized counties, I ppoposed to h.old possession of depots as a base of supplies, only abandoning them as we mo-'ed west. I consulted the military authority and agreed with them that so far as practicable, they should lend their influence and moral ^ support to this end, and, if necessary to protect our property ia Woi military power. ^ At first we did not consider thst these depots would beomme of permanent value to the corupany, and very little record was made of transactions relating to tl.em, the body of men following us up was of that class that had to be ruled by might, with no intentions of settling permanently at any one place. At North Platte, they jumped our depot grounds, interfered with our workmen, covered our right of way with v/hiskey shops, demor lizing our men and in fact placing us at their mercy and I saw that the rigiits of parties must b. e met and settled at once. I organized the bridge gang, at work on the North Platte, threw their shops into the river and they gave us no more trouble at that point. . , • . . When we reached Julesburg, their- number had increased and the leading desperadoes from all oveh the couhtry had flocked to the end of the track. They there squatted d'efiantly on our right of way and Depot, defied our agent and in fact read to us the riot act.' I went ti Mr. Casement, the track-layer, got his force and brought the town into subjection and we came to an understanding that they should respect the Company's right of possession, and should pay me a sum for the right to be kept in peacable possession of lots while they remained at our r istributirig points; and I used the lots at these poin ts freely t<» quiet trouble or to pay any claim or debt that might be considered outside of our legitimate expense of railroad ^ construction and to bring to our aid th° military and.prominent citizens, . ' I at first gave the squatters a simple slip of authority bo occupy such lot or such piece of gronnd the company having no title to the propery. Its floating right was undefined for no Government surveyors had been made.- I found the first effort a success. Everyone seemed to. acknov/ledge our right and my authority and to consider theretomy permits as Law. . ' I ti.en determined to organize towns t each station* giving ■quit claim deeds and take my chance of acquiring title after the surveys were made and gave the necessary instructions and at the next meeting of the Board presented the question to them and they passed the following resoluti-n: Union Pacific Railroad Co., * - " Secretary's Office, Ne " York, - ~ - . . . . 23^ 1867, • ■ ■ ■ At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the union Pacific Railroad Co. held this day at the office* of the Company, the following resolutions were adopted: Be it resol*7ed by th.e Board of Directors of the Union Pa cific Railroad Company that Grenville M. hodge, chief Engineer of the Union Pfocific Railroad be and heis hereby authorized and empowered as the ^ Agent and Trustee for said comp.*^ny to lay out and locate on behalf ^ of said company towns and town sites along line of said road at such placeor places as shall be deemed most practicable to cause the same to be surveyed, to make, aclvnowledge and cause to* be recorded in the propep offices, maps and plats thereof, and as such agent and Trustee to sell and convey by all proper contracts and conveyanoes lots in said towns and town sites and to deliver the same to the respective purchasers thereof and put the said purchasers in possession of the same and be it further Resolved, That in the perfmorance of all oi* any of the acts aforesaid the said Union Pacific. Railroad Company does hereby and will indemnify and hold harmless the said Grenville M. Dodge acting as such Agent and Trusttee against all loss, damages, costs, injury, charg es and liabilities of a y character whatever, which have heretofore accrued -r may hereaTter accrue to him by reason of any act or anything done in pursuance of or un'der color of liis authority as such agent, or Trustee and this resolution is to have all the force of a "bond of Inde mnity" executed by said Union Pacific Railroad Company to said Grenville M. Dodge for the uses and hereintofore mentioned, . (Sig ed)' Oliver Ames, Pres. • ■ ■ f "7I?ered) c. H.-feti... ■ - - J2-. . •" Secretary.- tjiiliHi#! Gen, G. 1,1. Dodge, mdJ lo Chief Bngineer U. .R.' • , /w* Iht. l . :v Jiitwba.' fif. oi r t>n« cinJt mm « f. lo JrirZi trll i ol rnoc ni oi iit 11 eiti iol Jr U.'ot " ;.t beiv i bri« laiaZeq ^ owe Attest, (Signed) Gen, G. 1,1. Dodge, (^ie'f Engineer U. •Jht. , mm « f'. •rll it Jr i.'ot " ;.t beiv I bf!« |i i owe '1 .''•'e!; JO vi»lo %ni^ to -ltd Jblui h J tib» e.' oloij r»-< I 0 a ^ Under"this authority the work was continued, towns laid out at ■ every depot, lots sold, deeds given, contracts issued, &c. regularly and P without question, and suCii action taken or expenditures made as I considered necessary to secure our titles to lands and towns until ' December 1869, when I resigned my position as Chief engineer and at the next meeting of the Board, March 10," 1870, desiring to be released ^■•XU'rom the Town Lot. Department offered the following resolution which ras passed: Resolved: .That G. M. Dodge, Agent and Trustee for Depot Towns and town lots be and hereby is authorized to turn over to such person as the * President of the Company may designate, the town lot department of the _ A ; Union Pacific Railroad Co; upon the Company deeding it to G. M. Dodge by its land trustees, the fee simple in all hands owned by the" Company .f ' upon which the Depot towns are located, G. M. Dodge to finally quit ' claim all right and title to such persons as the Company may designate all lands dashed to him by tiie Land Trustees not transferred by him bv deed or contract as Agent and Trustee - muJ n A ti^® copy. Attest, _ . ff- : (signed) E.R.Rollins, Secy-, * ^ gj?/ ^ list of the lands upon -.vhicli the towns were situated was V eijiil submitted to the President of. the Company and a plan submitted for the Trustees to deed the lands upo: which towns were situated to me and that I shoulh deed th\e lots not sold to the person selected by the ^ comoany thu^ making good my titles in tovms where the land was o\7ned by P the company* ^ acted promptly on this resolution b; t got no response .from the Cofl^pany or Trusttes, r ,■ On August .15, 1870, there ;vas forwarded to me the following reso lutions, pa®®®^ Executive Committee without "my. knowledge or any notice to m® arih while I was waiting for the company to perform its duty under the resolutions, being fully prepared to turn over the Department accordance with the resolutions passed by thg Board: r.' "At adjounred meeting, of the Executive Committed of the Union tieh Ta-'-ific Railroad held Aug. 5th, 1870, it was ^ ^ Resolved: That Gen. G. edge. Agent and Trustee for Depot towns and town lots be, and he hereby is authoritzed and directed to turn over to Oscar F. Davis, Land Agent, of this company the.town lot Department of the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and the Resolutions adopted by the Doard of-Directors,' March 10, 1870 in regard to town lots .and all other resolutions heretofore passed inconsistent herewith be and tl.e same are hereby repealed. A true copy. , . Attest - (Signed) E. H. Rollins^ Secy. . • ? 110 .'.'t; ' I immediately responded that the Executive Committee could not an nul the orders of the Board of Directors that their resoluti-^h was no authority for me to act, and ti.at I couid not turn over the Department until ray titles were made good, and the people on the line satisfied; and to act In accordance with their resolution would he ntiinous to all^^ concerned, and further tha. the- resolution was illegal as the Executive Committee could not revoke the resolutionof the Board of Directors upon the same matters. . „ . , x On November 8, 1870, I received instructions to furnish a report in detail of my operations in the town lot Department. At a meeting of the Board December 8, 1870, I returned a defeCLed statement, showing the history of- every town lot disposed of, and that the receipts had been applied to and used for the benefit of the U..P.R.F and giving a full complete statement of my Trusteeship. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board, May 4th, 1871, I presented the foregaing facts and feferredthem to the ^ . resoBiution of the Executive Committee, whereupon they passed the follow- "Resolution of Execut-ive Committee, New York May 4, 1871. Resolved: That the Resolution passed by the Executive Committee Aug. 5, 1870, as follows: . „ x x- ^ x Resolved That Cen.- G. M. Dodge Agent and Trustee for depot towns and town lots be and he is hereby authorized and directed to turn over to Oscar F. Davis, Land Agent of this company, the town lot department of the Union Pacific Railroad Compary and the Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, March lO, 1870 in regard to town lots and all other resolutions heretofore passed inconsisteet herewith be and the same are hereby repeated be and the same are hereby rescinded. And be it furhter resolved That the Land Trusttes, "Messrs. Duff and McCormick, be requested to deed to G. M. Dodge, in trust, the^^ several town loctions at the appraisel value of the said locations on adjoininr sections before town was laid out and the .value thereof be paid to the said Land Trustees by the Treasurer of this comply. The said. Dodge, at once to make new deeds, bonds or contracts to each and every party now holding letters under deeds, ondw or contracts under the name of the company. All sucli company deeds to be returned to tl.e Company duly canceled, and the balance of said town lots and lauds not sold or heretofore contracted shall be deeded by said G. M. Dodge, Trustee trc such person or persons in trust for -the o-ompany as it may hereafter desig * • • • * Further, That all payments made, or to be made hereafter shall 'be deatned and taken to be_ the property .of the Union Pacific Railroad ,Company. , ^ , (signed) John Duff. 'ilm Union Pacific Railroad Duff, rjrrtnafti ■ Secy. Pro tern, A Jjrue copy of the record. • ^ ^ c E. II, Rollins, Secy. U.P.RR.CO. ** No action was ever taken by the Trustees or Company upon these resolutions although I urged them ti e and again to close the matters up:they paid no attention to it and 1 remained in charge of the Depart ment giving it such attention as it required until March 1873, when I received tl.e following resolution ' ' "At meeting of the Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, held in Boston, March 6, 1873, i - was Resolved - That Den. G. i,i. Dodge, late Agent and Trustee for depot" town and town lots, he and he hereb is requested and directed to turn over.to Oscar P. Davis, Land Agent of the Company, all hooks, maps, papers, plats, memoranda, accounts and all propprty of whatever descripti-^n pertaining to the tov7?: lot department of the Union Pacific Railroad Comp^my and said Oscar Davis is hereby authorized and direct ed to take possQSsion of said town lot department and all property pertaining thereto. Resolwed, that a copy of the foregoing resolution be sent to Gen. G. 1,1. Dodge. A true copy. Attest: E.H.Rollins, Secy, U.P.R.R.Co. Against the advice of those who understood these matters fully, I ordered Ihis resolution complied with and tlie department tiirned over to Mr. D. F. Davis, where itJias remained ever since. The Company assumed to issue an arbitrary order regardless of the rights of anyone else, no attention having been paid to former orders of ti.e Board of Directors or the Executive Committee for they stand on the books today unrepealed. Trusting, l.owever, that the company would make ^ood the authority given in the first resolution, and also secure to the settlers my titlejS and protect the to-.7ns, I preferred to comply with the order and show my good faith in the matter. During the time the department was under my direction, towns were organized, laid out, mapped and put upon the market; over $200,000 in money was received and accounted for, about $150,000 was applied in the engineering and land department proper, tie balance was the cask of the Department, taxes, legal expenses, surveys, commissions, salaries, &c. All the expenditures for purchase organizing and placing the tovma upon the market have been made, and there is no reason why, if properly handled, they should not bring a large y arly revenue. After the Land Department was turned over to Mr. Davis, he seemed to think that he town lot department should be in his hands and the actions of that Department tended to throw distrust upon the titles and authority of the Town lot Department. There is no doubt if we had received the cordial support of the Land Department and had obtained from tlie Trustees deeds to the towns, so as to enable us to settle all questions of future title, and the use of their great resources in advertising; our sale would have doubled. I gave oersonal attention to the Government surveys, to the Department a, got their recommendation to Congress, went before the different commit tees and .;ecured the appropriation for larid surveys alonr our line, and followed them in person through the different Mnt n al our Valuable lands had been secured. You will observe that most of our towns fortunately fell upon odd sections, belonging to the company, when they ®I®Senti-n°''^ If had disDosed of lots- I immediately secured the title. I menti n ihe maUer Jnirto show th4t th. entire baeie and about all decisions reiatinr td your laVid -rant "that came from the Government were attended to h y me in person and were .made a part of-the expenditures of the tovm lot department. . " ■ ■ ' ' , . . 4. - + To the great importan'^e of many of these decisions tne letters to me fr m your different officers, attorneys, agents, &c. fully - r'estify, .and of some of them you have-heen informed in person by t.iose . £• I . Ai Very truly yours, ^ 51 . .':ie s>ar J.'*» : r. n. Dodge. bO be 4:'ior. etf ag; to J-uJ ,">? .ft .rreO eJ t- Jti A .oO. MpU »#eine»»/ Ovfv #M# te ttahrbe *4# ^eatiAA iOVO OUfWWj mZiu*ee#i eSd. 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Hon. B, H, ^risto7r. Secretary Treasury, Washington, B.C. Fitzgerqld, Collector at Shreveport, La. is a very competent man has had chorge of all our 'rusiness t";;ere. I would like to see him retained. He has attended to his business most of which was in connection with our road with promptness and ability and I think with entire satisfaction to the Government. He certainly has given satisfaction to all those who have had dealings witn him. G. M. Dodge, • V. ■ ^ -I • . • ■ -J • :ii" ■■■ i-ti?. V /■' ' -ia' ^ -I , . 1.^ ... ' i<f S .3 103 // Council Bluffs, Iowa, August 20, 1874. Sidney fillon. Esq., Pres. TJ.P.E.E.Co., Dear Sir: While acting as Agent and Trustee of the Town Lot Department of the U.P.H.R. the surplus material of the company remaining on hand after the completion of the road was placed in ray hands under the following resolution: "At a meeting of the Executive Committee, held in Boston, Sept. 9, 1870, at which meeting Messrs. Ames, ^^iff, Dillon, Biiishnell, Atkins, Glidden and Wilson were present, the following resolutions were adopted: On motion of Lr. Bushnell: "Resolved That the President is hereby authorized to seil the surplus material on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad to the Chillicothe and Omaha Railroad Company for a fair price and take in paymeht the first mortgage bonds of the said C & 0 R.R.Co, at not exceeding 90^ of their par value. On motion of L!r. Wilson: "Resolved; That Gen. C. M. Dodge be and ho is hereby authorized to sell, on the l^est terms he can obtain any of the surplus material the Union Pacific Co. has now on hand, said sale to be subject to the approval of the President," I now submit the following copy of a statement made by me to the Company. You will perceive that it is approved by the Auditor and Piesident of the U.P.R.R. The sale made to the St. Louis, Council Bluffs and Chillicothe R.R. was under the order of the President, which I have but think it in nno-- ^ i;.^: p \pcrs in Texas. The entire proceeds were turned over to ti.o Treasurer of the Company, except the b-^nds of the Chillicot e R.R. .-..ic.. v.oro delivered to you. They have been ready for delivery nearly two years but the R.R.GTo. declines to deliver them to me as the claim on an order of the U.P.R.R. After July 1st, 1872, the material was merged into the oth.er supplies of the Company and wont into the hands of the regular store keeper at any rate my connection with it closed upon the returning of the account, 1 made an official report to the company soon after February 1st, 1872. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge. — f*. 105 Council Bluff.s, Iowa, August 21, 1874. F. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: What amount of Harrison Coun.y Bonds have you ^ot that I can have? The work already let with the indebtedness for which these bonds were pledged i^as used up all that, I have had. I can go on and let a little more work, if I am a^le to pay in local dubsidies. The work is let to grade and bridge ten or twelve miles west of Dallas. The Truss is up over Trinity and about half ti,e iron down aCT'^ss the trestle. Please write rae what prospect there is for negotiating our bonds to secure iron for the northern line. Very respectfully, G.M.DOdge, C.E. . > .-'fw ii- .f' ' Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sept. 4, 1874 Sidney Dnion, Esq., Pres. U. P.R.R. Dear Sir: Please inform me of the date you expect to have the roads examined. I have letters from the Gommissi ners and they are anxious to know. One of them you know is west in the mountains and it takes sometime to reach him, another is in St. Paul and another near you. You better send the notices for Delano and Merriam to me and I will forward them, as I keep track of them. Very truly yours, f. M. Dodge. K-l'f 'j'Uy . ' "f .A ' , ..lA Ill •? r \ 1, t> Council Bluffs, Iowa, SepLeniber 4, 1874. P. 3. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I enclose a letter fron Mr. Mahl, \7Lich s.-ows the reason why he could not help Messrs. Rowe and Zearinf. There is something wrong about this. We have owed Rowe % Zearing, in cash for six months. They were to rece've some money along to help them in tiieir work west of Dallas. They w-^re here a few days ago and I told tl.em that if they could not get money, tooy could get T & P poper which I would like to help them to discount. It seems that they could not get either. The debt is a T & P debt, not one of the Construction Company. You no doubt understand the reason given in Mr. Mahl's letter or probably Mr. Wallace does. ; at any rate, instructions should go there to help Messrs. Rowe ^ Zearing in accord sice with tl:e agreement that I made witii thOxi. They took the work from Dallas west, to be paid in Harrison County ''•onds, with the clear understanding between Mr. Mahl and myself, that ti.e amount then due them, some six or seven thousand dollars, siioulcb be p'aid them in montl.ly instalments. Not one dollar has been paid them. I advanced tliem individually about $2000 when T 5: P was hard up, whici has not yet been refunddd, and if the company cannot give them any money, it certainly should not refuse to give them time paper, in order that they may raise some. We should certainly l;elp tx.ose who have helped us. Very respectfully, G, M. Dodge, C E. v." , : 113 October, 1874 Oct. 9, 1874. Hi. F. Hurd, New York. Dear Sir: If you get this before connecting your line east of the Rio Pecos, I desire you to move with your party to the mouth of the Rio Benito or Runda and exan.ine that route or some route near it through to the Rio Grande. If it is feasible, we wish to seek a connection with Wolcott's line as direct as possible, probably you will have to run down the valley east of the Sierra Solidad Range. It, however, may be possible to find a feasible corssing of that range, crossing the Rio Grande far north of where Wolcott leaves the valley; if this line should be found feasible, we would make our connection east with O'Neil at sone po'nt on Brazos Passing north of Double fountains; perhaps north of Ivount Cooper, the feasibility of this route can be ascertained by you without running a line. If you have passed the Red River and are well on your way to a connection with O'Neil before receiving this and it is more essential to make that connection, after it is made more directly to the mouth of the hunda, making a reconnoisance as you cross the Staked Plains and make this examination before the Rio Pecos and the Rio Grande as above directed if you get this letter in time, it is probable you could determine the feasibility cf the Honda route while your lines are being run on southern route, and not be forced to take your party north unless your examination determine^ line to be feasible. Kr. Scott has been made president of the A. P. or 35 parallel route--no coubt that road will join us on the Pecos or East of it; hence our desire to learn the practicability of this line or some line in its vicinity. Truly, G . . Dodge . 115 Council Blu'fs, loiva, October 12, 18" 4. F. S, Bond, V.P., Dear Sir: I am in receipt of yours in relation to the local bonds used in settleraen . of indebtedness, I willforward statement as fast as they are used, except those used in constiruction widcl; I cannot report until final settlement is made. I am also in receipt of the resolutions reported by Mr. Walters, the question which arises in my ...ind is this. How do you propose to pay the interest upon $20,000 per mile? I suppose you are aware that the earnincs the road now are not sufficient to do it and that will be the first question asked by everyone when the matter is presented. I have some friends whom I think would be willing to do in to some extent if they could be satisfied u on this point. In looking over Mr. Mahl's statement, please note carefully th amount of material that has been turned over to the Texas and Pacific from the construction Company and has been used by them in their cars, shops, "c. In looking over Mr. Ross's papers, I find that this far exceeds even the local amount of construction since November. All the ties they have used, the sidings, timber, car material, iron, everyt ing came from us. By examining his report for month of August, 1874, we find that the total amount for the construction Department since November is __ -$320,685.78. Deduct from this the Fort Wort'n Extension paid mostly in 1onds and freights ---------- 55,119.71 Leaves ----------------------- 265,566,07. as amount of expenditure on construction since November 1st. I have not Mr, Ross* statement by me but think that the amount of material that was turned over from tue Construction Department to the Texas and Pacific and which they i.avo used in tra^k, shops, -.vill amount to double that amoxint and for w..ich, if we had not turned it over, they would Jiave had to pay cash. Everything in tlie construct on department they treat as cash, whereas only a portion of it, not over one half siiould be thus treated. It is a mere cJ.anging of accounts which you can plainly see when you dissect it. I want this " orne in mind because I do not want to labor under the idea that the Construction Department or the Construction Company is breakin'" down the Texas and Pacific, Tt is exactly the reverse, not only this, but a great many of he construction departments' debts for which the T & P really are responsblle for has been paid in lots and bonds. i believe you have Mahl's monthly statement. Please take ..is statement for the mouth of August, 1874 and you will see my points in the matter. You can see from that statement exactly what was paid for and what was not . The freight charged as friehgt over the T & P and what is charged to us at double the rat^s charged by any other road, I will instruct Mr, Wasi.burn to do no furtl er work until I hear from you. I think he lias partially completed the work on four or five mi miles west of Eaglefor d and what ever contracts he has already let, I will allow him to finish, Mr, Mahl has written me th-^t they let Rowo and Zearing have fl500. Respectfully, G. M. Dodwe, C.E. New York, Hovember 8, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., . Dear Sir: .his evening I took the statement of Mr. Mahl, and went over it roughly. I also took up Lis regular monthly statement for mont.. of Auru.'it, 1874, total amount ^:320,685.78. This I suppose includes all transactions. I soe he charges work west of Dallas v55,119.71 so that the August statement shows every expenditure made, material use^, &c. On his statement to you, Octcher 26th, he makes a total of $234,420,46 as the amount that the T & P Ry company has paid and is responbile for. Of t..is amount$4,679 57 is for work west of Dallas, a very small proportion of which will b^ cash, as it is paid for in Harrison County Igonds, leaving to tlie T & P Ry. Co. $175,755.89. Of this amount, I paid up to May 1st, when I had conti^ol of the receipts of T P Ry. $11,000, without detriment to the road or its creditors. Tliis left $94,750.89. Of this amount $25,000 is due from Decembe 1st, 1874, to July 1st, 1875, and is amounts I settled with T 5: P paper in June, 1874, ?md carried it forward, 6, 9 and 12 months, so that it actua'ly leaves $69,750,09 as the araount T & P took care of, from May 1st to Nov. 1, 1874, and ti.is amount is included in the follow ing items. Work done by T & P but charged to Construction Dcpartmant ---------------- $18,509,56 Material, transported on T & P at 5^ per ton per mile 8,833.37. Expenditure on Trans, Continental Division 2,084.06. Total ^9^4267^^ - Leaving as the actual amount paid from May 1st to December Ist, 1874, $40,224.10 - $17,958 of this amount appears to be pay rolls and voucliers of the operating department of ti.e line froom Sherman to Brookston which appears to be paid May 31st, the day I turned over that line to the T & P Co, althour.i it had beer run as part of the T ^ P for several months, previous and the reeeipts I had supposed very ndarly equaled the expenditures. I have analyzed the statement in round figures, so that you can have thes. before you pending a detailec statement. $72000 of the charges against ti.o Construction Departme: t and Which goes to make up this amount is for work on cars, tiie mateiral for which was turned over to the T 4 P Ry, Co, by tJ.e California and Texas Ry, Construction Co. although the labor and material in cars was turned back and charged to the Construction Depariiment of T & P By. hence if this item was taken out of the constructi-^n department, or if the construction Dopartmont was give ' credit for'..h- cars turned out,it would reduce the total of Mr. Ma.il* s statement that much and of oourso would make a very different showing. On this amount of $72,000, he credits '54,000 for material but 1 think a detailed statement of that material will be found to be superstructure, not used in shops or cars but mostly furnished after Kay 31st, the date his charge of $""'2,000 '^nds. Very respectfully, G. M. Dodge, C.E. can have thes. $72000 credits '54,000 for material but 119 Council Bluffs, Iowa, Nov. 21, 1874. P. S. Bond, V.P., Dear Sir; I enclose Mr. Zearing's letter. You understand Tffully the circumstances of the contract with them. This is money that was due then for work done form Nov. 1st up to the time of the completion of the road to Texarkana. It was done upon the personal promise o^* yourself, myself a/.d a telegram from Nr. Wallace. Th^se men are carrying for the company some $30,000 and in addition to what is owing them they . ave carried some $10,000 that has been paid out to ti.em in driblets by me up to May 31st and they 'were promised this money long ago. When I let the work west of Dallas, I made agreements with them, knowing that the company was able to fulfil M.em if they desired. Why it does not fulfil tiiem I think I am entitled to know. Their earnings are over $100,00' per month and I do not think there is anybody on their books with an open account running as long as this has run. It seems to me that the policy of the Texas and Pacific 'would be to help those wl.o have helped" tliem and not to do all they can towards crushing them out. You see what Mr. Zearing says in his letter that Noble claims not to pay because it is a construction company debt. Because I happen to be absent from Texas attending '.o matters that are of more importance to the company, it seems to me that an extra effort should be made t>y those in power there to carry out my agreements. If Mr. Noble has not paid them by the arrival of this letter, I desire to have it laid before Mr. Scott and to have an explanation asked why it is not paid. If there are any reasons which I do not kno'w I think I am entitled to be informed of theu.. There appears to be an idea existing in Texas that the debts of the construction Department are not legitimate debts of the Company. No d'^bt lias been contracted by the construction department except upon the Joint orders of the officials of the Texas and Pacific Railway Co. and those of tJ.e California and Texas Railway Construction Co. You know how particular I was after Nov. Ist not to move until I had both these orders. It seems to me tliat the officers in Texas sho'.-ld be gi en to understand that there are no two interests in the company; the intei'-est is one, and t..ey are there for the purpose of protecting it. When in Texas I sacrificed everyt.iing for the nurposo of protecting the credit of tiie Texas and Pacific but in doing it I never saw any necessity for Injuring the crelit of tl.e other two companies. Respectfully, G. M. Dodge,c.E. Washington, D.C. December 4, 1874. Col. Thomas A. Scott, Dear SirL I received yours containing the bills and Memorial this monring. , Are you under such oMigations that the last section relating to the Louisiana roads must be put in? If you ore not, that section should be left off. The cleaner the bill is left, as applying directly to the Texas and Pacific, ti:e stronger it v/ill be. If Louisiana .;as strength enough to put that section on, then we car. have no objections to it, but it appears to me that we shoi:ld not favor it. On receipt of this, pleas-^ wire me if I may cut it off. Of course, I do not know wlio.t your obligations are but I do not think it policy to ask Wheeler to introduce the bill. I think it shuld be introduced by Houghton of California, or some person along the line of the road. If we get Wheeler to advocate it, when the time xomes, it will be as much as I expect. I sl.all put it in houghton's hands, as he is on the ComRittee on Pacific railroad. I shall try to see you Monday or Tuesday in Baltimore. Very trully yours, G. M. Dodge. 123 7Se Washington, D. C. Dec. 9, 1874. Sidney Dillon, Pres. U.P.R,' . Dear Sir: I have 1:een absent nearly a week and did not get your letter until after the report was filed. I saw Wilson and talked to him about the matter. I do not think any a otion will be taken in the direction of which you speak. If there is, a complete answer to the whole thing would be t};e filing with the Secretary of the Interior, an official letter from ^GU, with your instructions to Mr. Clark. That would shov/ that yor had- fully complied with the recommendations of the Commission. Wilson says that tl;e letter to Clark is full and explicit and so far as autl.ority to be given, is all that would be required but he says Clark never acts under it. The Covernmnet directors think that there should be out there something similar to what there is on the B & M and on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific roads; viz; a man whose duty it should be to work up the business of that country, wnilst the President and Directors should look a'fter the General policy and finances of the company. I do not think his idea is to take any power from the President or the a thorities,east but that there should be a man tiiere, who is interested in the concernand in whom the authori ties have perfect confidence, to take up the question of business and work boldly for the trade of the country without being obliged to refer all these matters east. The report, especially that portion of tt referring to what has been done in the building of the road will have a strong influence all over the country. That portion of it is a boli square statement of tiio matter and will darry weight when it is made public. It gives us an opportunity to break down prejudice, and refute the lies that have been told about us and in my opinion, paves the way ror us at some time not far distant to get rid of the Government lien. I labored hard with Wilson on this part of the rep-^rt before he made it and I thirJc it carried out the views of youraelf and Mr. Gould. If Mr, Gould would take this part of the report and have it printed in the ^ew York Tribune and other N.Y. papers of wl ich he has control, at the proper time, yoi have no idea of the influence it would exert in that direction. Mr. Ghandler ahowed me today your dispatch in relation to the bridge question. I went to the louse and put an end to that as you will see by the reports but this is confidential, so don't quote me. I have been throu h the Interior Department on our land matters. They are all right, patents are being i sued, &c. If you want anything done there let me know. Very truly yours, G. M. Dodge. 125 December, 1874. W. Dec. 16, 1874. Dear Annie: I am right in the midst of a terrible struggle. li'ionday ¥r. Scott and myself were beofre the Seante Com.mittee and I cannot leave here before Congress adjournes a single day and must be back when it opens. We have a very large force here from all pi rts of north and south that has to be seen and handled daily. I went out and bought the jet and ties. You are so indefinite. i got such ties as are worn here asked the storekeeper. You did not say what color. Write exactly what you want. If you dont like them give them away and I will get others. Tell me just what you want in jet and in ties. I wrote Ella and sent a postal. Have not had a word from either Ella or Lettie and dont know where they latter is. Mr. Bond went to Texas to close up there and I hope he will do it good and strong. I send in this Wast— Bill. Have not seen anyone here Have called on no one. Dined once with Allison's wife and Mrs. Grimes and seen Senator Baldwin once. I dont get a - from 10 Ave. until midnight nor will I as long as I am here. I get no p^ ers from! hoirie, h&ve not seen a Nonpariel or any other. V/hat is a Phantemiparty? Write me about it. Everything here^Investigation. Cabby, Kings and reports in one city of white * * Ocean. . Write me about Little Annie in the Contata, send a paper and tell HjO what she did etc, etc. All such things are news to me, I write this with a room full and all talking and questioning. If you see anything in Press, Chicago or any other send it to me. F. Palmer is here trying to wade through with his paper. Wilson is here etc. x.xn . amount of abuse and probably more than I am entitled to however I will stand up this once until I see darkness or then ^he could -1 leave. • ^-ddy to remain until Mr. Bond got there and at ♦ .V, the P Capital at which ^ everybody Continental who has Tea a Party dollar tonight to give or can tomorrow go and see the sights. Kellogg and Troupe are here now,they say slim .1X1 see in the papers. Davanport is here. And all this you Ocean. Washington, D, C. Dec. 19, 1874. Col, T],omas A., Scott, My dear Sir: The Chairman of the Senate Conmittee thinks from the developments of yesterday that vre should have prepared imrasdiatel;- for the use of the Sub-committee a financial statement of the Con struction Co. and of the T & P Ry. Co. I could make up these statement here but? prefer that they should come from headquarters. , I suppose they '.rant to get from it in contra dtstt»H.ction to the northern Pacific, the fact that the ten millions that you spoke of in your speech went into the road. They also want a statement of tl.e financial condition of the Texas and Pacific Ry. Co, I have the detailed statement of expenditures in Philadelphia and Texas as shovm by the Philadelphia and Marshall books of C9,235,574,10. This I can divide up so as to make a very favorable showing. The statement should also show what goes to make up the balance of the ten millions, I enclose report mada hy the Northern Pacific people on the questions asked t..em. Whilst I would not follow this report, still I think 1 wo-.?ld cover these points in a different way. Very respectfully, G. M, Dodge, * fl k J |!# f'- 3^ 'id (jd 1 1 • ' |\; '■3 i 1L'/ 1 b It , k 1 129 Waehin-^ton, D.G .December 20, 18V4. p: S. V.P., ^ ; • . Marshall, Texas. . DearSir: ■ I was a Good deal surprised at the Roots % Hunson claim thiit sent have heard very nuich from Texas within the "last week that has surpstised me. I am certain none pf us were aware how bad matters were. Mr. Eddy wrote me a lonr^ letter on th-^ 15th. I wrote, him today to consult you about everything and present all matters to you, indifferent and I hope you will probe everything to the bottom. I do liOt care how severe they are on me, or on my administra tion, if they will only present facts so I can see them and answer them, if they require it. The entire account of the construction department is kept by Mii Mahl siiOuld be cliecked up and examinee closely. I iiave never been able to get a complete statement from hini. I only knov; of transactions made up to the time I left and since tiaat time of those made by Mr. Washburn. There is no reason why any account, claim or anything else should not have been taken care of and dispos'^d of if acted upon by friendly hands. If tl.ey have not been settled but have been referred and staved off and thus made uel for future trouble and litigation, I do not propose to be held responsible. I understand so fully and I believe yoi: will see as plainly t' e animus of all attacks upon either company anr; all gossip in relation to them that I have no comments to make. Mr. Eddy who had charge of one portion of my work and Mr. Hayes, who had charge of anotiier and each of whom Is thoroughly posted in his own department and Mr. ^ddy pretty tl-oroughly in all departments there are in Texas, Do not hesitate to call them to accovktit promptly and fully for anything that yon see that you cannot understand that needs explanation. T think they can gi'e It to you completely and satisfactorially. The Senate OOHuaittee met Friday and had a long discussion concluded to appoint a sub-commit tee to woi-k dr.ring the holidays. Tlie south imilt and have a good many hitches, find a good deal of fault and make a great many points a'^out the bill. Unless they come square to the scratch; after the Pacific mail question is over, I sljall state pretty frankly my opinion. The Democrats of the south still JiOve tl:e policy question before them and have gone home without deciding it. 1 think, howe or, they have an understanding to go to gether. I notice that our earnings are very large; it seems to me that our expenses should bo cut down under these earnings to about 65^ but yoi: are on the ground and can tell beat. I hope before you leave that everybody there will bo impressed with the fact tact ve have too much aonoy invested in Texas to allow any prejudices, friendships or enmity to interfere with its being bully and completely taken care of. When I left there 1 expected and had a right to expect that anything that arose in connection with my administration that required explanation would have been sent to me before and counte nance and approval should be given to any charge or comi^liant by anyone not fully posted in regard to it. No person can succeed in charge of our property in Texas who does not administer it upon this broad basis.- Tbi"'^ done, it will soon Gi"^s our emrloyees to M , i understand that they hold thir positions and will remain connected^ with the road from merit alone, and not from any Gossip or prejudice that they can create, for or against, any interest. I'" have no doubt that whilst you are there yoi' will be able,-t/o- Settle any of our old matters that come up. If we could "et rid of thc-hundreds *^h'of small bills under'JSOO and thfe time Checks, it wouldlbe a great 'help to us.' Get" thenr oxit - of the way and there'' i,s noj-hipg'f or anyone to complain of. : f , • i - ■ • • ■ ' .h. • 1 ■ ~ Cmw , V :■ n Very truly, yours*, • i rr» tr--'- v- ■ ' p. K. Podge, T \ T ' • . , rvv. 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T tp.fn*vsixc> T '■"I" ..t 4lrX'I ijiiNif 3-il3 y ^'>r 1- : , .?f> i'oJja>v> .v : .. f». - (p !J tn.o' ' ■ ' ar<3a/ / ? r-- . ,,v t »,|, . . .. .M4c.l.nX,*P UOhlLfr. . C- - a,' ,"-,T4 ^ -f . .-j.t/i., . ' ,rPVfi-,,.tn .ipyfd^ij'jh ;.ta -Yt''' » ■•'- ' >ffa jiofc'T-;-% :dl , : ' V #. i** ,. ' * . . ' Ai » M ' « ■ iM .'U ';e*4ivh:. .irr . i 'rv. . ■ 1 -b/- 'i,! PVi , .I 131 December, 1874. Washington, Dec. 21, 1874. Dear Annie: The Conanittee of "Senate that we have been to work on voted today to hold over during the recess and keep to work on our Bill which unless they change Monday will hold me here. I sent by express two for and children and have here which i shall start Monday a present for you, one for Jule that I was going to take with me. I dont believe I could get home anything that I should buy and so will not fill your last order for i^ate. Will try to find the two books you want to. I get no Bluffs papers so hear nothing from Texas. I get plenty of complaints, it looks as though Noble and his crowd were doing anything but good. -Bond is down there now and hope will straigh ten things out. Unless matters look more favorable here after recess I shall abandon the fight. There is no vim to the south they dont want to succeed except to the Government and wren they get that I fear we will have trouble. I am busy morning and night and see no one but our own people. It is said to be gay. Have not even seen the iUng yet, though he has been toaded all over the country and received by Grant, Congress, etc. etc. The great scandle here now is "Pacific" mail a kind of second "Credit" Mobiler but today "Irwin" refused to answer and now comes the ViA of war. I shall be so disapointed if 1 do not get to see the children. They will be at home hoping to meet me but canot help'.it. I shall telegraph i*^onday or Tuesday, as soc.n as hear the result. If i stay after the recess or after Committee makes their report will let you know and you can coirie down if you desire to, but it seems to m^e that it would be lonely with no one to go out,day and night my time is taken and 1 have not yet seen a day or evening I could spend away from my work. Very few members have their wives here now. Senators are Generally located here and society is more of a city society than it ^sed to be. Have not called on Gen. Bristow or his wife and am almost ashamed to now. Kiss the children and write me all about Christmas, Truly, Ocean. 133 ^^ashington, D. C. DeceF.ber 22, 1874. John'- T. Baldwin, Esq., Dear Sir: I called -upon Mr, Knox, Comptroler of the currencey with a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury and thoroughly dis cussed the consolidation with him. He says vve could not use both names without an act of Congress authorizing it, but we can consolidate or liquidate the stock-holders, of both banks being willing without any aid from Congress, He also says that he would not allow any other bank started in the place to use the name of the liquidated or consolidated ^^anks, which accomplishes what you desire. The Comptroller also thinks that after liquidation or consolidation, the remaining bank would get all the business by proper notice to its correspondents. Wliile you are traveling around, work up a sentiment in relation to Government aiding the industries of the country, especially through McDills districi. or anjrwhere in Iowa, The Iowa delegation seems to think their people are all against it. Tergr truly yours, G. M. Dodge. ■ Vlilr iM' 135 Washington, D. C. Dec. 25, 1874. E. H, Rollins, Dear Sir: i r;rote Mr, Dillon in relation to paj^ment of the $10 II. debt of California Central R.R. to the Pacific National Bank. I understood that the Union Pacific guaranteed the payemtn of that date or would take it up. Mr. Dillon says in answer that the matter lies withi you. Please let me know about it. We have carried the debt about as long as we can. ^ Very truly yburs, G. M. Dodge, Chief Engineer. 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Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. Correspondence, diaries, business papers, speeches, and miscellaneous notes related to Dodge's family history, Civil War activities, railroad construction, life in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and travels in Europe. 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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource General Dodge Papers - Texas & Pacific Railway - 1874-1879, Book 9 Texas & Pacific Record. Director of Union Pacific Railway. Report as Chief Engineer of Texas Pacific Railway. Letters from Europe. Index to Book 9 included. Typescripts of originals housed at the State Historical Society of Iowa. 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Language A language of the resource English Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 General Grenville M. Dodge Texas & Pacific Railway Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/30c6e8a7c1ce6c6ba5d7626209763b48.tif d43a6b2e137ac3091ceebf9183febdca Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Grenville Dodge Collection Description An account of the resource Documents, letters, papers, and other materials related to General Grenville M. Dodge and family. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 19 x 24 cm. (7 x 9 in.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General G.M. Dodge in an electric car Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville Mellen, 1831-1916. Electric automobiles -- History. Photographs held by the Library. Description An account of the resource Photograph of Grenville M. Dodge at the controls of an electrical car. 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Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Matt Tinley Subject The topic of the resource Tinley, Mathew A. United States. Army. Infantry, 133rd. Iowa. National Guard. Iowa -- History, Military. Description An account of the resource Photograph of General Mathew Tinley. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Library Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collectons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource ca. 1940 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Special Collections Iowa National Guard G464a Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. 1940 Matthew A. Tinley military photograph United States Army https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/e2ece67f88462e63d587980d860ee85d.jpg 4d88332f6692c9e7d0890ce5b17aba4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Subject The topic of the resource News, events and people of Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa. Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 19 x 14 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Praises Council Bluffs Subject The topic of the resource local news Description An account of the resource Sharing the honor . . . of breaking ground for the Army Reserve training center are Mayor Paul Gronstal and Maj. Gen H. Olmstead. Maj. Louis J. Gerner is at right. -Nonpareil Photo. 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Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Subject The topic of the resource News, events and people of Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa. Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 15 cm x 20 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General To Be Guest Of Honor Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Placing Napkins . . . in a mannequin's hand, Mrs. James Benecke puts the final touches on one of the scenes for the General's Ladies show. The Dodge House nursery room setting is a "birthday party" in honor of the general's 150th birthday. 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Title A name given to the resource General to be guest of honor Subject The topic of the resource local news Description An account of the resource Placing Napkins...into a mannequin's hand, Mrs. James Benecke puts the final touches on one of the scenes for the General's Ladies show. The Dodge House nursery room setting is a "birthday party" in honor of the general's 150th birthday. 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Title A name given to the resource General Woodworks, Inc. 1969-1975 Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource General Woodworks, Inc. 1969-1975 Wood Works Firm Is Sold June 11, 1968 Furniture Company Burns November 3, 1969 Hope To Restore Limited Operations At Furniture Plant November 4, 1969 General Wood Works Fire Damage Upped $100,000 November 25, 1969 General Wood Works Eyes Expansion Because Of Fire April 26, 1970 Four-Day Work Week Arrives In The Bluffs February 24, 1971 Awarded For Hiring Disabled March 4, 1971 Banquet Honors SWI Employers And Handicapped March 23, 1972 General Wood Works Eyes Groundbreaking July 5, 1972 Break Ground August 1, 1972 Fire Prevents Plant Operation February 15, 1973 Vietnamese Find Jobs At General Wood Works Co. 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Title A name given to the resource Gentry Dog and Pony Show Subject The topic of the resource Carriages and carts. Circus -- History. Dogs. Parades -- Iowa. Ponies. Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- 1900-1950. Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History -- Photographs. Description An account of the resource Photograph of "Professor" Gentry's Dog and Pony Show. Parade on West Broadway Street in Council Bluffs, Iowa. June 8, 1900. 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Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. 1900 animals circus dogs horses parades photograph Professor Gentry Dog and Pony Show wagon https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/758fad7b3dd1720e292386b6026dc4cc.tif fa01440e287e29214245ba046cba3f2f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Subject The topic of the resource Council Bluffs local history Description An account of the resource Photographs and documents of the Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Special Collections Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gentry Dog and Pony Show Subject The topic of the resource Circus -- History. Elephants -- Photographs. Parades -- Nebraska. Photographs held by the Library. Omaha (Neb.) -- History -- 1900-1950. Omaha (Neb.) -- History -- Photographs. Description An account of the resource Parade of elephants in the Gentry Dog and Pony Show Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Library Special Collections Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collectons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Parades G468c Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English elephants parades https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/debee3f7c8b209afb1ae48d53d1c2f35.pdf 7aa2690c46ab03c93f1921b0666a6efe PDF Text Text 1; I' 1 . , " , ~s ,'i ' , " . ~ ~ !J ' '· '· . ..._,, / ). •j .. , l ~ '- • L_ ;---- ' r ~, .- i 1.r )). 013I'l'UJ\RY : M.HLi . ROSSIE HJ.t.:YNOLDS Mr!.j. ilossie Mae Simons Heynolds, HO, 2cJlh Avenue A, died Tuesday at her home . She was the widow of .&twin vi. Heynolc.ls . Mrs. Heynolds was born in Missouri Valley and had been a resident ,, of Counc:i.l Dlu.ffs for 58 years. A member of the Riverside Group, vlome n 1 s Leauge, she belonged to t lte lloo i[~a ized Gimrch of J esus ChriGt of Latter Day Saints. Survivors include: two daug hters, Vera E. Reynol ds and Mr's. Fred Derg, both of Cow1cil Bluffs; brother, Harry Simons of Lebannon, Oref-on, and t hree grand children. Fumral services will be at 10:30 a .m. Friday, at the Cutler Funeral Home 61tapel. 'l'he Rev . V .D. Ruch, pas tor of t he Reorganized Ch1tr ch of J esus Chr i st of Latter Day Sain ts wiJJ. of Ciciate . Nonpareil, July 7, 1954, .ASSIGNlilY.:NT 01 ~1.IGUT TO Jt?~OCU?..]! COPilIGUT. X:Jt«i>W all M9ll ~Y these presents th~t l,GeQr~e Sinons,of the County •f Harrison, 3tate Gf Iovra, ~ei~. the autn•r a.Jtd awner er oertab1 oil ,a htti~s an€. Jenci 1 sketches ent i tl ftd an«. tescrib8d R~ fa llcn'7~: Thrae e 11 paintlne:!-Or.\aha,N~ilr~ska in 1855--~ioux City, Icnra in l~5t-­ ~~d ~ellvue,He\raska in l~5C,~ a..~i penoil sketche! .A.q~~~wall,Centr~l .Alnerica;Gre~t .Amerie~n Desert, West of ~alt Lake; The .llackaircl Hills;~ell.,riew,Ne"!trP..~ka in. 56; Jell.,rill~ Iron Vferks; Ceuncil Jluffs,Iowa,in l853;Council Jlu!'fs,!1.>wa in· 1'358; ~oun~il Jl.uffs, Iewa; Chimney Keck; C0urt House Ji'..ock; Califo:i:-niR. 1fP.gon Train; GAn l. Ji>taaes CeJ11 OR C•o• J\iyer in 1"53; Genl.De~ e' ~ Cl ail!S on the in 1'-hor:n.; iarly lfelraska CGw· ltmc lluaher ui Xis M0in~; Old Uon1on '"'rry &l\ the i:lkhor:a; li•nn<nls Lal'l.i.i:ng at l'lerencu i :i I~§S; IPt.JJararriie; Ft.• XeRXlll.ey; Jl't • Jlowel 1; Ft 1..t...l ea tr~~; rt. Al eatr~s, San Frn.n.0 i HC'°' lP..y Cal t Ft.~teel .And blth l7i 1rnonsin. Camp; La..l.te Port on La.'lco :Ponchet:r.R.in.;l"t.Pik., 011 L~kc fenohetrRin;:r.t Gaines,,Lake 1'on.ch otri:-.in; The Gr>li'.l.en Gate; c~thee l ay Galveston i!l Hl65;Gal.,reston ! h oWi:nf; ll:ntr~.noe to The )($E't~ Jia.r9er in HUl5; Galy~ston in I885;Elder Orsen. Hide' s Meuse in Coun.ci 1 Jluffs,Iowa1In.tiA.nola,Texas in l~SS; How'Je in St.Joseph l{o.Wfiere Jesse Jj:Ul\es was Killctcl; (twc> views);Littl• ltook,.ArkRN.sas in I~S-4.; (two Ti1tws) ~..,, Wi1'.ter Quarters of The 29th, Iowa at Little J\o~k,.A.rkansas in !llS-t; (2) · .... ~tates !riso:m. at Little Jtc>ek in l1'G-4.; (two Yiews) llO:t'T110n. e~ Ueeti~ ix ~! at Parks J..1111 :bl; OAJ'Rllon's iluff TratlJlt· l'oF.1t; OJnahP. !JS.ii~ Village •:a the Jtappillion. in 135~; First 1tai1Dttad. Jric.lae ~ii. Train ever the lliasouri ltiTctr at On\aha; Omaha in !~55; (two Ti&"l'IS) Jl'irst Cai.\in in ~aha,June H~5-t; Panama i:!'l. I~Sj ;:Pan.Qlna i!l Ce:n.t:r~l k1terioa; )OUl'li 1'er Pik9's Peak; St.Va:rain,Color~ lo; Old Jta:wn.ee Inii.ia."rl Vill1~tt 0n the s~uth side Platte ~iver in IB~&i-;sioux ..,,, ~ Clty,I0wa,in IC56; Scott's J Jluff~· ..J irasas Isla.ni,~,5R.l\tiago,Texas,in I8S5: lle9el Jlockaie llu:nner; Point Opposite Santi~<,,Texas in I~i5;lle~el JlockacR.e llun...'r.ler,, 1ayine at t h e U:euth Of J. h~ti:agorl1..B. Bny; lfick':J 1iiill l~l'l.d. llesidence; 5oel'l.e !fear · P~l!I~~ in I6Q;-in ~ons i<l,.,r:n.t ion o·r the $Uli-1 of Fll"TY DOL~ to rne in 1: ~'l'lti itaidlty L. c.~rown, o f Log nn, I 0wR, the rooeipt ""hereof 1:3 here\y ~~k.'11.oWl8d.gei,haTe solil,assi ~n ea a:n.i ~et ever,unte the saitil. li.e.Jlrctw.n ?11 J'l\Y ric;ht title a.nd i nterest in an~ to saicl_ oil painti11C~ anLl Jtencil ~ketches, toe;etlier with the rit ht to have the s &n.e o19yri t~1lin the Un ited States and ::i:: lai,w:1ere f or the so le us~ H.n.:;1_ t'onefit of the sFtir::1 L. C.~rown,his hi,irs, l egR.l re1~:r. sent:;i.t ives ~'11. l · Fl.Ssir ns. In testi11;iony whereof I haTe hereunto set my hL"t( a.~a El.ffixea my seal this~ J:t:;-' ST.ATE OF IOITA,HAl\1\lSON COUN~Y, !1. S. Personally appea.retl •er ore me GEOJ:\GE SIMONS, personally to :r1e k.'l'lown to 'be th9 ident io~l pt ~rsGn who• execut et the forego h~ in:!trui ne~t, &U"i.<ii. ~~k.""l. ewledged. the execution thereGf t o \te his voluntR.ry aet si ... 1\.&_ li,eecj. ~or t h e ~u~os~s ther~n e:.{]'ressea. Dene a t MY off i ce in NarrieQn C<!>unty,Iowa,this 13 ' day of ..1umy~T 1909. .... .... ~··.~~;...._ · .... ~ ............ :'\., . ·.i:.·..t·~~ '~4.,P ...... , .... -;..- "~··"\.:'' . ·. . . .. I ! I i' . r The first mention of the Pnnarn.ma of the Missouri, seer.is to be, :i:mrm1:,in the Council Illuffs weekly Bugle June I6lth,IS57-tt 3-I ''Mosscrs FA.ul Walclo · Co our ont9rprising citizens are getting UI a Pana r ama of the Mi ssouri river from: its mouth to Sioux City giving a corre0.t view of t h o sconery,towns and cities nncl the notable p laces between the two points"--- In tho Council Bluffs \'lcoldy Nonpareil of Aucust I 5th,I857- 3-I is tho followinc: " PANORAMA of the Missouri River." \ · 1 ' . ··. "Our enterprising fellow citizens ,Messers Faul, S irm:lons and Vlaldo are ·getting u p a Panornma. of the Missouri river from St.Louis to Sioux .City. It will ·occupy about I500 feet of canvas,and wlll be comploted about the first of N'ovombor. We had the pleasure a few clays since of · · viewing : several sect ions of :tkBXWl!xk this panorruna and. were greatly pleased with the display of· artistic skill. The view of Council Yluffs ... is wotl executed,and shows plainly that the artist fully understands the task he has undorta.ken. We understand that it is the intention of the eentlemen engaeed in this enterprise to give a faithful transcript of all the towns on either side of the "IHe Muddy" togetber with the various points of interest in landscape and scenery from Sioux City to· St~Louis. When completed it will be a worl{ of great interest to tho p coplo of t h is soction,and proovo invaluable as a menns of imparting ~ l{ (l" 11- : ~~~ f~ '.f \~ ~ ,.,,· ..... \-. '. ' ,., f <· .;·$N-~ . ;,.·j-~ ... ·,~t·> -. I• ~ 7;: ,, to our eastern neighbors a groat amount of information respectine the , . great west-its prospects and improvoments."" :. : ""'\)tw, ' ; I ~ • , • ' · '·'V' ( ,fl. ·ift;1 . • ... t The following advortismont appoars in the Council 3luffs Daily Uorning 1lugle for "sept,22-23-24:-25-nnd 2~th,I857 . " " P'.ANORAMA. OF THE MISSOURI RIVER." "" On 12000 feet of Canvas,Exhibitinp, the Entire MYlf!JODfX River From St.Louis to Sioux City a Distance of Nearly IIOO Miles." ""Civing n compl ote and full view of the cities and towns on both sides or t he :I\.i vo:L', the Bluf fs,Bottoms and Scenery in t h o Hissouri Val l)r in J.fissour i, Kans ~:::; ,Nc anka: A.nd !own."" " "" Th is g roat work has boen painted by ono of the best Art is ts in Amorica,.Mr.Geore o S imons,who has spared no pains in makine it ono of ·the greatest and most beautiful spec imens of the PA.noramic .A.rt ever · oxhibited in this country. 1111 .1/{~~ ";1 ···~~·:,. JI . .;t-'!·~ I ... ~.; ;,;. ~;· · ~r:.:·· I .. ,..~ ~ .... •1"> f '.~ ·~; .1 C (i"~ ( ~· ., .. i_ ~.~ .. 'I .~ ... -.ih~ ~ ·.?:;~-;~1 ~ {. .,•t l . ·~ ~ ·. 'l'.·l -~·•!'I :t I': I "" Wi 11 exhibit at Phoenix Hal 1 Thursday , Fr idRy and Saturday Evenings ·.J· ·. ~ 24th, 25th, and 26th. Adrnisslon 50 cents. Jloors open at 7 o 'c look,""" . ~\f'. 1 . ;~ ~ ' -o- ::fi:~t ~I Th e Sioux City Eagle July 4th,IS57,which is the first issue or the ~?it::1 first newspaper published i n Sioux City,contrdns a i1st of the steam ~i:~ boat arrivals at t hat port showing that the st oamer LEWIS I3URNS arrived ·~~~:i~ a:krtkabqmxt: t horo May 24th, I857 from port Leavenworth. The same issue ¥J<~;. 1 J has other interest i ng data as fol lows :... .If 11 The steam Ferry .Boat cont inue s to make regular trips from Sioux ~ ' I City to Covington, irrrrned iat e ly ppo site~' - "Last year,we are informed t. . only f our/came up to this pl n.ce. Already ttiis season t h ere hn.vo been .:1 ·_. J / boats · " ·thirty arrivals. "" -The larg e st building in Sioux Cit y is occupied by .Frost,Todd ' co., it is 40 by ?O feet,very substantinlly bu ilt. "" -- " - the steamer Lewis Burnes 75 tons burden (passed up the Bi g Sioux) ~- .. for a distance of t hirty miles. The steam mill at the mouth of Perry ~ ............ __.. I t . ··:. -.•. ~ 7.,..._.. __ ·-:-·,·""';' . . . .. 1" t .. .. .._,_ .. .... ' , •, creek was owned by Jeseph B.Flam3 and Luther E sunbur!"l,as s hown by notice of d issolution dated June 20th,I857 ancl publishc(i i :n. t1iis i::;suo o f th a Eag 1 e. The Ferry .Advertisomont spe lls th0 nruno 1~'i/IS n:nums, th i s wn.s the first steam Ferry at Sioux City ac cord i ng to t he Hi stori es, n:;,d was est a.bl i shed in I 857. Th is is the Ferry cro ~;s i nc tho .ri vor i n t !:c picture,and as i t carno thcro.on Hay 2-'it ~857 n.nd we find the Pnn ormna Rlroa<'ly in courso of preperatiion, ns mentioned in tho Buelo June 16th, 1857,we know that tho artists wero t here rie tween thone two dntes. Another steam Ferry Boat Cl:!r.1e to Sioux City ::tbout August I 5th, 1'ut '.:10 kn~w from the Bup le of Juno IGth,that tho a rtists hnd a lrordy bep un tho ~nork, e.nd Sioux City WC?.s t h e start inr, po i11t, s o tho Forry shown i s·· t h o LEWIS BURNES. Where the statement is made tha t on ly rour bouts c runo upto this place, last year, it hA.s reforenco to steamboats makine 8. land inc Rt t hat port,not that more than four did not co up the river. T})o stemnimi 11 at th a· mouth of Porry Croek wus bu i 1 t in ~5G, acc ora11-ic to n story. Muell pains has boen to.kon to hunt up a ll th is c1atn, rrnd p.nyove the picture in a satisfactory mn.IL'Yl.er,ns it is the f orerunner of the otller pictures to follow. George Simons ca1 ie to Counc il Il\luffs,Iowa in 1&353 and was an artist of no sm.a.11 ab i 1 i ty for h is day and t ir.ie . His 1.vork con sist ou of portrait painting and sketches a.nu scenes i n early d.ays, a lo!lfl tho Missouri river,orossing the plains,Indian v illag es and life, sr.ones in . the wa-:;: of the Reb ellion, and scones in Central rne ::::·icn,~nd Cnlifornin. He has preserved in both paint and penci l rna:ny prec ious ll i stori cal pion0er scenes of days that are long gone bye, like Siouc City in H35'?, for wh ich wo shall alwa ys own him a d ebts of e ratitu<le. Ho is mont iond as an Artist in Histories of both I owa n.nd nobrnska. He e.?il i steel in Co • .9 of t h o 29th Iowu as an Artist, and l!lA.llO p lats nna. map s f or tho Govt . nt Little Ro ck wh ile in the servi ce . The Artist t» eore e S1P1ons i s a porsor1al friena.. of the publisher of tho Simons' Pioneer Historical Sorios,froP1 whom he obt n. ined t h e skotchos and paintings d irect, together with much dRta an<l i nfor mat ion. Ho is still living ,in Culifornia,at the pro~ nt 'L imo, but qu i te o l d and infirm.,with failing eyosight ,which trouble caused h im t o g i vo up those trea sures of :tx0Nt:±:exxd:x--JK'-" other dn.ys • .. f':.f .... .c:..:;;.., • I I r I I I , •• u~...., 10UJX - ---- -· -- -;;a ~· ::t . ,.; ______ ____ ' . : .-?.:~~·~· _, . ·~ ~ Q 1. . 'l 4' ;1 . -- 7 -- ---..--:.=::-..._· - ~.~ -- ·-:1 I . / (·:.·1, ·~ .1- l ;. · .--- .. / -J ;".·: ·' (' i . - • .~v ' _,,, ... ./ . '. ~') . I . , .-. er <F 1._., : . I ~ . . -I,/ . ..f/J'U!- '}"J !...- -----k------ Cooied from documents anrl nictur es in collections of IOWA STATE 0 DEfARTKENT OF HI3TORY AND A:RCHI VES Historical uildin~ Des Moines, Iowa 50119 ' . I ... ; . ;• . J -- ·""" /. The Art of George Simons Katie Gregory George Simons was a 'traveling man' though he spent fifty-six years in and around Council Bluffs, Iowa.(17) He was reared in Illinois, came to Iowa, traveled west to Oregon, Washington, Utah and California and returned home by way of Panama. Some biographers claim he was originally from Canada.(13) Belle L. Sanford, a local mstorian, says he was born January 22,1834 in Streator, Illinois.(16) Simons' daughter Rossie Mae Simons Reynolds said he was a native of Streator.(l) Judy Bishop, George's greatniece, claims George was born January 11, 1834 in Earlville, Illinois to Anson and Mary Ann Witt Simons.(10) Then we come to what was probably George's own view of where he was born. In the Roster of Iowa Volunteers it is written, "Simmons, [sic.] George. Age 30. Residence Pottawattamie County, native of Canada ... "(15) We can perhaps assume that this information came from Mr. Simons and that he lmew where he was born. During ms early years in this area, Mr. Simons made friends with various Indian tribes. On one occasion this caused him a real scare. Once as he was walking with an Omaha brave, who was in the lead, George was careless with ms gun. He carried it with the barrel facing forward. He tripped or stumbled and the gun went off wounding the Indian in the shoulder. The Indian immediately accused him of trying to kill him. George was tempted to finish him off and dispose of the body in the river. He overcame that temptation and returned the brave to his people. They were less than thrilled about the accident and worked themselves into a real frenzy. A more friendly member of the tribe approached George, warned him of his great danger and helped him make his escape through the willows to the river. There he found a canoe in which he made ms way safely down river and home.(16) · He first came to the Council Bluffs area because of employment. The Simons family, as well as th'e Dodges, lived in the Streator area of Illinois. Grenville Mellon Dodge, the famous railway builder, hired Simons to be camp cook on his railroad surveying crew. Simons first arrived in Council Bluffs in 1853 as part of that party.(l, 17) A November 26, 1961 Omaha World Herald article claims: "It is lmown that he was in Council Bluffs when it was called by its previous name Kanesville, for he made a painting of the then Mormon settlement in 1849." It is not 2 known thfit he was here then! As noted, he states that he came to Council Bluffs four years later: Started on servaynig trip with Gen Godge from Devenport, Iowa 1853 on Rock Island RR servan from Devenport to Council Bluff started from Devenport 1st of May got to C.B. in Sept., stopped at Councle Bliffs made that home for 56 years, ... " (17) As for drawings dated prior to 1853, it would be relatively simple to ask those who were living here which buildings were here in 1849 and which were built later. It would also be easy to add a building where one had disappeared. For instance, if as believed, the Kanesville Tabernacle only stood for about four years, it would not have been here when Simons arrived and it is pictured in his 1849-1851 drawing of Kanesville. It is also true that it became the Rock Island Railroad, but at the time the survey was made it was the Mississippi and Missouri River Railroad. Mr. Simons is writing some years after the fact. He did the same with his sketches and paintings. Simons married Emiline Cluff November 9, 1858 in Earlville, Illinois(lO) and had three sons and two daughters though one article says he had eight children.(13) Emeline died January 23, 1885 and is buried in the Neola Township Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Sometime following her death he married Mary N. Simons whose obituary is in the Nonpareil of 9 December 1904. She was aged 86 years at her death. George and Emeline's son, Ivan, died June 29, 1885 and is also buried in the Neola Township Cemetery. George Simons is listed in the first Council Bluffs City Directory of 1865 and through 1868 as a painter/ portrait painter. In the 1891-92 directory he is listed as a gunsmith/locksmith.(13) In the Iowa Census of 1885, Simons is shown living on Front Street in Neola, Iowa. His occupation is painter. Living with him are Rosa Simons, Norman Simons, and Fae McCreary. His daughter, Mrs. Rossie Reynolds was quoted as saying: He would paint, of course, and then he was always fixing things for people. He was a very gentle and kind man. He often threatened my brother and myself with a 'cuff on the ear' if we misbehaved-but the cuff never came. Mrs. Reynolds describes him as a quiet, mild mannered man with a bright red beard and blue eyes.(1) Belle Sanford mentions that he is of medium size. In addition to his other vocations, Simons also ran a theater in Council Bluffs for a time in 1858.(16) 2 3 "I started a theater their [Council Bluffs] was their 6 months, then broke up and started acrost the plains I painted the seonry and all--in 1861 I went with my uncle acrost the plains their was 40 wagons of us we traveled up the platt river on the north platt we stopped for the 4 of July they took the side bords from our wagon, our fiest consisted of Roast Ox goose breasts and every thing one could amagain the address of the day was made by Dun Nortin, Sr., we went on then with out any trouble on any kind until we got to Salt Lake then I meet a man who useto be with me in the theater he told old Brigham Young I was a sean painter and he wanted me to stay their he offord me 6.00 a day but I wouldent stay I felt suspicious." (17) Apparently his wife, Emeline was with him when he went west. He mentions in his diary that he worked at ' Peteluma' all that winter. Then: Mother wanted to go back so I got the money and she went back by the Ismus, the panama people took them through over the lakes and over land on burrous ... I staid at Healsburg that winte[r] had a painting school The next fall I went back but had a little better trip than mother did we crossed the Ismus and,took the (missing text) finely getting back to C.B. was a month on the trip when I got to C.B. I joined the army in the 29 Volunteers.(17) Simons fought in the Civil War serving from 1862 to 1864. He became a Christian while in the army: In that little grove never will I forget the spot on the beach of the Gulf of Mexico, where I bowed down for the first time in earnestness to God, deturrnaned to tum my back to this sinful world, and follow Gesus. I asked the Lord to tutch the heart of my wife that she might become a christian, She had bin raised up not knowing the reel need of religion or of serving the Lord. I prayed for her, my prayers were heard and answered and so were the · prayers offered up at home for me as you may see by a letter written to my by my Brother.(17) In the late eighties, Simons went to Washington State seeking jobs painting stage scenery. What success he had there is unknown. He returned to Iowa where he continued to live until 1909 when he moved to Long Beach, California. He was later granted a pension and belonged to the G.A. R. post Number 181 at Long Beach, Califomia.(16) 3 4 George Simons seems little known outside this immediate vicinity. For the past fifty years, however, his work has garnered considerable interest in this area and among those interested in Mormon history. He seldom signed his paintings making it difficult to discern just how many works he actually made.(13) One held by the Council Bluffs Public Library is a collection of sketches which was for many years preserved by N. P. Dodge.(16) In 1946,one author wrote that "Only one copy of the book was ever made."(18) Perhaps the most valuable and interesting collection of pictures of early Council Bluffs that exists today is in possession ofN. P. Dodge, in the form of a book of sketches drawn for him in 1853 by George Simons, well remembered in Council Bluffs as a photographer and artist, and who died some years ago. "(7) Since this unsigned article is from the Council Bluffs Nonpareil of 4 September 1904, the writer is obviously mistaken about some things. Mr. Simons lived until 1917. He had just traveled on! Also, some of the sketches are of Council Bluffs in 1858, thus it is not possible that they were drawn in 1853. At least not all of them. In fact, according to an article from the Nonpareil of 7 July 1893: A few weeks ago he [Simons] sketched a book for General Dodge of these old scenes in and around Council Bluffs and also of the important scenes connected with the general's routes through the west with his surveying parties. These were sent to the general and no money could buy them.(8) It is most likely that Mr. Simons used both previous sketches and his memory to make the sketches. He was said to have an excellent-some went so far as to say photographic-memory. The article continues: Some time ago Mr. N. P. Dodge, knowing the ability and taste of the · Council Bluffs artist, Mr. Simons, sent him to his farm in Nebraska a short distance from Omaha to take sketches of it and also of the Dodge homestead and the farm of General Dodge. Mr. Simons did the work so well and so true to nature that Mr. Dodge can look upon them with almost the same satisfaction as he would were he looking at the originals.(8) An article copied and kept in the scrapbooks of the Council Bluffs Public Library reads: 4 5 To the Mercury office Mr. Dodge, Jr., of this city, son ofN. P. Dodge, Sr. And nephew of General G. M. Dodge, brings a book which is worth its weight in gold many times over. It is handsomely bound and is made up of pencil sketches of early western scenes, with a few photographs of more recent date. Most of the pencil drawings were by George Simons, (Who else would they be by in his sketch book?) a cook employed by General Dodge's engineering party when at work on railroad strrVeys in Iowa, and west of the Missouri River, beginning in 1853. One of the earliest of these is a picture of a double log cabin, one story high, surrounded by a rickety rail fence, a covered wagon in the rear and a hay stack near the front of the building. Underneath is an inscription to the effect that the modest building was the residence, in 1853, ofElder Orsan [sic] Hyde, the famous Mormon, when he lived in Council Bluffs.(6) Also from the scrapbook is another unattributed article as follows: The finest pictures in the book and those which undoubtedly cost the most labor, are a series showing Council Bluffs and Kanesville as they appeared in the early days. The first one portrays the Kanesville of 1849. The village at that time was a single street straggling up the valley along the present route of Broadway. Along the prairie road which forms the street in the picture, trains of emigrant wagons are moving while a couple of Indians occupy a conspicuous place in the foreground. The houses are all one story frame and log huts. Under the bluffs, at what is now the comer of Sixth and Mill streets, the old Daggers saw mill, the first mill in Council Bluffs, is shown. From it Mill street took its name. The mill derived its power from Indian creek, which was evidently of some use in those days, and was harnessed much more successfully than it is now. The Methodist church, with a bell swung from a pole in front of it, nestles against the bluff near Park Avenue. Most of the cabins are surrounded by high fences serving as corrals for the stock. On top of the hill back of where George A. Keeline's residence now stands the old powder magazine is shown. This magazine, or its successor, stood until after the civil war and almost every brick in its walls contained the name and address of a Council Bluffs soldier in the civil war, carved deeply into it.(5) Unfortunately, we do not know where or if this item was published nor is it dated. Simons is known to have painted two huge panoramic works. One he describes in his diary: In his own words, Simons says: 5 6 ... three of us went up on Mouseeri River to St. Louis in 1854 painted a panaroma of the trip after that I went to Denver their was two or three log cabins their then/doug for gold quit their, them and went to hunting in Pike Peak mountains left Denver back to Councel B ... . (17) And from another newspaper article: Historical Masterpiece is Missing Possibly lost to art and history is a painting of incalculable historical value, which was conceived and executed in Council Bluffs in the 1860's. The work is by the prolific frontier artist, George Simons, who conducted an art school in Council Bluffs when he tired of depicting scenes of his day. Reported in newspaper accounts of the day, the paintings are said to have been spread on I 0,000 feet of canvas. Depicting the trail from Council Bluffs to "Denver City," Simons created a historical masterpiece which would be of value today, in the opinion of members of the Iowa State Historical Society. Simons made no secret of his gigantic effort. Records show that he exhibited every foot of the canvas in Council Bluffs and Omaha and even toured with it to river towns, charging so much for admission to the boat on the interior walls of which the work was hung .... But the lengthy picture-story of the freighter trail from Council Bluffs to Denver cannot be found ... It must not be confused with the "Panorama of the Missouri River" another canvas of historical value. That panorama also has been lost ... (2) In her article, George Simons: Frontier Artist, Mildred Goosman describes Simons' technique: As an artist, Simons belongs to the type of folk artist whose chief aim was to represent Visual reality of a specific scene with exactness of detail, leaving to others a more imaginative rendering of design and abstract pattern. In none of his paintings did he attempt to interpret nature or emphasize a particular mood. Even his oil painting of a raging forest fire near Mount Rainier seems to be a reporting of the event, rather than an expression of the fury and terror. 6 7 His thirty-odd known paintings can be divided as documentary landscapes, portraits, and studio works. His later pictures show a greater use of modeling, ... His few portraits lack academic polish, but suggest an insight into the individuality of his sitters. The landscapes have pleasing compositions within the framework of rigid adherence to the actual contours. While he sometimes misses the correct date by a year in his reminiscences, his visual memory for details is always accurate according to early newspaper articles which quote the comments of old settlers. It is this characteristic trait that makes Simons so important as a source, especially for the 1850's before exterior photographs were available. (13) 7 8 Sketches at the Council Bluffs Public Library 1. Hunting Antelope in Wyoming Territory August 1865 2. Arkansas Traveler 3. Bellevue NE 1856 4. Captain Carlisle's Train nooning in the Platte Valley 1859 5. First claim cabin built in NE by Daniel Norton in 1853 6. Congregational Church Council Bluffs. erected fall/winter 1869-71 7. Congregational Church erected 1854-55 on Pearl St. 8. Home of Rev. G.G. Rice 1852-55/Congregational Church 9. Council Bluffs 1858 view SW from hill where hospital is 10. Council Bluffs 1858 looking south from h.ill where hospital is 11. Council Bluffs 1858 looking north 12. Dagger's Saw Mill near comer Mill and 6th Streets. Council Bluffs 1854 13. Dodge's engineer camp in Mo. River bottom Crescent-1853 14. Dodge Land Agency/Council Bluffs Savings Bank 15. Dwelling on Pierce Street N. P. Dodge winter 1864-5 16. Home ofN. P. Dodge from Apr 1865-1888 17. N. P. Dodge Office 1860-2 #122 Broadway 18. N. P. Dodge Office 1862-3, other 1863-9--2 offices 19. Looking south over Dodge claims to Elkhorn ferry 1854-8 20. S. Dodge cabin and improvements 1858 to 1856 21. Log cabin Dodge family lived Omaha after Elkhorn Indian scare 22. West part of N. P. Dodge fann Elkhorn River NW 01nalla NE 23. S. Dodge Home/his widow Julia F. and N. P. Dodge 1858-64 24. Elkl1om River Ferry 25. Emigrant ferry Elkhorn River NW Omalia NE 1854-5 26. Utall and Calif. Emigrants crossing Elkhorn River 27. Ferry across Elkhorn River 1854 28. First temporary bridge bet. Council Bluffs and Omaha with first train 29. 4th IA Infantry Camp Kirkwood at Council Bluffs 1861 30. Orson Hyde home near Kanesville and Harrison Street 1853 31. Indians skinning a buffalo on the plains 32. Jack hunting the cows 33. Kanesville 1849-51 looking N from Main Street and First Avenue 34. Monnon Camp meeting near Parks Mill 35. Monnon train camp lassoing steers preparatory to yoking up 36. Monnons crossing the plains handcarts from Florence 1856 37. Omaha Indian village on Papillion Creek near Bellevue 1854 38. Pawnee Indian village south of Platte River near Fremont 1856 39. Sioux City Iowa 1856 40. Steamer Omaha landing Monnons at Florence spring 1854 41. 29th Infantry winter quarters Lillie Rock AR winter 1864-5 42. First grist mill/S.E. Wick on Mosquito Creek later Parks Mill 8 9 Paintings Intact (1931) as listed by Belle L Sanford Christ Blessing Little Children (Probably at Children's Square) The Vacant Chair (Above two paintings donated to the RLDS Church in Council Bluffs. They are at this time 1997 'lost".) Portrait of Mrs. Simons A Flock of Quail Forest Fire Near Mount Rainier, Washington A Deer Scene in Winter Cows Standing in Stream of Water Portrait of Harry Simons on Horseback Head and Bust of Harry at 17 Trysting Scene Christ Two mountain scenes Head of Logan Fontenelle Head of Alexander Campbell Negro Burial on the Plains Council Bluffs From the Nebraska side of the River Herd of Buffalo View of Bellevue, Nebraska The above were all extant in 1931 and were exhibited in t11e public library at that time. Other Paintings Dodge House - View of Council Bluffs (Civil War painting?) Crowl Company - View of Council Bluffs 9 10 List of Sources: 1. --"George Simons, City's First Artist, Had Bright Red Beard-Mrs. Reynolds" Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, January 4, 1952. 2 . -- "Historical Masterpiece is Missing," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 27, 1932 3. -"Joslyn to Exhibit Works of Artist George Simons," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 17, 1962. 4. ---Obituary of Mary N. Simons, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, December 9, 1904. 5. -"One Straggling Street," (Council Bluffs Public Library Scrapbook). 6. --"Sketch Book of Value," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, May 25, 1901. 7 . ---"Sketches of early Days in Western Iowa," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, September 4, 1904. 8. ----"Some Rare Pictures," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 7, 1893. 9. Adlow, Dorot11y, (No title) Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 1961. 10. Bishop, Judy, Personal letter to Irene Dawson, 118 Fleming, Council Bluffs IA February 28, 1997. 11 . 1860 United States Federal Census for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 12. Goosman, Mildred, (Title unknown, clipping in Council Bluffs Public Library scrapbook) 13. Goosman, Mildred, "George Simons: Frontier Artist" Iowan Sununer 1962, p. 19-32. 14. Goosman, Mildred, Joslyn Art Museum Commemorative Program, George Simons Exhibit, 1961, Omaha NE. 15. ----Roster of Iowa Soldiers: War of Rebellion, Volume 3, 17th-31st Regiments, Iowa General Assembly, p. 1442. 16. Sanford, Belle L. "George Simons," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, March 22, 1931. 17. Simons, George, "Diary" . 18. Telpner, Gene "Pioneer Days Preserved in Photostat Siufday World-Herald Magazine, May 26, 1946 19. Turner, Martl1a M. " In Searclt of Historic Pictures," Nebraska History, October/ December, 1942. 10 GEORGE SIMONS: FRONTIER ARTIST A talented folk artist, this Council Bluffs man made a detailed visual record of Iowa's western frontier in its early, crucial days. Today he is finally receiving recognition. by MILDRED GOOS~ AN P AIN TER, poet, and pioneer aptly describe George Simons who made his home in the vicinity of Council Bluffs during the last ha lf of the nineteenth century. Because of his natura l and self-trained artistic abilities, a rare a nd pictorial and historical heritage of tha t area has been preserved. As a citizen of the " jumping-off" p lace for the great Platte Valley route to Utah, Oregon, and Californ ia, he witnessed the fu ll tide of mig ration to the f ar \'V'est. H is pencil sketches ca ptured the landscape, the people, their homes a nd vehicles. It is said he had a photographic memory which helped him ma ke accurate copies of scenes in paint or pencil from sketches he had origina ll y done on the spo t. Some of these have been used to illustrate books about the \'V'est, espec ially histo ries of the region around Council Bluffs and Omaha. At a time when photog raphers were new and few, anyone with a ta lent for drawing had an invaluable asset for recording the contempora ry scene at first hand. G eorge Simons was one of these. As an artist, Simons belongs to the type of folk artist whose chief aim ''"as to represent visual reality of a specific scene with exactness of deta il, leaving to others a more imag inative rendering o f design and abstra ct pattern . In no ne of h is paintings d id he attempt to interpret nature or emphasize a particu lar mood. Even his oil painting of a rag ing forest fire nea r !\fount Ra inier cems to he a repo rting of the event, rather than an expression of the fury and terror. His thirty-odd known pa intings can he d iv ided as dncument a rv landscapes, portraits. and stud in wnrks. His later pictures .show a greate r use of modeling. achic,·ed probably through observation of the work nf other artists and f'Uhlished ill ustrations. His few portra its lack academic polish. hut 19 suggest an insight into the individuality of his sitters. The landscapes have pleasing compositions within the framework of rigid adherence to the actual contours. \Xlhile he sometimes misses the correct date by a year in his reminiscences his visual memory for details is always accurate accordin~ to early newspaper articles which quote the comments of old settlers. It is this characteristic trait that makes Simons so important as a source, especially for the 1850's before exterior photographs were available. His pictures show the details of everyday life as he knew it- the clearing of timberland, the outdoor cooking pot, the guns and pipes of the men, and the shawls of the women. Because the new art of photography was limited at first principally to portraiture, Simons' paintings arc the earliest record of Council Bluffs. A recent exhibition at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha showed four paintings by Simons which hang in its permanent collection and more than twenty-five others which were borrowed from the Council Bluffs Free Public Library, the Council Bluffs Women's Club, private collectors, and members of the artist's family. Five paintings sent by his son, Harry Norman Simons of Lebanon, Oregon, will remain as gifts to the museum. Included in the exhibition were an illustrated Civil \Viar diary, several summaries of pioneer adventures written by Simons, and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings spanning half a century, all lent by Harry Simons, and fifty-five pencil drawings acquired from the artist in 1909 by the late LeRoy C. Brown of Logan and Council Bluffs, lent by Miss Marguerite V. Brown. Although, Simons evidently had no commercial outlet for his art, he continued to record the development of the west. His interest extended to all the arts with a special flair for the theater. One of his ea rly enterprises was a theater in Council Bluffs which he operated for six months in 1858. In the late eighties, he went to Washington State to find jobs painting stage scenery. He mentions in a diary declining to leave the wagon train at Salt Lake City in 1861 for a stopover to pa int stage scenery for Brigham Young. His creations adorned theaters in the Iowa towns of Glenwood, Neola, and Council Bluffs. All of these have long since disappeared, as have his rolled panoramic views of the Missouri River from Sioux City to St. Louis and of the trail of the gold fields from Omaha to Denver. Other lost paintings arc a "Portrait of Chief Sitting Bull" said to have been painted from life, "The Trysting Place," "The Resurrection," "Christ and the Little Children" and a "Portrait 1 ., I•. '"'' /, 'H ~ 111< 1;(h .I 1.11/ A...J..,J t' .. •,4 /''""° /I •1 .. ¥,-1.J ,r,~ J(; ~// .,( f/( I JJ.., n .. , "" ., 4~ f,:., ./,,r. ~/ ...er .. .,~ ',.,(ff C.#* ""'t A/-;jk i/Jo O n e of Je r•e,-,t! dmu i11g1 51111011.r 11utde of J\forman migralion. 20 of Mrs. ]. B. Ta bor."' T hese were mentioned in the scr:ip· book of clippings. His paintings were usu:i lly not sig~~d, so there arc probably many still in existence, hut unidentified. ~ letter from a hrother in Keokuk wrilltn in 186 5 asks Georg .. .. . u can to make three or fou r of the n icest parlor pictures yo to b I · · I not been c iung in l11s new homi:. If painted. these 1avc found. \ 1 the per· ' s a poet and writer, George Simons rcvca s . I cc t. f · I is Jiter:i P 1vcness o an artist more clearly than in J en· drawings and paintings. His prose descriptions show a s ts s·t" 1 · I · ommen ive awareness to the beauties of nature and JIS c 1 d o ti · · I 0abaS JC n ic n:1scry of the Civil \'<fa r arc expressed wit 1 u 1 •. ht in· compassion. \Xfritings by him which have come to ig a· clue! ti c· . . I ·cal o:irr· . e ie 1vd \'<far Diary, th ree au tob1ogr:ip 11 ' Ily, t1ves cl · s Actua an verses composed for va rious occasion · ·I ich there is . . · I verses \\ J more poetry in l11s prose than in t ic . i·verse reflect ap · · d His c 1 . propriate sentiments of the pen o · f the in_t ~sts arc brought out throug h the subject matt r~ 1 eri· cl ippings in the scrapbook. They cover natura l history,_ s. can h · t · · · vest1gatl _is ory, and scientific and pseudo-scient1f1c in pe to A brief article signed .. G. S ... mentions using a esc~u ing scan the stars, and he carried fie ld gla sses with hun. 1 \\'as the \V/a Cl" b k \\·h1C J r. ipped and pasted in the scrap 00 f oliage. made from .. Coe's D rawing Book of Landscape. ". rious etc " d . by " '' · an published in 1852 arc numerous poems . d "G. authors s . . . . cred1te . S. · Orne arc un1dentif1ed and a few arc ate h1S 1mons" 0 "G S .. memor I r . . Two of the poems com . 1 the an- c epartcd wif E 1. I wit 1 · " c, me ine, and another appcarec ·I (la\110,, nounccment f I Althoug J ·n 1. 1 o t ie birth of a g randson. . d an 1 · itt e formal education he IJacl an observing 1111n . f \,.1i:it tcr t · ' • • · o I es in the world around him and an a p preci:it1on Je observed ' ' of . ·w~ As a pio s· · I · the his I rs neer, 1rnons w itncsscd a periOt in sett e Ou r country ti 1 \'\!'est to os· to 1 . iat span ned the opening of t JC · He pr pec:e~ time wl~en the frontier had clisappe~rccl.he rndia_ns. and t for gold in Colorado, hunted huffa lo with_ ti his \\.ifde. raveled ti 0 l"f . wit J r • Wfh·l ic regon Tra il to Ca 1 ornia ·est\\':i 1 e the g I ,·ays \\ one traff" rea t push of migration was a '.' 5 ,\·as JC Ccufd d d"d cl Sunon faf of ti an 1 move both ways. an ·n the . e WI. iose ~vho did not find a permanent borne I Jo spi~ Of est until 1909 when he moved to Long rria ge I~ many t · · en.. r1 18)7 s· nps away, both hcforc and after hlS I c ;v[issoll s: He ~ad1~o s a lways returned to the hanks of ttJwhen ~ro~I pccts fo/rst come to ~ouncil Bluffs in 1853. 1us thC n~t ~·ri govcr a. tra nscontinental railroad reversed I e _rv[1sso I: nment s pol" f t of t J ban as the cl . icy o leaving lands wes 1 west . 00 Peter 5 Oma in of the various Ind ian tribes. On t 1 .: 0 ;v[iS~ 1 nt mad I arp~·s trading post and the Prcshytcr1I, Jepen e11e e tie vdl f 1te 0 f t sguatt age o Bellevue an important s . · 1 ,cot o d to ne\~ ters were already anticipating the cstahliS Jflrcn1ove 0 wn of o I then their ma 1a. The Indians were 1 eY reservation in I k d sur' Simon nort iern Ncbras ·a. ·iro:i r:il· s crossed I . f the r:t i Gene 1 party led h ?"'a as a memhcr o .. 1 \'(/a r ,nc It is sai 1 ly Grenville M. Dodge. later a C1v1 . genious s c t iat he I ·as in ·ten1 . had a k · came as a cook, hut JC "· drY 1 ~d, nack for . . 1 sun c~ · . The . repairing guns locks. ant in · r 1S art1sf s b 1 • tiorn ~to and r . 1 . 0 Y 10od is obscure. He was . 5trC· rJe . ivec With I · 1llino1s. · etl· 1n LaSa!I . C 11 S parents in Streator. . lsc> 11" 1 ,,.,s lived e ounty where the Dodge farndY a rs :1f1l 1iest around C . 1 f"fty yea e~r I isted · ounci Bl uffs for over 1 thC ' . ref· in the c"t 1 . fron1 a1n . VO 5 iume f 1 y t 1rc:ctorics off a nd on trait r• rJ1 and brie~ y ~~) through 1868 as a pa inter. I ~~(!.;srnitl~ S Parents 1 1891 -92 as a gunsmith a OL C uncil anc <ithc f I to o IJ at an und . . . rs o the fam ily movel t<iJJ# I eterrnrnecl time . e C n 1857 G · Ernel1n ' eorge Simons ma rried Miss (Co111i1111ed n11 pr1ge 51) The Paintings of George Simons A selection of oils of the Iowa frontier shows exceptional folk art talent Mormon Encampment A series of works in 1856 depicted the Mormon handca rt migration to the \Vest. This painting depicts the encampment on .Mosquito Creek, about three miles cast of Council Bluffs. It is on permanent loan to the Joslyn Art Museum from M rs. \'<'alter L. Burritt oi Oma ha. Sioux City, 1856 W hen th is painting was made Sioux City was but in its infancy and would not he incorporated until the following year. In fact, the first white woman had a rrived in the village only two yea rs p reviously. In 1856 Sioux City had 90 b u ild ings and about -100 people: and was beginning to make rapid pro · grcss. In lly the count y scat was established there a nd the same yea r the iirst steamboa t, the 0111t1ht1. arrived w ith a cargo of provisions and lumber from St. Louis. It was the beginning oi a regular freight service between St. Louis an d Sioux City that lasted for a decade. T he painting is owned by Robert H . Aborn. Council Bluffs 111 the 1870's The exact dating llf this " Late Pano ram ic View of Counc il Bluffs" has neve r heen made, hut it can be estimated closely hy the suhject matter. The pain ting shows the Ogden Hotel ( large huild ing at right ). in use by 1868. and the Northwestern Railroad which arrived in 186-, but no tcltphonc or el<:ctric light poles. The iirst telephone serv ict was in UP<) and the mule cars w1:re replaced by electric rrolleys in 1888 The Method ist Church. shown at the iar right.. was huil~ in 1868 on the sit<: of the: iamnus Oce1n \Xfave Saloon which b urned in 1861. Brn:id wa y. the street shown here. still follows the. same curve m the.: principal business section of the citv. The oil is in the collection of th<: Council Bluffs Puhl ;~ Library. A Pause in the Journey The transtt1on from log cabin to frame: house:, from frontier life to civilization could be the real thc:me of this oil. It was Jone of the: old J amc:s Bradshaw house at Canning anJ Pierce Streets in Council Bluffs which was a lso known as "Jimmy's Well." Progress can he notc:d, too, in the: split ra il fence: (left) g iving way to one straight from the sawmill. The painting is ownc:d by the Joslyn Museum. ------- - ::j The Sketches of George Simons CAREFULLY preserved in th~ Council Bluffs Public Library is sketchbook filled w ith fortv-fou r drawings by George Simons plus a few photograp hs and newspaper cl ippings t:ollected by the :irtist. Fifteen of these sketches pertaining to Iowa are publ ished in this portfoli''· M:iny of them are being reproduced for the first time. T he identifications lln the dr:i wings are produced below. Subject matter divisions are also indicated. SUI<Vl'.)"[NG 11'/JTH D ODGE: (Ptt ~e 25) G.rvr. D ndge·s Engineer Party, Camped on Coon River. Guthrie Co., low:i 1853. Rock Isla nd R.R. Survey. ( Ptt g~ 26) G. M. D odge's Engi· neer C:rn1p in Misso uri River Bo ttom near Crc.:st:cnt City. luw:i, Sept. 1853. Skctcl1t d hy Geo. S imons, rnok of the p:irt y. Rock lshnd R. R. Su rvey. Mo rmons : ( !'tt.~e 2(1 } lvl ormon Camp Meeting ne:ir Parks Mill. E/IRLY HOMES: tt,~e 27) Elder Hide's house C. Bluffs. (Page 27) First Grist Mill in Pot ta 'me County, built by S. E. \'<'icks for Potta'me tribe of Indi:ins, IS·i2-52 (rebuilt), located on Mosquito Creek, :ifterwards known as Parks Mill. ( Pti,~e 28) S. E. Wicks home on Mosquito Creek ( nea r P arks Mill ) I 8-i2- L864. E11RLY COUNCIL BLUFFS: (Pt1ge 28) Kanesville (now C. Bluffs) 18-19 r to '51. Looking north from corner of M a in St. & First Ave. (Pf/ge 29) !st Cabin, home of Rev. G. G. Rice, May 1852 to fall 1855 . 2nd Cabin erecte.d in 1852, used as Congregational Church. also as school house. ( Page 29) Con· g regational Church erected in 1854 & L855 o n Pearl St. g round now occupied by Brown's Block. THE DODGE FAi\!ILY: (Page 30) (Co11ti1111ed 011 page 52) ANTIQUES by Pauline M illen COLLECTOR shows in the antique trade flourish with the coming of the fair weather months. Although coin, stamp, antique shows, and book fairs are held throughout the year in various parts of the country, the greatest number are scheduled from spring through fall. Everyone in that esoteric world of collectors looks forward to the shows. For the dea ler, they are hard work but provide prime publicity. T hey give him a chance to show his wares to a large interested group and with luck, he makes good sales. To the "buff" the shows give him an opportunity to learn, and since dealers bring their best merchandise to these shows, there is always the possibility of findin.g a choice piece to add to his collection. Tlie shows also help bring new blood to the collecting field. Frequently a person goes to a show just to look and winds up with an acquisitive urge strong enough to create a new collector. The comment is often made that show prices are high. They usua lly are but it is unreasonable to expect anything else. The dea ler loses time away from his shop, he pays rental for show space, and when away from home has high transportation and Jiving expenses. T he collector in exchange for a small admission fee enjoys severa l hours of pleasure, educates himself, and can shop at his leisure with a large and varied assortment from which to choose. A sampling of merchandise at a recent show confirms this. Among the fi ne g lass could be seen a blue clambroth Gothic Arch suga r bowl possibly Sand wich $210, a double signed "Libby Amberina" J ack vase $165, a g reen Baccarat vase $2 10, a Findlay Glass toothpick holder $85, a Lacy Sandwich plate $55, a clambroth Sandwich type salt $25, a signed Tiffany candl elamp $50, an Amber Panel Daisy and Button three piece set StfO, and a cut glass water pitcher S29.50. Nice hut less expensive were a small ruby Bohemian g lass bottle $7.50, a blue enameled case g lass vase S 16. 50, a cut g lass pitcher at $18.50 with matching tumblers at $5.75 each, Mary Gregory tumblers in color $12 and SI I, and a blue Currier tray priced S 15. Collectors of fl int glass were pleased to see more of that type than usua l. Be52 sides the pieces listed above were two decanters in T ulip and Sawtooth pattern S25 and S35, an unusual Bull's Eye Celery S22, H uber wine glass $6.50 an Ashburton wine $6.50, and small sauce d ishes at S3.75 and $6.50. Also shown was some fine English and Irish glass, particularly decanters, tumblers, and a handsome silver and crystal cruet stand with flat bottom bottles. One collector learned to identify English milk glass by the litte sea lion embossed on it, very tiny but usua lly discernible. She was told that this dates the piece so marked as having been made about 1875. One small piece of this glass was priced at $13.50. A bluegreen marble glass slipper with an English registry mark was tagged Sl8.50 by the same dea ler. China collectors, specialists and general, could find a wide selection. Two vases with the black Belleek mark were priced at $40, a Wedgwood pitcher S32.50, a portra it plate Sl4.50, a lovely leaf bowl, gilt lined SlO, alphabet plate with transfer center SS, game plates at $25 and $35, Other interesting pieces were a pair of Jackfield dogs, large size $65, a Bennington pie plate S 14, sma ll redwa re bowl Sl O, J ackfield cow creamt r $22, white pottery molds $5.50 and $7, Staffordshire dresser ornament S 10. One exhibitor had several shaving mugs, a scuttle mug S7 and two occupational mugs, a telephone lineman S35, and a plasterer $25. Primitives abounded, one set of graduated pewter measures, seven in number was priced a t $85. Among the still banks shown were a pig S9, a mailbox S5.50, and a Bill iken $7.50. A great deal of interest was shown by show visitors in wooden and meta l household articles pol ished for use as decorative objects. CREDITS Cove r by Bert Voge l, Dubuque. Inside front cover by Joan Liffring; p. 2-5 pictures from the State Reformatory, Anamosa; the State P enitentiary, Fort Madison; charts from Dt'. Walter Lund en ; p. 6-13 Joan Liffring; p. 14-17 Meredith Publishing Company; p. 18 Liffring; p. 19-32 Gordon Ada ms from collections of the Council Bluffs Public Libra ry a nd Joslyn Museum; p. 33 Vogel; p. 34-35 A. W. Ran niger. Car- r oll; p. 36 J. C. Allen & Sons. West Lafayette, Indiana; p. 37 Rankin ; p. 38-11 Smith Schuneman, <'XCPpt p. 39 !top) William Beck ; p. 42 from Earl Shepherd; p. 45 from lhe State Depa rtment of History and Archives, Des Moines ; p. 46-49 from The Iowa Society for Crippled Children and Adults; p. 55-56 Carroll Coleman; p. 57 inside back cover by James Shaffer : back cover from Andreas' 1875 Illustrated Atlas of Iowa. Sinzons Slutches (Co11ti11!led from pnge 25) Office of N. P. D odge from 1860 to 1862. (Pnge 30) Dwelling House on Pierce St. in which N. P. D odge lived during winter of 1864 & 5 formerly occupied by G. M. D odge also by Sylvanus D odge's family. Framed in St. Louis and shipped by Steamboat in 1456. Represents N. P. Dodge & wife sta rting on their wedding trip Sept. 1864. COUNCIL BLUFFS, 1S58: (Prtge 31) Council Bluffs in 1858. View from Hospital Hill, looking south west. (Pnge 31) Looking South. Council Bluffs in 1858. View taken from hill where Hospital now stands. 1. C. (?) bank 2. B.R. Pegram 3. J.B. Stutsman 4. Biggs 5. Court House 6. "Cottonwood" J ail 7. Ocean Wave 8. Methodist Church 9. ] .T . Ba ldwins 10. Dr. E. Lowe 11. "Robinson House". TR/IN SPORTATION OF THE ERA: ( Pnge 32) First temporary Bridge between C. Blu ffs and Omaha with first train of Ca rs crossing winter of 1866. (Note: n Inter correction haJ mnde the "6" a "7''.) (Pnge 32) Sioux City Iowa 1856. (Note: thiJ 1ketch Jerved as a bnJiJ for the painting reprod!lced in the color Jection. D Yellow River (Co11ti11!1ed from pnge 8) state, but if I'd known they'd build a road there I wouldn't 'a' done it." The farmer opens his creel to display six keepers- a d ay's limit of trout - and walks away. \'<!hat he says is true, in part. The State Conservation Commission now owns 5,500 acres of land in the Yellow River area. An honor group of prisoners from Anamosa works there yea r-round, building new road s, campsites. picnic areas and other facilities to help more Iowans enjoy the park wilderness. People from Des Moines and Davenport rtre discovering the Yellow River State Forest: exploring its trails; catchsrnall-mouth bass and rainbow trout in its strea ms; qu ietly observing a wild turkey hen and her brood, deer, and ruffl ed grouse; finding exotic wildflowers- jack-in-the-pulpits two feet high! This was one intention of the Conservation Commission when it bought this .. trackless wilderness" for state use: to make the forest accessible to people, yet to leave it as undisturbed as pos· sible; to give to Iowans, undiluted, a restoring and refreshing ant idote for civilization. D February 16, 1996 'ID: REGISTRATION FILES LIBRARY FILES CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDY FILES COLLECTICN REVIEW FILES FHCM: MARGO PRENTISS, Assistant Registrar REF: GEORGE SIMONS I. THE FOLLOWING 'WORKS BY SIMONS ARE IN JOSLYN'S COLLECTION ~ 1959 .428 Portrait of Logan Fontenelle, 1853 1962.19 Stagecoach Overtaken by Indians, 1880s. 39 . 1962 Sitting Bull, (Simons after Julian Scott) Lent to Joslyn by Onaha Public Library II. THE FOLLOWING WORKS USED TO BE IN JOSLYN'S COLLECrION, BUT AS PART OF A RECENT COLLECTION REVIEW WERE DEACCESSIONED AND TRANSFERRED TO 011-IEH MUSEUMS: A. TRANSFERRED 'IO WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, Onaha: 1957 .101 Early Council Bluffs, Oil, 1853 1962.119 Civil War Diary 1962.120 Scrapbook 1963.416 Mannon Canp Meeting, Council Bluffs, Oil 8. TRANSFERRED 'IO TI-IE MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART, Kearney, Nebraska: 1953.193 A Pause in the Journey 1958 . 36 Mail Delivery on the Frontier 1962 . 32 Forest Fire at Mt.Rainier C. TRANSFERRED 'IO THE SHELI:X::N MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Lincoln, Nebraska 1962.30 Portrait of Harry NonTian S~Tions D. APPROVED FOR TRANSFER 'IO SIOUX CITY ART CENTER, but as of 2/16/96 this painting is still stored at Joslyn awaiting pick-up by Sioux City: 1962.28 Cows Wa:ling in StreaTI E. THE FDLLCMING PAINTING HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED FDR DEACCESSIONING Blff AS OF 2/16/96 it is still stored at Joslyn: 1962.31 Harry NonTian S~nons on Horseback •· l. FebnJary 16, 1996 TO: REGISTRATION FILES LIBRARY FILES CENTER FDR WESTERN STUDY FILES COLLECTICN REVIEW FILES FRCM: MARGO PRENTISS, Assistant Registrar REF: GEORGE SIMOl\S I. THE FDLLOWING WORKS BY SIMONS ARE IN JOSLYN'S COLLECTION - 1959.428 Portrait of Logan Fontenelle, 1853 1962.19 Stagecoach Overtaken by Indians, 1880s. 39.1962 Sitting Bull, (Simons after Julian Scott) Lent to Joslyn by Onaha Public Library II. 'li-IE FDLLCMING WORKS USED TO BE IN JOSLYN' S COLLECTION, BUT AS PAR"f -- OF A HECEN"I' COLLECI1ION""REVf Ei=l WERE DEACCESSIONED AND '"rRANs'FERRED1D Oli-IER MUSEUMS: A. TRANSFERRED 'ID WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, Onaha: 1957 .101 Early Council Bluffs, Oil, 1853 1962.119 Civil War Diary 1962.120 Scrapbook 1963.416 Monnon Canp Meeting, Council Bluffs, Oil B. TRANSFERRED TO TI-IE MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ARI', Kearney, Nebraska: 1953 .193 A Pause in the Journey 1958.36 Mail Delivery on the Frontier 1962.32 Forest Fire at Mt.Rainier C. TRANSFERRED 'ID THE SHELI:X:N MEMORIAL ARr GALLERY, Lincoln, Nebraska 1962.30 Portrait of Harry Nonnan Simons D. APPROVED FOR TRANSFER 'ID SICXJX CITY ART CENrER, but as of 2/16/96 this painting is still stored at Joslyn awaiting pick-up by Sioux City: 1962.28 Cows Werling in Strean E. THE FDLLCMING PAINTING HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED FOR DEACCESSIONING BUT AS OF 2/16/96 it is still stored at Joslyn: 1962.31 Harry Nonnan S~nons on Horseback February 16, 1996 'IO: REGISTHATION FILES LIBHARY FILES CENTER FDR WESTERN STUDY FILES COLLECfIO'J REVIEW FILES FRCM: MARGO PRENTISS, Assistant Registrar REF: GEORGE SIMON3 I. THE FDLLOWING WORKS BY SIMONS ARE IN JOSLYN'S C'OLLECTION - 1959.428 Portrait of Logan Fontenelle, 1853 1962.19 Stagecoach Overtaken by Indians, 1880s. 39 . 1962 Sitting Bul l, (S~nons after Julian Scott) Lent to Joslyn by Onaha Public Library II. THE FOLLOWING WORKS USED TO BE IN JOSLYN'S C'OLLECTION, BUT AS PART -- OF A RECENT COLLECTIONREVI™ WERE DEACCESSIONED AND TRANSFERREi)7°ro G.I'HER MUSEUMS: A. TRANSFERRED TO WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, Onaha: 1957.101 Early Council Bluffs, Oil, 1853 1962 . 119 Civil War Diary 1962.120 Scrapbook 1963 . 416 Monnon Canp Meeting, Council Bluffs, Oil B. THANSFERRED ID TI-IE MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART , Kearney , Nebrask9: 1953.193 A Pause in the Journey 1958.36 Mail Delivery on the Frontier 1962.32 Forest Fire at Mt .Rainier C. TRANSFERRED ID THE SHELI::a-J MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Li ncoln, Nebraska 1962 . 30 Portrait of Harry Nonnan S~ons D. APPROVED FDR TRANSFER ID SIOUX CITY ART CENfER, but as of 2/16/96 this painting is still stored at Joslyn awaiting pick-up by Sioux City: 1962. 28 Cows Wooing in Strean E. THE FOLLOWING PAINTING HAS ALSO BEEN APPROVED FDR DEACCESSIONING BUI' AS OF 2/16/96 it is still stored at Joslyn: 1962.31 Harry Norman S~nons on Horseback The Art of George Simons George Simons was a ' traveling man' though he spent fifty-six years in and around Council Bluffs, Iowa.(17) He was reared in Illinois, came to Iowa, traveled west to Oregon, Washington, Utah and California and returned home by way of Panama. Some biographers claim he was originally from Canada.(13) Belle L. Sanford, a local historian, says he was born January 22,1834 in Streator, Illinois.(16) Simons' daughter Rossie Mae Simons Reynolds said he was a native of Streator.(1) Judy Bishop, George's greatniece, claims George was born January 11 , 1834 in Earlville, Illinois to Anson and Mary Ann Witt Sirnons.(10) Then we come to what was probably George's own view of where he was born. In the Roster of Iowa Volunteers it is written, "Simmons, [sic.] George. Age 30. Residence Pottawattamie County, native of Canada ... "(15) We can perhaps assume that this information came from Mr. Simons and that he knew where he was born. During his early years in this area, Mr. Simons made friends with various Indian tribes. On one occasion this caused him a real scare. Once as he was walking with an Omaha brave, who was in the lead, George was careless with his gun. He carried it with the barrel facing forward. He tripped or stumbled and the gun went off wounding the Indian in the shoulder. The Indian immediately accused him of trying to kill him. George was tempted to finish him off and dispose of the body in the river. He overcame that temptation and returned the brave to his people. They were less than thrilled about the accident and worked themselves into a real frenzy. A more friendly member of the tribe approached George, warned him of his great danger and helped him make his escape through the willows to the river. There he found a canoe in which he made his way safely down river and home.(16) He first came to the Council Bluffs area because of employment. The Simons family, as well as the Dodges, lived in the Streator area of Illinois. Grenville Mellon Dodge, the famous railway builder, hired Simons to be camp cook on his railroad surveying crew. Simons first arrived in Council Bluffs in 1853 as part of that party.(l, 17) A November 26, 1961 Omaha World Herald article claims: "It is known that he was in Council Bluffs when it was called by its previous name Kanesville, for he made a painting of the then Mormon 2 settlement in 1849." It is not known that he was here then! As noted, he states that he came to Council Bluffs four years later: Start don servaynig trip with Gen Godge from Devenport, Iowa 1853 on R~ck Island RR servan from Devenport to Council Bluff started from Devenport 1st of May got to C.B. in Sept., stopped at Councle Bliffs made that home for 56 years, ... " (17) As for drawings dated prior to 1853, it would be relatively simple to ask those who were living here which buildings were here in 1849 and which were built later. It would also be easy to add a building where one had disappeared. For instance, if as believed, the Kanesville Tabernacle only stood for about four years, it would not have been here when Simons arrived and it is pictured in his 1849-1851 drawing ofKanesville. It is also true that it became the Rock Island Railroad, but at the time the survey was made it was the Mississippi and Missouri River Railroad. Mr. Simons is writing some years after the fact. He did the same with his sketches and paintings. Simons married Emiline Cluff November 9, 1858 in Earlville, lllinois(lO) and had three sons and two daughters though one article says he had eight children.(13) Emeline died January 23, 1885 and is buried in the Neola Township Cemetery, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Sometime following her death he married Mary N. Simons whose obituary is in the Nonpareil of 9 December 1904. She was aged 86 years at her death. George and Emeline's son, Ivan, died June 29, 1885 and is also buried in the Neola Township Cemetery. George Simons is listed in the first Council Bluffs City Directory of 1865 and through 1868 as a painter/ portrait painter. In the 1891- 92 directory he is listed as a gunsmith/locksmith.(13) In the Iowa Census of 1885, Simons is shown living on Front Street in Neola, Iowa. His occupation is painter. Living with him are Rosa Simons, Norman Simons, and Fae McCreary. His daughter, Mrs. Rossie Reynolds was quoted as saying: He would paint, of course, and then he was always fixing things for people. He was a very gentle and kind man. He often threatened my brother and myself with a 'cuff on the ear' if we misbehaved- but the cuff never came. Mrs. Reynolds describes him as a quiet, mild mannered man with a bright red beard and blue eyes.(1) 3 h . f medium size. In addition to his d tions that e is o . . Belle sanfor men theater in Council Bluffs for a tune m . s· ons also ran a other vocations, llll 1858.(16) th . 6 th th er their [Council Bluffs] was err mon s, e~ "l started a th:ed acrost the plains I painted the seonry and all--m broke up and ;tth my tmcle acrost the plains their was 40 wagons of us 1861 I went th 1 tt river on the north platt we stopped for the 4 of tr eled up e P a · we av k th 1 ·de bords from our wagon, our fiest consisted of Jul they too es . Y e breasts and every tiring one could amagam the address Roast Ox goos . · of the day was made by Dun Nortm, Sr., we went on then with out any bl n any kind until we got to Salt Lake then I meet a man who trou e o . useto be with me in the theater he told old Bngham Y mmg I was a sean ainter and he wanted me to stay their he offord me 6. 00 a day but I p . . "(17) wouldent stay I felt susp1c1ous. Apparently his wife, Emeline was with him when he went west. He mentions in his diary that he worked at ' Peteluma' all that winter. Then: Mother wanted to go back so I got the money and she went back by the Ismus, the panama people took them through over the lakes and over land on burrous ... I staid at Healsburg that winte[r] had a painting school The next fall I went back but had a little better trip than motl1er did we crossed the Ismus and took the (missing text) finely getting back to C.B. was a month on the trip when I got to C.B. I joined the army in the 29 Volunteers.(17) Simons fought in the Civil War serving from 1862 to 1864. He became a Christian while in the army: In that little grove never will I forget the spot on the beach of the Gulf of Mexico, where I bowed down for the first time in earnestness to God, deturmaned to turn my back to this sinful world, and follow Gesus. I asked the Lord to tutch the heart of my wife that she might become a christian, She had bin raised up not knowing the reel need of religion or of serving the Lord. I prayed for her, my prayers were heard and answered and so were the prayers offered up at home for me as you may see by a letter written to my by my Brother.(17) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ,.. 4 In the late eighties, Simons went to Washington State seeking jobs painting stage scenery. What success he had there is unknown. He returned to Iowa where he continued to live until 1909 when he moved to Long Beach, California. He was later granted a pension and belonged to the G.A. R. post Number 181 at Long Beach, Califomia.(16) George Simons seems little known outside this immediate vicinity. For the past fifty years, however, his work has garnered considerable interest in this area and among those interested in Mormon history. He seldom signed his paintings making it difficult to discern just how many works he actually made.(13) One held by the Council Bluffs Public Library is a collection of sketches which was for many years preserved by N. P. Dodge.(16) In 1946,one author wrote that "Only one copy of the book was ever made. "(18) Perhaps the most valuable and interesting collection of pictures of early Council Bluffs that exists today is in possession ofN. P. Dodge, in the form of a book of sketches drawn for him in 1853 by George Simons, well remembered in Council Bluffs as a photographer and artist, and who died some years ago. "(7) Since this unsigned article is from the C0tmcil Bluffs Nonpareil of 4 September 1904, the writer is obviously mistaken about some things. Mr. Simons lived until 1917. He had just traveled on! Also, some of the sketches are of Council Bluffs in 185 8, thus it is not possible that they were drawn in 1853. At least not all of them. In fact, according to an article from the Nonpareil of 7 July 1893: A few weeks ago he [Simons] sketched a book for General Dodge of these old scenes in and around Council Bluffs and also of the important scenes connected with the general's routes through the west with his surveying parties. These were sent to the general and no money could buy them.(8) It is most likely that Mr. Simons used both previous sketches and his memory to make the sketches. He was said to have an excellent- some went so far as to say photographic-memory. The article continues: Some time ago Mr. N. P. Dodge, knowing the ability and taste of the Council Bluffs artist, Mr. Simons, sent him to his farm in Nebraska a - 5 di from Omaha to take sketches of it and also of the Dodge short stance . · k d d the farm of General Dodge. Mr. Snnons did the wor homestea an th ·th 11 d true to nature that Mr. Dodge can look upon em w1 so we an so . almost the same satisfaction as he would were he looking at the originals.(8) An article copied and kept in the scrapbooks of the Council Bluffs Public Library reads: To the Mercury office Mr. Dodge, Jr., of this city, son of N. P. Dodge, Sr. And nephew of Gener~ G. M. Dod.ge, brings a book which is worth its weight in gold many tunes over. It 1s handsomely bound and is made up of pencil sketches of early western scenes, with a few photographs of more recent date. Most of the pencil drawings were by George Simons, (Who else would they be by in his sketch book?) a cook employed by General Dodge's engineering party when at work on railroad surveys in Iowa, and west of the Missouri River, beginning in 1853. One of the earliest of these is a picture of a double log cabin, one story high, surrounded by a rickety rail fence, a covered wagon in the rear and a hay stack near the front of the building. Underneath is an inscription to the effect that the modest building was the residence, in 1853, of Elder Orsan [sic] Hyde, the famous Mormon, when he lived in Council Bluffs.(6) Also from the scrapbook is another unattributed article as follows: The finest pictures in the book and those which undoubtedly cost the most labor, are a series showing Council Bluffs and Kanesville as they appeared in the early days. The first one portrays the Kanesville of 1849. The village at that time was a single street straggling up the valley along the present route of Broadway. Along the prairie road which forms the street in the picture, trains of emigrant wagons are moving while a couple of Indians occupy a conspicuous place in the foreground. The houses are all one story frame and log huts. Under the bluffs, at what is now the comer of Sixth and Mill streets, the old Daggers saw mill, the first mill in Council Bluffs, is shown. From it Mill street took its name. The mill derived its power from Indian creek, which was evidently of some use in those days, and was harnessed much more successfully than it is now. The Methodist church, with a ---- 6 l . fr nt of it nestles against the bluff near Park from a po e m o ' . bell swung b. are surrounded by high fences servmg as Avenue. Most of~: ~n :~of the hill back of where ?eo~ge A. corrals for th~ sto · tands the old powder magazme is shown. 1 . , residence nows . . d Kee me s . .t cessor stood until after the civil war an . azme or 1 s sue , This mag ' . k . ·ts walls contained the name and address of a alrn t every bnc m I 1 . . (5) os . __ cc. ldier in the civil war, carved deep Y mto 1t. Council Blwl.S so d t know where or if this item was published nor is it Unfortunately, we o no dated. . is known to have painted two huge. panoramic works. One he Sunoi:is . his diary: In bis own words, Sunons says: descnbes tn three of us went up on Mouseeri River to St. Louis in 1854 painted ~aroma of the trip after that I went to Denver their was two or ~ee log cabins their then/doug for gold quit their, them and went to hunting in Pike Peak mountains left Denver back to Counce! B .... (17) And from another newspaper article: Historical Masterpiece is Missing Possibly lost to art and history is a painting of incalculable historical value, which was conceived and executed in Council Bluffs in the 1860's. The work is by the prolific frontier artist, George Simons, who conducted an art school in Council Bluffs when he tired of depicting scenes of his day. Reported in newspaper accounts of the day, the paintings are said to have been spread on 10,000 feet of canvas. Depicting the trail from Council Bluffs to "Denver City," Simons created a historical masterpiece which would be of value today, in the opinion of members of the Iowa State Historical Society. Simons made no secret of his gigantic effort. Records show that he exhibited every foot of the canvas in Council Bluffs and Omal1a and even toured with it to river towns, charging so much for admission to the boat on the interior walls of which the work was hung .... But the lengthy picture-story of the freighter trail from Council Bluffs to Denver cannot be found ... It must not be confused with the I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I - - - _J 7 f th Mi ouri River" another canvas of historical value. "Panorama o e ss That panorama also bas been lost. .. (2) · 1 G rge Simons: Frontier Artist, Mildred Goosman In her artlc e, ea describes Simons' technique: ~rh t Simons belongs to the type of folk artist whose chief aim As an (l.1 uS ' . . fi . h f was to represent visual reality o~ a s~eci . c scene ~t exac~ess o . 1 1 ving to others a more unagmative rendenng of design and detai , ea . . . did h . abstract pattern. In none o~ his pamtings e. att~mp~ t~ mterpret . ture or emphasize a particular mood. Even his oil pamtmg of a ragmg ~:rest fire near Mount Rainier seems to be a reporting of the event, rather than an expression of the fury and terror. His thirty-odd known paintings can be divided as documentary landscapes, portraits, and studio works. His later pictures show a greater use of modeling, ... His few portraits lack academic polish, but suggest an insight into the individuality of his sitters. The landscapes have pleasing compositions within the framework of rigid adherence to the actual contours. While he sometimes misses the correct date by a year in his reminiscences, his visual memory for details is always accurate according to early newspaper articles which quote the comments of old settlers. It is this characteristic trait that makes Simons so important as a source, especially for the 1850's before exterior photographs were available. (13) ._ 8 Sketches at the Council Bluffs Public Library I. Hunting Antelope in Wyoming Territory August 1865 2. Arkansas Traveler 3. Bellevue NE 1856 4. Captain Carlisle's Train nooning in the Platte Valley 1859 5. First claim cabin built in NE by Daniel Norton in 1853 6. Congregational Church Council Bluffs. erected fall/winter 1869-71 7. Congregational Church erected 1854-55 on Pearl St. 8. Home of Rev. G.G. Rice 1852-55/Congregational Church 9. Council Bluffs 1858 view SW from hill where hospital is IO. Council Bluffs 1858 looking south from hill where hospital is 11 . Council Bluffs 1858 looking north 12. Dagger's Saw Mill near comer Mill and 6th Streets. Council Bluffs 1854 13. Dodge's engineer camp in Mo. River bottom Crescent-1853 14. Dodge Land Agency/Council Bluffs Savings Bank 15. Dwelling on Pierce Street N. P. Dodge winter 1864-5 16. Home ofN. P. Dodge from Apr 1865-1888 17. N. P. Dodge Office 1860-2 #122 Broadway 18. N. P. Dodge Office 1862-3, other 1863-9--2 offices 19. Looking south over Dodge claims to Elkhorn ferry 1854-8 20. S. Dodge cabin and improvements 1858 to 1856 21 . Log cabin Dodge family lived Omaha after Elkhorn Indian scare 22. West part of N. P. Dodge farm Elkhorn River NW Omaha NE 23. S. Dodge Home/hjs widow Julia F. and N. P. Dodge 1858-64 24. Elkhorn River Ferry 25. Emigrant ferry Elkhorn River NW Omaha NE 1854-5 26. Utah and Calif. Emigrants crossing Elkhorn River 27. Ferry across Elkhorn River 1854 28. First temporary bridge ~t. CoWlcil Bluffs and Omaha with first train 29. 4th IA Infantry Camp Kirkwood at CoWlcil Bluffs 1861 · 30. Ors~n e home near Kanesviile and Harrison Street 1853 3 l. Indians skinning a buffalo on t11e plains 32. Jack hunting the cows 33. Kanesville 1849-51 Iooking N from Main Street and F' A 34. Mormon Camp meeting near Parks Mill ust venue 35. Mormon tra· I · 36 M . m ~amp assomg steers preparatory to yoking up · onnons crossing the plai h d 37 0 . h . . ns an carts from Florence 1856 38. p ma a Indi.an Vl.llage on Papillion Creek near Bellevue 1854 . awnee Indian Vlllage so th f PI . 39 s· . c· u o atte River near Fremont 1856 . IOUX 1ty Iowa 1856 40. Steamer Omaha landing Mormons at Florence s rin 185 :~ : ~~! I~ant~ winter q~arters Little Rock AR wi~ter ~864-~ gnst null/S.E. Wick on Mosquito Creek later Parks Mill I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 9 Paintings Intact (1931) as listed by Belle L. Sanford Christ Blessing LittJe Children (Probably at Children's Square) The Vacant Chair (Above two paintings donated to the RLDS Church in Council Bluffs. They are at tJtis time 1997 , ,, Portrait of Mrs. Simons lost .) A Flock of Quail Forest Fire Near Mount Rainier, Washington A Deer Scene in Winter Cows Standing in Stream of Water Portrait of Harry Simons on Horseback Head and Bust of Harry at 17 Trysting Scene Christ Two mountain scenes Head of Logan Fontenelle Head of Alexander Campbell Negro Burial on the Plains Council Bluffs From the Nebraska side of the River Herd of Buffalo View of Bellevue, Nebraska The above were all ex1ant in 1931 and were exhibited in the br 1 . pu tc tbrary at that time. Other Paintings Dodge House - Vie'~ of Council Bluffs (Civil War paintin ?) Crowl Company - View of Council Bluffs g I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 10 List of Sources: l . -----"George Simons, City's First Artist, Had Bright Red Beard-Mrs. Reynolds" Council Bluffs Daily Nonparei I, January 4, 1952. 2 . ----- "Historical Masterpiece is Missing," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 27, 1932 3. -----"Joslyn to Exhibit Works of Artist George Simons," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 17, 1962. 4. -----Obituary of Mary N. Simons, Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, December 9, 1904. 5. -----"One Straggling Street," (Council Bluffs Public Library Scrapbook). 6. -----"Sketch Book of Value," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, May 25, 1901. 7 . -----"Sketches of early Days in Western Iowa," Counci I Bluffs Daily Nonparei I, September 4, 1904. 8 . -----"Some Rare Pictures," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, July 7, 1893. 9 . Adlow, Dorothy, (No title) Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 196 1. IO. Bishop, Judy, Personal letter to Irene Dawson, 118 Fleming, Council Bluffs IA February 28, 1997. 11 . 1860 United States Federal Census for Pottawattamie County, Iowa. 12. Goosman, Mildred, (Title unknown, clipping in Council Bluffs Public Library scrapbook) 13. Goosman, Mildred, "George Simons: Frontier Artist" Iowan Summer 1962, p. 19-32. 14. Goosman, Mildred, Joslyn Art Museum Commemorative Program, George Simons Exhibit, 1961 , Omaha NE. 15. -----Roster of Iowa Soldiers: War of Rebellion, Volume 3, l 7th-3 l ' 1 Regiments, Iowa General Assembly, p. 1442. 16. Sanford, Belle L. "George Simons," Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, March 22, 193 1. 1 7 . Simons, George, "Diary" . 18. Telpner, Gene "Pioneer Days Preserved in Photostat Sunday World-Herald Magazine, May 26, 1946 19. Turner, Martha M. "In Search of Historic Pictures," Nebraska History, October/ December, 1942. J t,r s~,;~~ts;.~~~;~ ~ ~~~E~~1 ~ ··-= . .... . t::: · ----:: .... . ,-·::-·:-,."?..._ ...... No; Delay ·-. ...,.~ ... ··'- ~ · · t . : ;~~%;J;~~~i~~~~~~~~ ~·· ~-~~t~¥~~~~11;~; _. · ... 'Q'. - . - ·~ -~=-·. ->:.~~ .. ~~""<'" '" ~- .../ .-..;,,- .· .. ,,.~~: ·• ..- ~;«i..: -z;.,-..... . ·:!. ~ i1I:~!~~1J~P~~~!~ ~; '';. ~- ~~·.'- 5~earf:St'fe ei:.-council milus; -1owa~ ,-;;:.:~;A k:" \. -~=~2 ~:~;~ .:!::~:~::~:,:;:::;::::;:; . ~­ -~,.-~ _' ·:. ·. , ... ___ ·- r;::====================== =·=:;:: · ·=·=·=· ·=·=··=··='"='·=·=· ·-~ ===:::;-1 ~ttomed Doa.t ~d · st.lirted out wJth .- ~at •· · · -·· · · · - ···· · • · · · ,_ "' _,._....., · · - · · - · · ·· they. t.ermea ·a.·· :'Pano-rania" of -.'the · ·M:·1s- t:/ Ge6~e-S1mons-:?' 1h~ .. ·NatU:t:-al ~rn .:, .2-2;.:. _.: :;:, ~~~,. sour1 ru v~r.:::..: ::::-:.-3 · .• : ':·::.. '-:-, :. : :_ :·:.,:·· .; .• :·£_e: _./ _-. ·- .. · ....• ··. - . . •• \ \; . . ·-' -.~ ..... r:! :: - i• .. L;·.-. _~.;;':>: - · .• : :-. ,,-."':_ , -:-:_:,.:;__ .O..;:_ _ Art1~4 . an . Hi~ . ~a1nting~ c~ecif11; tu~~~~u~1:~~:'., reTh·~;e.."ho~~ . ·. · ·· · · · - · · ·" · - ·.. · · . · · lasted ·three nights each and ·were well • ,. • . ,_ · · attended. - Simons and his party, . . wltb -.H. -:,. ny paintings and drawings ma.ae oy . ":M.. Dodge,-wbli~ -Tue latt·e; ~ • engagM. H. Fields as musician,· then started out l · George Simons and declared .by tbe old In surveying routes !or varlous proposed lo .tour the towns up e.nd down . the .river .. . · ~!dents o! the cJty .to be -wonde rfully lines of Iowa ra!llvadB.-He accompar.led The .a.ttraetion did not take · vei:y ,.,,en, { accurate, ·both In deta!La~d In. general the 11urveylng parties o! which tne !:'Cri· !or the elm pie reason that every 'town .. pclt'IJPeCtive, have been . preserved to -«Ive era.I. WaJS .in charge, tbroUi'b · :fowa :an~ a!on&' the river wante6 to ·be played -up as ;; to cllliena -o! the present and !uture a. a.cross the · pla!ns o! Nebraska and Col.- tbe· most important point, and ··when· 1l • . - correct Impression or the appearance ot ~ra.do, when the route tor the Union Pa· .did not· appear so In the panorama.. Its / ' Councll Blu.tts In various st:a&"es of 1t11 clflc railroad. was being selected.· and on· .citizens became · disgusted .and . . refuB6<l < e::d.Jltence a.e a 1rontler ·vlllage. The a.o- other earlier .and later trips_ or the same their .Jl!ltronage. '· · •· .·. :,, ;;; • , . ."·-'. ·., : • • ~ companytna"cut hr ~ niproductlon o! · & k!nd._;..: ... ..:,..,_ · ·· -;:- "··-: ·- : : .. : .. -.· ·'Flelil a.ccompanled tne party. from-SIOuX: /. piintlng made by Simons,. which l8 now · During l.806 Simons, accompanied by H. City to S L .. o..epu, from which -point "he i In the ~elon o! Tbe Nonpareil, a.nd H. Fall- and· .. ·thlrd party named Waldo, .r eturned home. The -Others continued "the I· "'!'hlcb hr con.aide~. to jpve 'tbe best and made ·a trip down the ·Mlaaourl::rlver.from trip .duwn · the river, but ·nnally " went t. · moat a.ccura.te Impression o! the Council Sioux Clt:y" to St. LouJa; -elopplng at .and broke~ ·:and stranded · 1n· s: ·11ttle llllnols ·: p1Un'.a o! .1803, -when .the little !rontlei:- vii- mak!ng ~rawlnp or ·every town en -rOute. townM on tbe ba.nk.s · or the l!illsslSBlppl. '"~..: qe ·rooetved tbf:I .cba.rter -which made .Jt When tbe trip wa.s ended, they T'6turned Previous to starting ouC on the- trip down f . _-,_~:-_-..f '-~ .. -~..· . r;,,cy:.·t.~,_ra . .:..I: .a·~,.,"'rn·;;r..:rtj: !/ ?_:_·':'-. '!"- .·. ~- :: to· Council Blul!B and !rom ·tbe dra.wlngB .the-· r!ver- Stnmns · a.nQ · hl:l"J)artners --were _ .. ., ,'" ~ " ..... - · -- and painting-a "1! :the towns and ~he '01Iered .$Z!i()() 1n ··ca.sli for the aeries o! · · .-Simoni! ~a.a ot U.e ~n>e" kuo11"Il .u a. scenes o! .'interest· s.lon&" .the rlTer ··ma.Ce I palnUnp ·by s. comp11.ny -whlcl1 ·J>roposed i · -. "Jµ.tural born artlat." . He came.to Coun- palntlnp.'· When , tbla"·waJS ·completed, -!nLto ts.ke 'the exhibit to th •aat and dll- . ..'1 BltUra u cook .tor Ueneral: Grenvllla l.8S7, they bull~ themselves. <& ..,l&tg'e .. nat, play ·u ·1n·-the bll' cities:' ... ~ ... ~ · ~ · . •• · e- "'~· · ·.l"'lf ...... .... . . .,. _ r:_ .. .. ,.-. • - .. .-..... ..,... . . . :_ . .. o; -. ~ ' -:-- : :;-.. .,·. ·. · • • • • .. -.· -: ·· ·"."' !., ~ ·_,___ -;:. ""===============·· -: ; ttv~; . Biislnw: had. not .i:n~d~ North .Main; and only 'to a. sllgbt' extent Pearl or South Main..: On the latter 'were a tew ·Warehouses, and the livery b8.rn or Mart Robinson, about where the Empk!e 1lard· .-.. c·ouncil Bluffs· 2.·;{ _ _ !!alf Century A~o (Continued ir"om Twenty-third :-Paire.): ware store stand!! -0n the east side, while ·• · · · · · the residence of Dr. ·p , .:I. McMahon -was Councll Blul!s .brul bad .many dlstlnon . the corner- now- occupled by . E. E . ·gulshed v!B1tora, .and.-.11he hail proven herHart's ban le: . _ . .;-· .• - · · . -· ,. sclt ou "tl.ll ·occa!!lons an admirable host; a one-story frame. Goin&' "West "."e come · ·· . 11 E : ·. · hut-:11oxie' o! ·the ·18.ti.er'- day events, !or to .. the d•·nv"·store of '.Finley·. o-~nn the ·. Earliest Brick Houae Str - .. xists. . tree-handed ~d "·Iavisb.'i.expend!ture .to ·..., ......., • . ..A. .little -eouth o! .Fi rat aven.ue· was ·the show her guests e. good. :time at -the ex-· Jewelry store of ~erty &. Beek. drug ld ence o! a Mr. Wttgstal!; -a little brick pense ··or· .the· clty'!I · ·.strong · box· .. have store of Dillon & Doughty, .and we arrive hoWte which 1s a rlval· cllamant t or the di&· equalH!d the occrusloi. in . 1867 ·when two at- tbe ·Pacific "hoUBe. _-.Then come& · the tlncUo.n .or being tJ~ · "flnst .brick hott11e P!U'ties or some 2lO .railroad excursionists I Western StAge .comp1U1Ye offioe with Elias e~ed in ·the city, with the weight ot oacb .;vlslt&d the city as guests -<>! the Seara as ··agent. the bank ot Henn, W u-· •vldene strongly. 'in - Its · tavor: ". It. · still municipality, -the second remalnlng from I llama & Hooten, .and tbe store or B .. B . stands s.nd serves JUI .the law otfice of Saturday morn!ng. till Monda;_ The par- ] Brown. . . ' . · · ··• ::.. , ·~, . • ..... :,,,.>..,... - ;Lindt.:k Schur::t.. ::.;. .... .:.;. · ~:~ ; .::: ... -:..- .- tl<e, ""hlch came ·tn o-1rer the··NorthwestTb!.a wrui .the llmtt or buslne111i"". -cmUl While the residence porUon Is ~tended e.r!l an4 .Jett ·over' the Union :Pa.clt:lc for. la~r. George Parka.·" started .a ·;lumber e:· .JJtUe beyond the llrnlts described, · 1t the- west. included ~ong their number. yard 00 "the ;northwest cornet: ~! Broad~ was -eubst.antlally. bounded bY WaJSh!ng- c:<pllalJHs, 'bankers, _politicians J!.Dd railway. .and Birth street.· . Next we come "to t.oo a venue· on tbe ·north. Frank at.reel· ronC Ir.c'1l. ·~ •. ~: ·:.-';; ~ . ... ..:;-r :" " ·"·- - . the - residences or s. :N ·~Port.unlel-d ·and on the ~ Bloo~r.-· atreel ,-and .. . Fltth J~illl' to. "the' ...a.mount".-o! -$3,000 -were B.1- Thomu Ot!lcer, and · s. tew . ;,ma.U ·-dwell- avenue on the -&0ut):i -and .seventh street ·l<>wed . by -the: 9)ty-eouncn ·to· pay ..for the !ng1, .. and .Broadll!llY der;~ra.tee . Into .<8. ~ ~ west.- ,.. .. .-. .,,,::_ · ; :-::{ .,,:..~ -< ,. . ; . e;tpen.se ,'of en~ert.al.nment ,.gi:ven ··the. '\"lb-:_ crooked trail through a 11ea at .• -.11nowers : ~ before .stated ''.li6 was .the ooom .year. ltore ... &n~ ·· the !act ,.th~t "the · 1ar1:11r ,pora.nd .pra.!rie JITS.SS r or ·-three·=Ues ·to the: .Mone; was plentiful s.nd,, tbeN> -..-as a tlo.n o! this ·went tor :wines, llQuors .and · ~ - large a.mount ·or bulldlng. .Among the· clg-ara, .1.s evidence tha.t -nothing ·was letl brick business hou11et1 ·· built· that ·year undone to ·!nsure· the visitors a pleas>lllt were the Babbitt hall, & three-story build· time. The J>artY :v;:as met at the train log, ·-where Bell &. Son aTe now doing by a la~ delegation or '<llt..i%ens, he-:.ded buslnC91!1:" the -Hagg-: bloak;· two stor.&11: .tbr. ;by Mayor.-Frs.nll: .. .Street. ~ Caroages and Palmer block, tbree stories • .a.nd 'tbe Cit; veblcles -were ·,'Provided· .and ·"the. ·:\1sltorit lillll . . All or these a.re ·standlng ·now ·s.nd were driven .about .. t.he .. clty .. and ·co1m l....,. ~upled except .the -m11L . The finest res!- lmmedlately.-surrounding .. In the evenn':g. aences ·were t.boee' or . B. ·:-St.uusman. -a -public reception. wu . .held .in Burhop _,. corner .o! Pleroe '-And'. :Stutsman ·atreet, hil.11 and a big. supper ,wu provided nl .. ...., . now occulpCd by B a rney··Grab.l, the brick tha Pacific _.bowie, .. Cltlsens open!'d 'tllet.,. ;,-_ .... house or William 'Powers ·on. Broadw~Y· .. houses .. !or·· ·the: -entertalnm~nt · <>! . the I ;,;: :·· between nrst and :Benton; ~ llnQ "that ·of guesLB, .a.nd -no .J;>a.ln.a .ot · s.ny kind. ~re I .. ~. · ·John ·Keller ·Just .south •of "Masonic ·tel'l1·· spar,ed ·to ms..ke ·the vlslt ·a ple=ant on• pie -where ·he .bas llved ·.tor more than a and ma.ll::e a -tavora!blit Impression,'.'>- .~ ·. · hair century · .. •·· - '--· · . . · · · :.ry - h -... ..... - ·. •_, .. ,_. : ' · . . ·'- : ·: I . There weri probabl;,.' ~"(!w"°elUnis built . :. , W at i_~ ·: c~~ ~e Crt~ •. ; ; : .. • during the .. year, a .gi.ea't ·many ot which "The following .are ."t.be blll.e, -cover!~) aN> atlll occupied. The principal contrac· t.he ~nd!turea. tor µie en~ta.1nment ·N tors -were Williams· & Dewe·y, Folsom ·&. - · ·· -~ ·• ·. · · · Mallet;·Hare & Musaer, a.nd a Mr. ·Perno, ca.rpentens, •"With ..John "Hammer. and "M<;· Nama.ra. Bros., muoilB.' ..... , -.· .• ·.: · ~ r: :· '.:·.' ·Miiitary Comp.any. o.";~ni ~ea~ (°_'·' " ·Durlns •the summer: a - bandaomely' nnl· formed mKlt.ary OOl"QJ>B..DY··,..... orsanlsed, . ai.o a bra.as band t.a.uabt., and oondootod by C> ·C. .Kuhn.. Ol· .l .. nnem-ra. o. 1 ;?;•: B.m.lth • .,A>f ~ ~t,--S)'~ .... -- • .. ,; . -•.• !._· ...;, .. .:'-• ( .. -- . . ,-. ,, .. J . . .... .. ~: ' . -~ .. ... , . . ·I .... .,. . . .. ;.. ..... : •• if ... . . . . ·. o• I ' -. ' _,, ... .. -· .:.;, . . ':"' •' -~ :·· .· · .... ; ·-"· . . ... ' . "· ...... . : ..... . : . ! ... - . '·:. ..• ... -- ·- - I I I I I I I I I I I I I ~ I I I I f.~IB~ tfilft : &--: ~ -~ ;h ·i h~~~1:ch:·: ~e rro~ ~i~11?1!::·~ J ·. - 1 ,_ 1 · "' ·:." UFF ---S _I . was not as- pretty and white aJ it h () \J . ..:; --·.:: · ___ ...._, COUNCIL BL . today, but members or the older e~ 1 - : .. ~· . eratlon are .willlng to wager that 1t 1 . <: : rs-· . ~ d e 8 tile Builder, Dl d was Of b etter quallty. ·Wh en m a cle into ! 1 t eveu o.nn r , bl1!ad it 'would no.O lighte n, _ as the I ~ . a -Fen- Dn.y" Ag,o-Go.,-e to l!ll.ll house\\'ife says, so·: we ll as the bre:i.d · . Stree -t tile. "Nome. ( 0 \ now sold by the- ,bak e r. but It had a . ___ ,. '>-'ct / '' 1 1 • sweeter ta s t e and -;ar quantity that in- 1 · · · l ' '!' 1 ' . l deed made lt " the: stall'. or life." , Steven· Saundetf. who died a few No one r ememberS:just when the old I clays ago at Bloom eld at the ripe o ld · mill was torn d o wn :and what hecame . age or 87. built the fi r st mill tha: e v er f or the owner. It is: the evalll ~ oplnoper ated In Cou&ctl Bluffs. This was Ion howe\·er that.. Saunde rs did not In the latt er part of the - "forties," and ow~ t he mili. although neith e r ~fr. on ly a few of the-vkl settlers even 1 e- · Field or Justice Bryant remembe rs .. ; member the existence of the mill. who was the O\\'n~. , : Justice Bryant wa.:s one or _the :;i!· y-~ While this was the fir st mill in th? ~ comei·s to tht c it}:l\s was H. H . l' ield. ! Blufl'.s It was not the ·first In t he county. i Both have been-· here neal"ly ha lt a .: 'I.h e.·Indlans owne-1~ a mlll not:.t heast ! /, ntury. In- th(lse : days the prnsent f: of the ci ty that .'\\:as here whrn the · 1 thriving city wa~ nothing but a small . oldest settler camE!' and was- built , • v illage, being built In the valley be- years before. It .was owned and nper- • tween the hills. · _,. . •. nted by two or thr.ee m e1'Jlb e rs of the The mill built by Saunders stoon atl: Pottawattamles \\'b"i ch werP. sta t i oned '-!' r le -Pvlnt ·about ,w,!}er&.- Se.-e nth-atrce~;f h e r e at tha t. time. ··This mill was Stil: n ow c rosses Mm : s;neet. Fr om It cn me:, standing when the la st vestige of ti:"' l the n l}me of Mill 'stree t, to:Jay one ofj, city mill had disappeared. , the p leasantest r esiden ce streets of the 1 ----·--=----- -<L--.- _,,. I c ity. More than farty yea rs ago the! ·---- / • -- - / f old structure was t orn d own and a )'.<ti .• /~ ( ;: :t; ~ '-t_ ,·? ./ ·' ' cottage stands n early on the former; ' · . '1, .... 1 j ;l , ] site. j ,., ,_.,.,-.; ') _, '.,..·, ......... ' ~' • ' .. . I • I 1-·C. -~ .:,( Built on the style or all the mills of/ 7 · r that period. it h:id a n Imm ense wat er wheel with bucke ts attached whi c h-. caug ht the water as It po ured !rnm the) f,'f, "raee" courioe and r e \·oh-cd with e;c-; i . tr-eme · Irr egularity. It p e 1-f0rmcd tne . 1 w ork necessa ry, however, and lll;e unto '· jJerry, the miller, the man in chargr: ' ~\ always responded to the query of • i:twhe-:i the, grist would be re a dy w ith,' 1 ~ "Never rear but you'll be tolled." · ~J.~J-, In those days much m o re corn mea l• w,, ~,·as used than nowadays. In !act theuat j two burrs of th e mill whic h turnerl !wh :I out meal were m 9 r e In d e m a nd than lh I the slng lP. one which made the flour. _1 1 On ly In a few of the extreme rura l dls1 gr 'J trlcts Is the lJUrr -s:;stcm still It! 11 ~.; ~ .the immense ftlnt . stones having gi\·en ~'I· · \ 'ay to the roll<! r proC'ess. which is ru ~ ~uch quicker way ot turning out roc>.J] ;y'- ~Pr~'l..ffic:ul'f a nd."considcred be tte r by the mil f . rs - or tne prefent g e n e ration. 1• (,.,The wat er by which the mill was run came from Indian c ree k, being turned1 l.n"te the coui·se where· B enton street! now c rosse:i thec re a lc. The co111·se ex-1 i:e.hde(I down Wnshlngton ave n ue and · turned at the place whel'e th2 W-a. 3hJngton. avenue sch ool Is located. Durln8'- the dry "\veather In the s ummer the oreek "some times r efused to furnish a n ad~quafe s u pply Of 'Wat e r and then . ft " · I ' b ecame necessary to stop worlt~ The ~,~~ t patrons knew or these times, howe ver, ~ ~a:: when the water w~s high us:.ially °PJb~ . t oolc ·a .!at:K.e_ .i::rh.t .tQ...!>e irrounuo that _____.._ -~ • p~ - Io.>••• :::.... 9 • .~• - - ·--._...__,:_ ' I J_ I I J ( '-'--- ' - - - By Gene Telpner P,IONEER days in I owa and Nebraska as seen by an early day artist-photographer are being preserved in photostat by the County Recorder's office in C o u n c 11 Bluffs. A book o( drawings, "Frontier Sketches," by George Simons, ls being thus preserved for posterity at the request of the Council Bluffs Public Library, in whose vault is stored the original volume, fragile and dog-eared. Only one copy of the book was ever made. Mr. Simons, the artist, came to Council Bluffs with Gen. G1·enville Dodge, some say as a surveyor for the Rock Island Railroad. Later records classify Mr. Simons as a cook with artis- tic ability. But whatever his true calling, Mr. Simons' skill at the drawing board has passed on to posterity valuable historical data . The book of 35 drawings was done at the request of Nathan P. Dodge, brother of General Dodge, and the subject ma tter of several of the sketches is the Dodge fam- ily itself. The dwelling of Gen- • eral Dodge, for example, formerly located on Pierce Street in Coun - cil Bluffs. The hou~e was originally built in St Louis, Mo. Jn· 18.'56 it was loaded on a steamboat a nd shipped to Council BluHs and reassem- bled. It was the talk oI the town, since it was the first frame dwell- ing ever to be seen by many of the r esidents. Mr. Simons' draw- ing depicts Nathan Dodge and his wife before starting on their wed- ding trip in September, 1864. The carriage, drawn up before the house, awaits the young couple framed in the doorway. There are other equally inter- esting scenes of pioneer days: The Kancsville (Council Bluffs) of 1849 with its single, straggling street that is today's Broadway, emigrant tmins, Indians. The first claim cabin in Ne- braska erected by Daniel Norton in 1853 somewhere between Oma· ha and Bellevue. 'The steamer Omaha landing Mormons al Florence, Neb., in 1854. The first temporary railroad .. Mormons debark ing from the ' bridge across the Missouri be- tween Omaha and Council Bluffs. The sketch, done on December 26, 1867, shows th<! first train, be- lieved to be on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1 which was Ale-Sar-Ben The Oce. 1858 the M . I } - - 'iJ s Preserved in Photostf}t 1 i£!1f. ' ' Steamer Oma.ha at Florence, N eh., in 1854 ••• the majority headed west. :rossing the bridge, south of the present structure. an Wave Saloon - in onte Carlo of the west ' . -which stood on the present site are reproduced on this page. o! Broadway Methodist Church in Photostat copies are to be availCouncil Bluffs. able for public reference in tli9 Some of the Simons sketches Council Bluffs Library. ·-.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - = - - I I U,_ f\A ., f\ o. , S · I 1 •·• ' ! JC .. .... 0 : ! I ' /u I ·T I . . I I • • . . OPENS. FALL SERIES. - I . " ~ I i- . I T.roop No. 22 ~~rtcd · ·the . ·fal series of- meetings , \.vi th ! a! Jou bang. "'Ne· met .at lthe Longtello school at 7:30 · p. 1 m. ·Friday. ,T\\rcn ty-eight. S .couts line~ up jto the cal of ':assembly'\ \.Vhile the ·: color pa..c;sed in rc\ri ew, ' \To the ~olors \vas played by Bob ~en. \V hnd n.n inspection. ut we couldn' find a particle of dirt on i any on Thry \ycre prepa~cd. · . I. . \Ve then sent thc lpatrols to the1 r espective corners to · check up th due~ B..IJd in t rod uce ' the new ni'em be . · Ten minutes] la .ter' w,o l)ncc up · to hear th .c pl~s:. or .. the nex three months' prdgram,: which wa g-lvcn by S coutmaster Phil I :Moe The two color guards were chose to whom the school flag !· is· . . in trusted. Fr~d Unning arid ' Bur Starr r ec 'el v ec;I the ' hqnornrY posi tlon s. It was atiout time · for t short game. ul ls ~ye was elcctcr and _,some of you fellows kn mv, h o v, the game is played. \Ve11 l et rn< tell you confidentially, th ~r . wer a few bullscyes made with muc damage. · , . I . 1 This was the -first of a series o· \ meeting with prominent m en a , speakers. It see med altog cthe' fitting and proper 'to have . L. C Haugness, our Scout e xecutiv e, a ; our first speaker.. I He gave ~ some of his experiences as la Scou: during the war. I 1 Some ~opl think the Scouts didn't do. much tc. win· the war butl we were shO\\'n that· they did do \ ·ecy mucll fo r the cause on this side of the At - lantic. v tr. "t..taus;;"Iles.~ stat'f>d t~ II T WENTY-TWO-C. SUNDAY WORLD-HERALD MAGAZINE t .. )+,j - fi,J ~ j -Z, C., I tqlf{p - ~-~~-~-~-~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~-~~~~ ~-~ -~~---~~-~~~--~~- ------------~~~~~- "'-..... pm ::R~ ~: ~~~:e:nd Ne- Pioneer Days Preserved in Photostat l.i I braska as seen by an early day artist-photographer are being preser ved in photostat by the County Recorder's office in C o u n c i I Bluffs. A book of drawings, "Frontier Sketches," by George Simons, is b eing thus preserved for posterity at the request of the Council Bluffs Public Libra ry, in whose vault is stored the original volume, fragile and dog-eared. Only one copy of t he book was ever made. Mr. Simons, the art- ist, came to Council Bluffs with Gen. Grenville Dodge, some say as a surveyor for the Rock Isla nd Ra ilroad. Later records classify Mr. Simons as a cook wit h artis- tic ability. But whatever his true calling, Mr. Simons' skill at t he drawing board has passed on to 1 posterity valuable historical data. "" The book of 35 drawings was done at the request of Nathan P. Dodge, brother of General Dodge, a nd the subject matter of several or t he sketches is the Dodge fam- ily itself. The dwelling of Gen- . e ral Dodge. for example, formerly located on Pierce Street in Council Bluffs. ( / The h ouse was originally built i n St Louis, Mo. In 1856 it·was loaded on a steamboat and shipped to Council Bluffs and reassem- bled. It was the t alk o-f the town, since it was the first frame dwelling eve!" to be seen by many of the residents. Mr. Simons' draw- ing depicts Na than Dodge a nd his wife before starting on their wed- • ding trip in September, 1864. T he caniage. drawn up before t he house, awa its the young couple J/ framed in the doorway. There a re other equally inter- esting scenes of pioneer days: The Kanesville (Council Bluffs) or 1849 wilh its single, straggling • street: that is today's Br oadway, emigrant trains, Indians. / _ __...._ _________ ~--· , ,, ·1 f ~ ~ ~ The first claim cabin in Nebraska e rected by Dnriie l Norton in 1853 somewhere between Oma - Mormons debarking from the Steame 1· Omaha at Florence, Neb., in 1854 • •• t he majority h eaded west. ha and Bellevue. The steamer Omaha la nding Mormons at F lorence, Neb., in 1851. The first temporary ra ilroad bridge across t he Missouri be- tween Omaha and Council Bluffs. The sketch, done on December 26, 1867, shows the first train, be- lieved to be on the Union Pacific Railroad, crossing the bridge. which was south of the present Ak-Sar-Ben structure. The Ocean Wa\'e Saloon - in 1858 the Monte Ca rlo of the west -which stood on the present site of Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs. Some of the Simons sketches are reproduced on this page. Photostat copies are to be available for public reference in t he Council Bluffs Library. .. Gen. Gremrille Dodge sle1>t here •. . located on Pierce Street in Council Bluff~, it was the first frame house in the city. Council Bluffs nearly a. century ago when it was known as Kanes\ille ••• Broad- way straggled even then. • -..... ·-~- First temporary span between Omaha and Council Bluffs across the Missouri • • , no tolt.-. or a.ch'ertising. Nebraska's first claim cabin erecW in 1853 by Daniel No1·ton ••• It was located between Omaha and Bellevue. · • . ' •t t'• •• .... , .. .. ~ ---·-· ·- - -. - :.: ·:-;;- ~~;;: ~~~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~4;~~~§§tj~~~ffe~:§1 ~~~+== -§~~~~~~. ==~;:-·.~~~- ~: 1!· ~.f:';# .. ~ .. ~~ ·~:-,:~'. h _· ·~ - . ·t-- - -·--·.-- -L----- - ~ - -- ·-- -.· -- ··.·-· .. : ~ . - .. ..;.;..:i..:..::.:..::....L:.~-; ~ ... -..--- ,--.-· i --.::.:-.-. T- · - --··-··- ·,· ~ - -:.::=.. ~·- ; -· _ .. ,_ • - .·_;__ .. _l :....::. :.:'..:. L .... . _ .... -..1'\·, ,,_.,;1\. -: "l-:.. .~ .. ;,,_• ..... ;-.. - .. ! .. l·.,J;. ._ ,,.,:. .. ... . .. .. h !::."-':..tJ ' . .A. • . . --. ' "-- ·~ · - ~ . r . --- 1 - · . . r :. . __ ......_ ----.- .. \ /' •· 1... .. • I ' · \ ·g ~ GroRG!! SI MONS pi:i.i!ltings Pioneer Artist of Counci l Bluffs, Left !a~ly-DaY 'Nhicb Have Great Histor:c Value. (by Belle 1 . Sanford) (Konpareil, March 22, 1931) ~ed George S~ ns , If a certain reedium-sized, sandy-comple~ioned man ra-cted to un~i l ttith honest blue eyes and a red beard had not been att -~ d to the city would • l~t~J.Jt:> Bluffs, cuch of rare pictorial and historical value r e have ce6n lost. d pot made, Simons Of that intuitive , ar.tistic ta.lent wi:ich is born a.Jl ~r-.l.e artist can do . ma.de a~~ drew. and painted the scenes about hin. as only~ fille design, his For a number of years, like good old walnut furniture c • work seemed to be al!!.ost forgotten. n 1926 , hundreds 1.lhen, however , ti1e new Hotel C~ieftain "!8-s opened .i e 51toons •s paintings of people flocked to the Pioneer Room, where , from Geol g w pioneering sc enes Grant ~Vood of Cedar Rapids had reproduced in enlarged fo~ wa.s awakened in of Council Bluffs, covering two walls, and a new interes the work of the early day artist. btrusive nan who George Simons was described as a quiet , modest, unod no matter what never pushed hio way into notice ; pleasant , likeable, atla'a gentleman . the stress of times or circumstance , alw~s courteous an girls all but Twice marr ied , he had eight children, five boys ar.d three ·ears ~n East three of whom died in infancy. His home was for seve ld~ vith his paintings Broadway, near Frank Street, where he had a studio fille \ 0 Cooked for ·G. M. Dodge . 2 ia34, and came to Simons was born at Streator, Illinois, on Jan. 2 • e a s a cook with Council J3 lu.ffs when a young fellow. It is said that he c~ of the rightGrenville M. Dodge , who with his party nade a survey in 1 t r th R ck of-r.a.y for thL 'ississipui and MissotU': river railroad , l a e eli 0 t~~ - h re ea1· er .ua.n Island railroad. It secl!lS , however, likely that he was e bl t . that. The young man was ingenious and had a knack of being a e • 0 repair guno , locks or anything else that needed repairs. He bad a repair shop for a tioe. As a boy in school, like many another youthfu.l artist , he covered everything with sketches--facos, figures, houees--and his t eachers scolded him - for it. At home he did the same thing. Young Siuon arrived h<" r e Yihlle the bluf.Ls and hills were in their virgin state, green and beautiful , toweri~ abov& the natural highway l eading toward the western plains. The natural beauty of the place appealed to his artistic eyes. The liv~Jlt;;. picturesque panoraJIB of i:any moving people; of the colorful Pawnee Ir.di·ms who came over from Nebraska for their governmer.t pay, spent ten or tw lve clays, fumced in front of the store ; the determined . ·.:. . : . . . -. -_ -::· :: ... '. ::- :_~ ·_-= ~ . -- - - - -- - .:. - -- - -2- gol d hunters on their way to Cali for nia.; the t'ormons from Nauvoo , Ill. ; the Pike 's pe<ikcrs bound for Colorado; the Gteady- going home seeker--ail traveling onward and westward, presented innumerable scenes to the artist of pencil and brush. Simons artistically painted emi grant wagon scenes-- the scenes of the ' 50s and 60~, the homes and bus5ness places of the early days and t he l andGcape with them. He painted a frieze for the Burhop Opera house , then opposit e the Ogden house ; a frieze f or Babitt•s hall, which is c t i l l standing, nea r First street and the scenerj for the Doheney Opera House . He painted signs for the fast-growing town. Simons also had enthusiasti c classes i n painting. Portraits and pic tures of differ ent kinds we re painted by Simons--home s cenes , wild life , re l igious, mountain and camp life and I ndian tepes. Said his daughter , Mrs. E. W. Reynol ds of Council Bluffs, 11 I used to be anxiouei t o know what he was going to paint next . There was always the marking off of s quares on the canvas and so much pr epar a tory work before he began the r eal pictur e . He u~ed fine canvas. 11 Served in Civil War I n April, 1862, George Simons enlist ed in Company B, 29th Iowa. Volunt eers, under Captain Andress and Col. Frederick St eel e. He was mustered in at Davenport , Io\'18., and was di scharged in pt n.ber, 1864, at Ne\v Orleans , La.. He was luter granted a pension. He belonged to the G.A.R. post No. 181, Long· Beach, California. Re iied at Long Bea.ch Oct . 7, 1917, and was buried in the soldiers ' plot at Sunnyside cemet ery. Before going to Long Beach he l ived for a time at Logan, I owa. Many times Mr. Simons crossed t te plains and obtained sketches which were lat er developed into paintings. A local pa.per said: 11His services to General Dodge we re ve~J valuable owing to the fact that he was one of nature 's artists and any part of the r oute trave rsed was indel i bl y phot egraphed in i;hc mind of Mr. Simons , who could sit down and sketch it at a omen s noti ce, almost true to nature; 11 also, "A few weeks ago he sketched a book of these old scenes in an~ around Council Bluffs and also of the important scenes connected with t he general's route through the west with his surveying parties . These sent to t he general and no m:mey could buy t l:em. 11 Sketchbook Comes to Light A beautiful and highly-prized ske tchbook of pencil drawings done by SiU1ons has recently come to light . I t was carefully preserved by N. P. Dodge , whose name a ppears stamped on the cove r, and in it are portrayed many phases of outdoor western life such as camps, wigwams, Indians and scenes along the Union Pacific railroad during its construction in the 1sos. 'l'he books , now in the public library as a Dodge bequest , is eliciting much praise and admiration from those who h8.vo seen the sketches. It is thought to be the same sketcheo which was given to General Dodge about 1892 by Mr. Simons. - At that time it was stated, 11 Mr. Simons' paintings and sketches will be more -3- appreciated by the 1 JUblic thEi better it beco!llcs acquainted ·.Tith them. Some of them are souvenirs of the early days whic:O will be preserved for centuries and l ong after the present e;eneration h..>.s ceased to exist. Some day they will be purc!la.sed and msp1 umual~ placed in the private libraI"J rooms of Council Bluffs 11 • One vast gar den Qf i.:r.flowers sketched from Eighth street to the Missouri ri ver. Many a..:i earl y resident r..as described that t a rritot-y of the west side of Council Bluffs in the 150s . A stagecoach dram ... by four horses run bet ween Kansevill e (Counci l Bluffs) and St. Joseph, Mo . , weekly , wit h mail and passengers. Steamers piled thC'! i.icsouri river between Council Bl u:ffs and St . Josepp. It require6.. t en weeks, mo r e or loss, to . n:ake a trip to Salt Lake City and cost $10 a hundred po"W'.ds t o freight goods to the same point . Mail fac i lities from the west were evidently exceedingly limit ed. Orson Hyde, Mormon editor of the Frontier Guardian , in 1850 disappointedly said: 11 1: en ba.ve come tilrough by expr ess from Salt Lake and left the mail to come by oxen. 11 Most of the buildings of the Morruon occupation (1848-52) were constructed of logs. Seve ral of such u.ppt: a r il: Simons 1 ea rl y p·:ctures. A fire in the business section, which cer. :cred at Fi rst stree t and Broad\"JaY in 1853, destroyed many of these bu ilding , which were quickly replaced. A fire the next year de o~~ d t hese and part of them e~e rebuilt of brick. At this time nearly all the homes and busi~ ss b~ildi ngs were located in the valley , along, or in close proximity to :Broadway on t hP Pioneer trail. Pioneer residents reflectively point to the old amilia~ landmarks of their heritage of a frontier town in Simons ' paintings. Old Land.rrarks are Gone The Mormon log tabernacle, whose government rule Kanesville for four years, on the site of the present Christian Science Church, disappeared after the departure of its leader, Elder nyde , for Salt Lake valley. The Ocean .'lave saloon at. the corner of Broadway and Pi rst s treet , famous as far as California, where 11 there was always a fight going on and women and girls went around , 11 a very wot a.nd wicked spot , indicated by Simons in his painting of 1853, ended its wavy career when it was struck by lightni ng and burned in 1863. It has been supplanted by two Methodist churches, n~ succeeding the other. An.other prominent landmark, designa ted as tho City hotel , has since h:.td two successive Ogden houses on the co r of roadw~ and Park Avenue. The Congregational log mission of 1852, on Broadway near Glen avenue , has been transplanted , as a church three or four simes to its preseLt location on First avenue. The old Pacific house , constructed in 1852 and distinguished late: by Albrha.m Lincoln's sojourn, disappeared long ago to make wa:y for Henry Eiseman and company wholesale and retail clothing store, now known as Beno's department store, front i:ug Pearl Street. The old blockhouse and fort, built in 1837-8, indica ed y Simons as on Ea.st Pie rce stree t, was de11olished al>out 1857 and r.iade way later for the large brick home of the John Clausen family. Views of East Broadway and First a Lreet and a more extensive view to tne ~ee' a,pear on ~imons• ~vases. -4- (}eor gs Simons pa.l.lltt::a. a. numbei· of l~rge-s iz a. ca.nvas1:is. '1'....e Uouncil .Bllrt'IS scene of 1853, 'One oi' the la.rgPs i; a!ld. consider ea. v e1•y authentic, a. lOWl f rom 11U:.1i.:1e Hanry" De.Lollb, hangs in tne fu rry G • . Growl o ffice on Broauwa_y . Three Kanesvtlle sc n~o o! tue 1 50s a~ng in the puolic libra ry; a stialler picture of 18-%9 is in t he M. F. Rohrer offi ce. ~ ~o ~ of it, a mui.:u larger canvas, painted by Henry Jensen, a Uane, in 190t>-- f1ft y-seven ye rs l a ter, with s ome changes in thb bluffs, hangs i n the same office • .t:'Qintine;s sti ll Intact Simons' paintings of other suhjects a r e scattered here and there • .Among those known is that of 11Christ Blessing Little Children, 11 in softly blended tones, treated in a~1 original way, which is ovmed by the Artist's daughter, Mrs. E. W. Reynolds of Council Blu:fs. She has, also, a domestic scene , 11 The Vacant Chair, n done in soft shades of brown. Mrs. Reynold 1 s b rotb.er, Pearl Sioons of Logan, Iowa , has a po::.·trai t of his mo t her and a painting, 11A Flock of Quails. 11 Another broth~r , Harry N. Simons of Long :aeach , Ca lif. , has r eserved several of Ms father 1 s canvases- - the original 11Forest Fi r e Near Mount Ranier, ~7a.sh.:.ngton, 11 11 ~ Deer Scene in 'Jinte r , 11 11Gows Standing in Sliream ot· Wac;er, " 11A PonrA.i t 01· Harry ::Simons on rtorseba i.:.1.<:11 ana 11 rtftau anci .Hust ~I ttarr,y.. " l r. Mrs. Lawrence Turner of Oma.ha, a granddaughte1', has one of Simons ' paintings , a pastoral scene, for which she declares she 11Woul dn 1t take a million dollars. 11 A picture called 11The Trysting Scene11 \las presented by Mr. Simons nany years ago t o the Christian Home, likewise a picture of Christ. A frienu ci lwons , LRroy u . Brown, nas a co lect o~ or ten paintings quire~ herore the a rtist left Logan, it was recently discover ed. The collec tion includes two mountain scenes, a head of Logan Fontenell e , one of Al exander Campbell , one of a Negro, a burial on the plains, a Council Bluffs scene from the Nebraska side , a Sioux City vieu from the river, a herd of Buffalo and a v.i c'I': of Bellevue , nebr. This collec tion of ten paint ings will be shO\'m in connection with the exhibit of painttngs by living , l ocal artists held in cooperation with t he Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, March 27-29 , at the Public Library. George Simons never b ecame wealthy - far frorr. it, like many another artist - yet his works Uve after him. George Simons left a wortey memorial in his contribution to art and to histo~r . (Nonpareil Uai·ch 22 , 1931) S7 ( ) - . , Historical Maste rpiece iB: Missing Simons' Jluge Canvas Showing Road to "Denve 1· ~st'~ City" Cannot Be Found. , ~ , , Poss ibly lost to a1·t and his - tion tou rs ~\'as H . H. Fields, who is tory is a p ain ting of i n calculable believed to ha ve been a showman h istorical v a lue, w hich was coo- and a reside nt of Co uncil Bluffs. ceived and execut ed in Council Untaught as an artist, Simo ns Bluffs in t he 1860's. exhibited a rare native skill a nd The work is by t he p rolific fron- pa instaking regard for detail in his Uer arti st, Geo rge Simons, who wo r k. Dozens of his canvases are conduct ed an art school in Council still In this city being preserved Bluffs when he tired 6f depicting by the older resident.Ii. Groupi; of scenes or his day. them are Intact at the local resi- Reported in newspaper accounts denre of the Grenville ¥· g~ of the day, t he paintings a re said tarnuy. to have been spread on 10,000 feet But the lengthy picture-story ot ot canvas. t he freighter trail from Council Depicting the trail from Council Bluffs to Denver cannot be found. Bluffs to "De n ver City," Simons It Is possib le the.t some of the created a historical masterpiece older residents may give a clue which would be of value today, ln to its removal from Council Bluffs. the opinion of me m bers of the The Nonpareil will be glad to r e - I o wa State Historical society. ceive word, at its editorial depart- Simons made no secret of his ment. of t his great work. The f,'igantlc effo r t. Reco rds s how t h at p ainti ng sets out h undreds of be exhibited ev ery toot of the can- scenes on the o ld fre ighter tr a il. It v'as In Council B l u ! !s and Oma ha must not be con fused with Simons• n nd even to ured w i th It to r iver "Panorama of the Missouri Rive r," towns, charging ao much for admis- another canvas ot historical value. slon to the bo on the In t erior That pa norama also has been lost walls of wh ich e work v. ·as p ung. and wo rd ot it also will be v ery Simons' part e"thibl· • wolcl"n:e. · I ---·- ····" J The landscapes have pleasing compositions within the framework of rigid adherence to the actual contours. While he sometimes misses the correct date by a year in his reminiscences, his visual memory for details is always accurate according to early newspaper a rticles which quote the comments of old settlers. It is this characteristic trait that makes Simons so important as a source, especia lly for the fifties, before exterior photographs are available. His pictures show the details of everyday life as he knew it - the clearing of t imberland, the outdoor cooking p ot, the guns and pipes of the men, the shawls of the women. The new art of photography was limited at first principally to portraiture, and hence early views made by George Simons a re the earliest record of Council Bluffs and the new settlement of Omaha across the M issouri River. In 1867 William H em y J ackson, the noted photographer of the grandeur of the West a nd of the building of the Union Pacific Ra ilroad, settled in Oma ha for a few years. H e photographed ma ny scenes and houses, but it is chiefly through the sketches and paintings of George Simons that we have a visual record of the hills, the log cabins, the river and the steamboats as they appeared in the fifties. Although the Civil War was well documented by camera, the first generation of news photographers followed the generals a nd the key battles. By far the greater number of illustrations of the War were ri1ade by staff artists of the weekly magazines publishing line engravings based on d rawings. Evidently Simons never had a commercia l ou tlet for his work and his tightly drawn scenes with minute details of the forts and barracks were done for his own record only. H is interest extended to a ll the arts, with a specia l flair for the theater. One of his early enterprises was a theater in Council Bluffs which he operated for six months in 1858. l n the late eighties, he went to Washington State to fi nd jobs pain ting stage scenery. He mentions declining Lo leave the wagon train at Salt Lake City in 1861 for a slop-over Lo paint stage scenery for Brigham Young. H is creations adorned theaters in the Iowa towns of Glenwood, Neola and Council 13luITs. A resident still living in Neola remembers seeing his signature on the curtain of the Opera House there. All these haye long since disappeared, as have his rolled panoramic views of the Missouri River from Sioux City lo St. Louis and of the trail of the gold fields from Omaha lo Denver. Other lost paintings are a Portrait of Chi<'f Sitting Bull said to have been painted from life, 'l'he Trysting Place, The Resurrection, Christ and the Little Children and a Portra.it of Mrs. J . B. Tabor. T hese a re menLioned in the scrapbook of newspaper clippings, as is a five-legged calf whose owner had commissioned George Simons as a tax idermist a nd was considering having a p icLure painted. llis pa intings a re usually n ot signed, so there are probably many still in existence, but unident ified. A letter from a brother in Keokuk, Iowa, written in 1865, asks George " to make three or four of the nicest parlor pictures you ca n" to be hung in his new home. If painted, these have not so far been found . H is work brought little fame or financial rewards. Perhaps this was not really his chief interest. Not an empire builder, not a seeker of personal power, not quite a carbon copy of the thousands of pioneers who came West seeking farmland for permanent homes or opportunities for la rge profits, yeL his life reflects Lhe forces that were shaping America. As A Po ET AN D w R r T 8 R ,George Simons reveals Lhe perceptiveness of an artist more clearly than in his liLeral drawings and painlings. His prose descriptions show a sensitive awareness lo Lhe beauLies of nature and his comments on the misery of the War are expressed with unabashed compassion. 67 - Writings by him which have come to light include the Civil War diary, three autobiographical naratives and verses composed for ,·arious occasions. Actually, there is more poetry in his prose than in the verses which express appropriale sentiments of the period. His various interests are brought oul through the subje~t maller of the clippings in the scrapbook. They cover natural history, American history, and scientific and pseudo-scientific investigations. A brief article signed "G.S." mentions using using a telescope to scan the stars and he carried fi eld glasses with him during the War. Clipped and pasted in the scrapbook, (made from Coe's Drawing Book of La11dscave, Foliage, etc, published in 1852), are numerous poems by various authors. Some a re unidentified, and a few are credited "G. Simons" or "G.S." Two of the poems quoted commemorate his departed wife, Emeline. The first appeared with the announcement of the birth of a grandson. THE OLD ORGAN The organ now is closed, I hear the sound no more Of the children's merry voices, I used to hear of yore. The soft and nimble fingers That once danced o'er the key Are playing with a baby That's sitting on their knee. They think no more of music, Nor sing their songs, ha, ha, Their thoughts are on the baby, Now come and se Pa Pa. I guess I'll sell the organ, Though I hate to like the deuce. As I have no one to play it It's of no further use. So farewell to the organ. The baby takes your place, J ust hear its merry music, As the tea rs roll down its face. G. Si111011s MOTHER'S GONE They smoothed her hair and closed her eyelids. Her bedside wet with tears that fall. With a smile upon her features, She hath answered to the call. Let the children kiss her gently. As she lies upon her bed, God hath called her to his bosom Now my loving wife is dead, Sad and lonely now I linger, Wit h my children hovering Mourning for a loving mother That lies sleeping in the ground. G. Simons STAR OF TH E TWILIGHT Star of the twilight, beautiful star, Gladly I hail thee, shining afar; Rest from your labors, children of toil, Night closes o'er thee, rest ye awhile; This is the greeting, signalled afar, Star of t he twilight, beautiful star, Star of t he twilight, beautiful star. Eagerly watching, \~aili g for thee, Looks the lone sentmel, o'er the dark lea, Soon as thou s hinest, soft on the air, Dorne by the night breeze, lloateth his prayer. Watch o'er him kindly, hence from afar Light t hou his path way, beautiful star' 8tar of the twlight, beautiful star. ' Star of the twilight, beautiful star, Gladly I hail thee, in heaven so far, Guirle the poor soldier, children so brave Rushing to battle, the union to save. ' Watch o'er them kindly, then from afar Light you their pathway, beautiful star'- Star of the twilight, beautiful star. Star of the twilight, beautiful star, Gladly I hail thee, shining afar; Rest from your Loil, soldier of battle, Rest for the night, from musketry's rattle Sleeping in peace, from loved ones afar,' Watch o'er them gently, beautiful star, Star of the twilight, beautiful star. Although having little formal education, he had an observing mind, an interest in the world around him, and an apprecia tion of what he observed. As A P I o NEE R, Simons witnessed a period in the history of our country that spanned the opening of Lhe West to settlers to the time when the frontier had disappeared. He prospected for gold in Colorado. hunted buffalo wilh the Indians and traveled the Oregon Trail to California wilh his wife. While the great push of migration was always weslward, traffic could and did move both ways, and Simons was one of those who did not find a permanent home in the Far West until 1909 when he moved to Long Beach. In spite of many trips away, both before and after his marriage in 1857, Simons always retmned to the banks of t he Missouri. He had first come to Council Bluffs in 1853, just when prospects for a trans-continental railroad reversed the national government's policy of leaving lands west of the Missouri as the domain of J I .. the various Indian tribes. On the west bank Peter Sarpy's trading post and the Presbyterian Mission made the village of Bellevue an important site. Independent squatters were already an ticipating the establishment of the new town of Omaha that sprang up as the capitol city when Nebraska Territory was formally established in 1854. The Indians were removed to their reservation in northern Nebraska. Simons had crossed Iowa as a member of the railroad survey party led by Grenville M. Dodge, later a Civil War General and the chief engineer for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha lo Promontory Point. Simons called Council Illuffs home for over fifty years, although at times he and his family were actually living in the area of Missouri Valley, Neola and Logan. His boyhood is obscure. He evidently was born in Canada and lived with his parents in Streator, lllinois. Streator is in LaSalle County where the Dodge family also lived before coming to Council Bluffs. He is listed in the Council Illuffs' city directories off and on from the earliest volume of 18G8 through 1865, as a pain ter, portrait painter, and briefly in 1891-2 as a gunsmith and locksmith. His parents and others of the family moved to Council Bluffs at a n unknown time. George was married in 1857 to Miss Emeline Clough whose family had come to Council Bluffs from Ohio. T hree sons and two daughters were born. He was widowed at the age of fifty, but later ma rried aga in. Evidently the responsibilities of family life did not prevent him from further expeditions away from home, but an exact chronology of his activities is not complete. The following from his Civil War diary and E:!Xcerpts from his several hand-written narratives tell in his own words his memories and experiences as a soldier, a painter and a pioneer. MILDRED GOOSMAN A ssociate Curator T H E D I A n. Y is written in ink on the ruled blank pages of a hard cover notebook 7x8x3 / 8 inches. Or.iginal page numbers of the diary are $el between diagonals. 'l'HE 'l'EXT is reproduced exactly as S imons wrote it, with no changes in his phonetic spelling. 'l'his was not done to belittle his achievement but rather to contrast his lack of f ormal schooling with his native intelligence and alert observations. ED IT o R I AL NOTES in italics are k ept to the minimum and corrected spelling is not inserted if the meaning is clear. nl/ It was on a bright morning and on t he 6th of April 1864, that I left my home lo join the army to put <low the great southern rebellion. After a kiss from my little boy of four years old then one from an infant that lay sleeping in its carriage turning to my wife to receive her blessing a nd pressing her to my bussom perhaps for the last t ime her cheek layed against my own I felt Lhe hot tears drop on my cheek, I bi<l her kee p up a cheerful heart. It was like parting seem- ingly forever but I hoped not I tutched her qurivcring lips to mine Lhen releasing our embrace bad the sad word adue then passed out of the dor to join Lhe company tha t were wating for me. I was soon seete<l in a coach a nd rolling /2/ broad way [Broadway, Main street of Council Bluffs] as I pased a cross street I strained my eyes to get the last glimps of the liLLle cabin that was to shelter my family <luring my absents I caught a glimps of one corner as I pased by the very Jogs seemed to meet my eye with the expresion I'll sheeld them from ha rm while you are absent. Jn a few howers I was rolling a head through a broad prairie now a nd then meeLing an emegrant bound for Ida ho, a flcr a days travel we ha iled at a Hotel! in grove city sixLy miles from the J31u~ After a nights sleep on Lhe bare flore we took ou ·eakfast with ~ H_~e milk Lhe land lord was kind enough to give t~ This .. ·"---<Z> was the first rashions I have ever had delt out to me ever mourn ins apearance lo the scene. While walking by uncJ~un which consisted of bread, meet and around on the east sid my eyes caught site of these · coffee. IJWe again resumed our seets in the coach and word "union must and shall be perserved." the word was soon rolling on towarge the mississippi river union was partly cut out by som mirserible rebble. after puling through the mud and walking / 3/ half [A11drew Jackson was the seventh president. He was of the time for three days we reached Fort Desmoins buried at Nashville. The only record found of a staute the captal of lo~We halted at the Blodget house snch as George Simons describes is at New Orlea11s. just as the sun was tutching the purple out line of the Since this ]Jart of tlie diar71 is describing a vast e~e.nt, distant forest and raged hills after a warm meal we the ass1111171tion 111ay be that he confused the two cities. w.ere ready for the night's ric!E'in ·an open wagon it He also 111ay have taken for granted tliat the iron fence being to muddy to run the coach. in this wagon er~osecl a 17rave]. · w.ere ixteen o! us stowed away. After wridi~g a 'i I reLurned to the rest of my company who were about night m the ram and cold we anved at Gernell m the o ake the steamer Lancaster No. 4 after a days run m~cning. Then taking the cars we ware soon hurled we la nded at Helena [Arka11sas1 frwas induced to take on' by the iron horse through Iowa City and thence a slrowle over the battle field, y blood chilled in my to Davenport.· We were marched from the depot to vanes when I saw the rebbles and union graves, some _,.Camp McClelon. Our sargent then · ordered supper / 7 I were partly oncovered, the flesh mostly gon now • 1 r.f ~ for us, it was soon e~dy and soo1~ eaten. .Yes, we ~d the~ a decayed lo~k of ha~· . this is the work. of J · soon cleared the bountiful table of its luctunes, such d1struct1ve muscut and canon · . After another nde as hard tack, beans, coffee and salt horse and sow down the river, we landed at C ie islqnd N . 63 to take ~ey. after supper we were taken to our quarlers in wood on this island in a colleny of Negrows just_ and laid up for / 4/ niglir\ I was woken up early in freed from bonch1Je negrows soldiers are stationed the morning by the raLlle~ of the.drum beating the lo guard the islan while the older ones ar cleaning up real call. I sleped out of my barricks to answer to my the land lhe woman and younger ones are plowing and name. I am now in Camp McClellon two miles a bove working the farms t here are 400 [Number indistinct - Davenport. It is situated on a high bluff with the miohthave been 4000]. of them on the island ... / 8/ . .. We broad Mississippi gildes with the morning sun, rushing again floled down lhe river to the mouth of White headlesly a lond the base or the hill to meet lhe waters river we then sleared our course up White river with of the Gulf of Mexico. After a weak delay I started our guns in hand expeling lo fired upon by t he gurellas for Lhe rigenent on the lwenlh of April when I took llui we reached bals bluff [Devall's Bluff] with out eny the cars for Caro [C:airoj, a town that was situaLed on lroble. a point of land in lllinois tutching Lhe Mississippi and All a long the river were large plantations with their ohio river. At its mouth fro1~nce down lhe Mis- houses burnle nothing standing but their chimeny sissippi river lo Memphus. WI 'le. on lhe cars we wh ich are a lwys built on the out side of the buildings. were eheared by lhc waving o clieale while ha ndR or Now and then the negro huts were spared but the fine cambrik hankerchief from gropes of patriarchic ncgros mosLly gon now and then might be seen an ladies from doors, windows and on the piasia. / 5/ old darky woman crawling from one cabon lo the other llut when on the steamer gliding a long the banks of the loolrn of desolat on ruined. We crosed on the cars Missouri or Kcnluckey shore, we were not cheered by from haler' bluff to Lillie Rock arcansas. A car ran the bright smiles of the ladies for we seldom saw ency, of the track but was soon / !)/ replaced and startled on and when seen ii was through the small opening of a through the sipress swamps and deep woods. I am doore or through the cracks of a corn crib or round now in lhe camp of the 29 Iowa rigement pasing the the corner of some wood she<l, they would appear with l ime idcly away as t he rigement is out on a excursion. an exprcsion of fear or a wicked look of haleured a nd 1 am now silting in the sha<le beneath the spreading contemp'E7 While al Mempus, l was induced Lo branches of a hugh old tree with the cool balmy breeze visit ll1cr'111011u111ent of Andrew Jacl<Son, Lhe 4th of lhe southern clime murmuring through its branches. president of th ~ uni le~ stales. Hi? grave )'.eard is one l~ e cattle qu ietly and lazily grazing around me. old of the most dehghlfultsl and lovehesl plac1cs my eyes brindle cow ventures so near lo me that she stands in ever behesd. H ll;lkes. up a square ?f ground in the the same shade that i ~m sitti.ng in, staring me in the front part of the city, 1t 1s sel out w1lh evergreens. of face, he_r large eyes staring me 111 the face with a wicked all discripsions and the grolh of grass an olh r earb1 e expression or you d--m yankey what are you doing wild geese se lling under a dark ade~I 11111 e while here you l>etler go ~mck North where you came from, through the grass o_r L!P a ceder or JUmpmg from tree at my back on .the side of a slopping hill side is grazing branch, / G/ or cl11rnng upon o~ for _a pre?Unt of a group of skel1 lo!1s or worn out mules belonging to the \.._1 som nuts are the pet squarls which gives hfe. and government service. In front of me is slreached on ndure ~o the cene. .Arot~nd the_ n~ num n.t is a n lhe t~nd a grope of soldiers and. just byond bu~ a iron fc 11cc mterwoyen with y111rs out side .or th is fe1_1ce short d1sl:lllce stands a / 10/ picket fence which stands the <lark pmes seem111gly <lressec! Ill mourn1_ng s_crrounds a grand squa re where the U. S. arsnel of and the wind ~~ ping _through Lite wav111g;_ bows with h.Llle rock ~ b!IL serounded with a grove of la rge heavy a mournful! wa1lmg gives a <leeµ and d1sarnel a nd tuner. li 1s 111<leed a bea utiful and romantick spot. 70 L ,', all is quite solitude except the cheerping of some fea- thered warblers or Lhe war-like no tes from a soldier's bugule which comes floatLing on the a ir from beneaLh the deep tangled groves and forrests. While setting here in a silent nook my t houghts are wat1dl'i11g to homewm·d twunl my loved ones. Now while I am writing this word t here may be a loved companion in some soletery spot thinking of me. perhaps a ll the sound Lhat urakes her quiet relreat is Lhe fretLing of a litlle one thats p lay ing by her side. I can a ll most see him now standing uy his motlwrs side I most imag ion now / 11/ t hat I see his tinney Lracks in Lhe dry sand a long Lhc liLLle brook or picking t.he rose leaves ouL from Lhe opening buds or the lilley from out the quivering grass. Y cs and Lherc is an olher who perhaps is sleeping in the little carriage an Infant; while its fond moLhcr sils gazing on its peaceful slumbers re llecting on ward perhaps Lo a time when Lhe lit llc sleeper might become a soldier a nd fa ll in ba tlle he who is now sleeping inscant an harmeless in iLs downey litlle bed. She know not how large a stumbling stone may fall in ils path of future toils Lhrough life. Hark what is Lhat it is t he drnm heating the long role I must hasten Lo r?\l\v•rri. 'W e sla1'Led up lhe river on the steamer ad I-I ine on lhe l llh of j une on purpos of gathering rails from Lhe diserlcd rebbles farms on Lhe way up Lhc rivpr l amused my self by scanning the river banks and rockey bluffs with my glass now a nd then meeting an arkansas. /12/ cabin standing on t he bank of the river with a small paLch of corn and Lhe front door or doore yan1 would be ornamented wiLh an old woman wiLh a pipe or swab-slick in her mouth and a drove of young urchins almost innumerable. It was in the yard of one of lhese log cabbin where I first saw a swamp angle which inhabbits the dismal swamps of Arka nsas. I will lry to discribe the beautiful being'. She was richley dressed. dressed to corespond wiLh lhe land she in habils. she was dressed as neer as I could gudge in a pink dress but it was so compleatly covered wiLh Lhe Arkansaw soil that the colla r could scarclcy be dcsem ed only when a slight gush of wind would rase U I ' • I tlf ' . ' ;i: ~t.i . . ~!~~;;k\Vri'M; ;~· '*' I . '., r;,:-~ .. ~ .. _:\_ .~.!7/., ~ff.! ~),~ , .. ,./rr, ~J f- ,'7if J. }l:. !ftb~· Jl<t \ ... i~:: ~ ,, ::__'r ll ' ·,,::,, ~· , . ¥ ., ~~~ . l , " 'J , I', •• , '" :-· - ~: '· ;, : .. - ~ ·... . .. f l)·',;, ' ,' I , ' , • • , " " , ·; . . . . . ·. ,L :, " ;; , ~ WJi/(· • ' r . ·' ~.),( !\ ' ,. "\\; ., ( • " • I her apron her long flowing hair hung gracefuly down her sunburn t shoulders which looked like a horse 's tail in bur time H er dress hung down raping her s pindle like legs. Which gave her the appearance of a bean pole with the beans striped off. H er voice was je11Llo and aweet with u deep rich tone resembling the voice of a Gentleman Cow. And her ha~· shold say her gate was like t hat of a sea wallro /!37;; after fl oating up the river some 20 miles w anded an~ t he rails began moving from the fence to the deep of t he steamer. I was pulling a ra il from the fence when I was slartled by something rushing through t he Z brush behind me I droped my rail and stood all most I" ~ brea thless. What could it be I was without my gun or eny weepons of eny kind .. . . .. .... ... .... . ..... . Our ra ils arc now on board the steamer and she is plowing down t he river tw~ Little Rock, I am aga in in Camp. . .. / 16}\ during the battle the soldiers were forced to drink water from the mud holes among the sla in which was actualy stained with blood of the dead rebbles. A soldier told me that he saw an old darkie woman foune that the rebs were so clost to her that she could not escape with her self and child knocked it in the head to to keep it from falling in ha nds of the rebs it seem as tho she would ra ther murder ~hildren than have t hem fa ll in hands of the r • The W Lh come int · >on the 3cl day of May, lhey were very near worn out a nd starved out they could scarcly get in to camp bare fooled and feet sor. They had to distroy Lheir p rovisions a nd teams on account of Lhe mud a nti lo keep the rebs from capturing it Lhe ba tlle look place on Lhe 1th of May 18611. [The dale shows an erasure. A7171ears lo have orir1inally been wrillen "29lh." 'J'he Ballle of Jen kins /<'erry look vlace on Awil 30th, 18641- /17/ llValercolor sketch ofl Ben Johnson's residence Little Rock Ark. showing t he kilchen and dining room an the negro sevenls at the time of Lhe s ketch it was occupied by General Cars head Quarters during his stay in Little Rock. It was formerly the residence of t he late J uge Ben Johnson a rebble officer in the suthern army. . 'I. . "·J.f/£. •nl1 \Ill ·,, Pencil drawi ng: O' Pallon's B11tff Tradino Post, (Nebraska)- Brown Collection 71 - u [Hand written sevara.te sheet found in diary]. SHELDY ON WHITE RIVER Hnrk to the clistnnt cannon ronr, Throwing thick their shot and shell, On While River clistant shore, Sending rebbles a( to h-1. Shelby with his cannvn set, In t he cane brakes thick and tall, There our flet he thought to get, Soldiers with suplies and all But it caused him much surprise, To see our gun boats rounding too, · Causing the rehs lo open their eyes, Ancl to the woods Lhey hastley flew. Then general car with his brigade, Gave t he rebbles much a !arm, Which maid old shelby quite a fraid, T hinking he might de t hem harm. Then general car die! them persue, Scattering them both left nn right, Through the woods the rebhles flew Till they all were out of sight. / 18/ [Watercolor sketch ofl scene on the arkansas ri"'.er. biscripLion on page 11 The sleamer Ad. Hine lay111g at the bank loading wiLh rails from a deserted rebble farm also just below the slemer lies a flatt boat loaded with rails / 19/ /20/ N EVER AGAIN Broken t he golden cord Severed the sillccn tic Never again will the old days com Darling, lo you and I Dead the beautiful past Scattered a round its bier Pale thoughts lie thi ck an memories or clays lhnt were so dear Memories? Fold them up - - - Lay them sacred by; Whnt ava ils it to dream of the past The future; for you and I. Drokr.n the silken cord Severed t he golden chnin Link ing up with the beautiful days That never can come again. G. S. A HUNTERS LIFE FOR ME 0 n merry li fe dose n hunter !encl. He who wnkes with the dawn of day. He whistles hhi dog, and mounts his steed And 11cuds to the woods awny The lightsom tramp,· of the deer he'll mark As they troop in t he herds along And his rifle stnrts the tuneful lark As he wnrbles his morn ing song. O'n hunlter is Lhe life for me. T hat is the life for a man Let others sing of the 1nvelli ng sea Dut match the woods if you can. T hen give me my gun, I've an eye to mark. T he goose as he flyes along, My steed and my dog, and the cheerful lark To wnrble my morning song. /21/ (Watercolor sketch of) Pelican ~o .n~in. This Mountain is a very beautiful mounta111 it hes on the east side of Lhe arkansas river 15 miles above little rock. /23/ [Wat r~olor sketch. of] Scene o.n the Ka sas [Arkansas] River above little rock lookmg up the n ver from the baLh house he steamer lies in fron tof the state house on Lhe opposiLe side of the river is rock mountain / 25/ [Wat.P.rcolor Rketch of] Pontoon Bridge Acrost the river at little rock looking down the river. The depo on the left hand side on this rail road a ll of the suplies is caried from Dovals Bluff to supply the army armies on Arkansas river as boats cannot run down the river on acoun t of low water an the rebbles. On the right hand side just above a point of rocks is a few houses on the leavey at little. rock Arkansas. August 28th, 18G4. /2G/ Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 9, 1864 AfLer a long summer fatigure of standing picket diging Lrenches brest works and building forts and fortifying untill November the 1st, which realieved us from all such duty. It was fall the cold biting frost of October had turned the green leaves to meny colors of the brightest tints of scarlet orange and diferent shitles of brighLest yellow .. cold weather was making its appearance, with dark frowning clouds raising in the North West threatining us with the coming slormes. The soldiers were ordered to buil in~ barricks on pre pair for the comming winter. Details were made and the men drawn up in line with axes on their shoulders and marched down to the sypruss swamps [In the final double letter of "s1JPruss', long "s" is used. 'Phis is the only time this older form is used, even in the same worcl in the following sentence]. The forrest resounded wiLh t he swinging ax of the soldier and the loud crash of the grand old sypruss as it fell to the earth, which has stood in the swamps of Arkansas for years before it met the eye / 27 I of the white settler. Enhabited only by Lhe Cheroches and Chocktos a wild Indian race, But now have become civelized and are good farmers an owned negro slaves. A grate meny of them have joined the Union Army an are good soldiers soldiers fighting for the Union and their homes and our country and theirs. The logs soon came roling in an wagons drawn by six stout mules, the bows were soon at work puling <lown the old tents and placing the bottom logs for our barricks which were compleated in a weeaks time. We were very nicely an comfortible fixed in our new sypruss shantyes when we were ordered to pine Bluff to relieved the 28th Wisconsin who were ordered up here to Lake our place. This orderder rared the spunk of our boy who comenced cursing the Dutch an mimi- can the broken comand of the Dutch officers. The cause of this order were lo spite our rigement. General Solaman [General Frederick Solomon commanded tlie 1st. Brigade in th~ VII CorrsJ to /28/ put on airs and unnessery stile. He raised a Brass Band which gaye the boys a. greadel of unnessary traveling of a mile every mornmg to mount guard as he wished to make a grand display of his brass ba~d. He requested our ofl1ce'.s to throw in something to support the band to help him carry on or keep up his stille which they ref used lo do, so to have a little reveng and to spite us. Ile ordered our regement down to pine bluff, which throwed us out of his division and from under his command. The General was to shorte sited and thick headed to see at the first sight that he was ingering I 1 , u him self more than twenty ninth. Our regement were very well pleased lo get out from under his command and ouL of his brigade. The general was very much vexed when he saw he had losL us so foolishly, We were Lhcn t ransfured to Lhe second brigade commanded by General Anderson. !General C:. C. Andrews commmuleil the 2nd llrigadc, 211cl Division, V II Corps]. As it were General Solama n was only acting in Lhe place of Genera l Rice, who was / 2D/ wound ed at Lhe baltlc of ji11ki11s ferry Oil Lhc scli ne river, afler being wounded he went Lo him home in Ausklusa in Iowa a nd died. !General b'. A . Rice cmmnancleli the l sl Brigade, 3rd Division, VII Corps. lI e dfrd al Oskaloosa, Iowa, July 6, 1864]. General Solaman had not yet ben promolcd he sent on lo get his promolion and at Lhe same Lime Col. nenton sen t on a parlitio'n to asking a promotion as General in opsiLion Lo General Soloman. !Col. 'l'lwmas Ilari JJcnton, Jr., later General Benton, conmuuu/eil the 2nd llriqac/e 2nd Division of th e ~I I CorpsJ. J L aL in wilh <t cold drisling rain Oil the l 2Lh Lhe ht wing of our regement we sent out Lo guard a saw null. that was being built for the government. a few days before the rebs captured twelve of boys who were near the mill burning cole. On the 16th we went oul to relieve Lhen we reached their camp afler Lwo hours h~rd marching Lhrough mud and waler a n o".'er rough hills an through t he deep pine forest. durmg Lhe few Jays it rained most Lhe Lime I wore wet close from Lhc Lime I lift Lhe barricks unLill we were relieved a nd reached our /30/ barricks which was on Lh~ l!Jlh. On Lhe 22nd our company w~ ordered out aga111 Lo the mill to relieve anoLher com- pa_ny. six of the company were immediately de1l ed t<? go out after forage, we left camp at three o clock 111 lhe after noon headed by Cp. Gardner of company A. we mete and halted at a n old log house at the upper corner of Lhe field which was occuped bo an old woman and three childrin two sma ll ones ancJ one woman ~rown /31/ in their house had the appearence and J>1cture of hard times Lheir close were of wolen and not Lhe best which were nearly worn of from them, they appeared to be in a destitute condision for eatibles and clothing. after giving lhe oldest daughter a chaw of tobaco, she told us where we would !ind hogs and cattle, we struck of in an old blind road partly hiden with the autum leaves and the rank growth of weeds we soon reached an old farm which had ben diserted, part of the boys started of to the lef L around the field, the captain my self and two others look down the road along the fence of the old fi eld. We has not seperated but a few minutes when we herd the report of a gun we stoped to listed we soon herd an other report an other and an other At this we starLed back on a double quick we were soon with the olher party they had kiled two nice hogs, they were soon quartered and /32/ and each one with his bayonet struck through a quarter and thrown over his shoulder and ma king through the woods in Indian file tworge camp, we reached camp just after sun down. Our cook Mr. C. was not long in getting me a warm supper a nice stew of fresh pore, the next day an oLher forage party went out and brought in three heaves which suplied us wiLh plenty of fresh meat, and the day following. . Our cook immagoned he could go out and kill a deer he started jest at day brake an about ten o'clock he cam in grunting and pufing under the heavy weight of a nice deer. This gave me the buck fever so the next day I started out with the cook an Mr. H. we struck of up the creek and launched out into the woods and into slope of country that were thronged wilh bush whackers .. . / 33/ ... The tingle of a bell / 34/ drew our aLtension up t he crick. we starled up in the direcLion of the bell we had gon but a few rods when we saw a blue smoke curling up from amont Lhe syprus boughs a few rods further and we could see through Lhe open branches what appeared lo be Lhe ruff of a cabben standing on a hill side an on the opsit side of Lhe stream. we crosed the stream on a foot log and taking a path led us out to an opening or clearing which peared to be a small farm in a valey between the hills the house was a log cabin which had the appearence of bei11g one of the oldest cabbins in Arkansas in Lhe yard was an old man ha lf dried up and looked as Lho the next hard wind that came sweeting down the valley would carry him away t he old spining wheal stood in Lhe frunt yard of the house and by the \. .. __ ,./ side of it stod a feemale turning wool in to yarn. They heavy They broke an exeltry out. troops disabled the looked very uneasy at the apearance of our blue over other which cuased them to retreat. When the Lutus coaLc; /35/ and the bright glittering barels of our was fire<l into some of the refuges women were so musket as we ventured up to them. But their fears a larmed and fritened they jumped over board little soon fled when they saw we were disposed to be children three to siz years old seeing their mothers go friendly. we asked a few questions in regard to the over board ran to the edge of the boat and jumped over game an the part of the country where we would find after their parent Some of the women were rescued game more abonclent he answered our questions very that jumped over board. There was thirty missing wilingly we bad him good night - and crosed back over from the boat it is supposed they all jumped over , , I '(9 the crick. It was getting nearly sun down. here we board an were drown:lhen the rebs comenced scpcrated each one taking his corse through the woods firing on the /39/ Lutus. 'A brave officer on board /1 / and baring twargc camp I Look my corse and watching was so fritened he jumped ~r board and swam twarge .VD for the Limed deer as he might spring out of some thick the shore two where the rebs were he had very near /. or from its bed in the roots of some falen pine. I Lhe shore when he by some suden change of mind .!J~a.P wandered on with ~ corsious ~tep listning to every turned and was swiming. back for the boat when he L ~ sound that occured 111 Lhe rustling leaves. at last the ~·is fired upon by the rcbs and cut to peaces. '""f' shadow of ni&ht o':'er took me the .day pased away was a cold bleak wind from the no_rth and freezin~r--- and not the first sight of game as 1t was now dark I co when the steamers landed at Little Rock, Ark. quickened / 36/ my steps twarg camp. It was clark · discharged their loading which were mostly refuges when I reached the picket line l stole through without women and chil~ren and in the most destitute conbeing discovered by the pickets. Mr.Hand the cook elision. What little clothing they had were throw1 had not yet got in I had ben in camp ~he space of an around 011 Lhe Jeavy and mixed up with a hundred hour when Mr. H came in after a miles travel out of others negros and whites there between two and his way, he saw the light of some coal burners which three hundred This was the hardest site i ever saw he took to be Lhe light of the mill where our camp was, yet. In spite of my self conlrole the tears would start in half an hour later just as the role was being called in my eyes. when I gazed over the groups of little ones the cook came in Mr. Carter and with out~y game which stod shivering by a /40/ a pile of old bed so the days hunt proved fruilles for us. t We were close in the cold bleak without eney fire and an pinched relieved fro the mill and were asigned to Provost duty with hunger in other gropes some had found a few in little rock where our duty was very hard on 24 and peaces of wood and started a fire here were little ones of 24 as I was off from duty for a few hours I wandered near infants sat hovering over the fire on the cold out on the bank of the river to gaze on the beauties of groung seamingly no one to help them the cold wind nature while sitting on the high banks of the river I an smoke blowing in their eyes untill they were a ll saw the Steamer Chippaway. Davenport. Anna most swellon out of their heads It nearly broke my Jacops, Lutus and Ad Hine which had started up the heart to see the sufferings of the little helpless ones river / 37 / river on the 20th of January bound for that sat ·cromg on the cold ground crying with cold fort smith loaded with suples for goverment on their and hunger some were nibbling on a mouldy hard tack way <low the river they were fired into by rebles on the to hard for their little Leath to make an in pression on /;\ shor Lhe chippaway was captured ~urnt with her and scarcley close enough on to hide their nadedness ''JV the captured Lhe fiftylh lnd. Vol. .~Anna Jacops Some old women were croled into a pile of old bed was disabled on sunk on a sand bar she was loaded with close Lo keep from freezing Some lay very sick one refuges from Ft. Smith She had in tow an new hyl woman with a large family of children lay on an old which was built for a steamer and being towed down f eaLher bed dangersly ill. her little ones stood around to li tLle rock to be finished this barg was full of women the bed crying with cold and hunger no one /41/ to and children they cut the barg loose from the sinking take care of them no help them. on an other place Jay steaii:ier which flooLed down an odg~d on a snag in an old man w~o ha~ ben w<?unded in three places the nver the women all layed down m the bottom Lo no one but a little girl to wait on him in an other protect them selves from Lhe rebbles bullets. here pile of rags lay an old man with shakles on who had they lay for a number of hours shivering in the cold gon crasey on a count of Lhe war. Old women and men until! Lhe Lutus can~e down and took them on board. some ha9 pased the age of 83 and one 89 meny of them She was a lso fired mto by cannon and musket five whos hairs are frosted by the works of meny sumers were k!lled an a number wounded her side back of and one foot in tl~e gr:ave they. have ~t the reble lines cann<?n her boile b;=tll rs we passed re cut thr~rn full of h her bullet pilot hol hou es se / 38 missing / one Some and se w ak ere protection . cared for m the the same ur11on day lines. eir arival ~ an the pilots. head ~ut few mches next was the Davenport some remamed on the leavey for two or three days an Ad Hme which a lso had a taste from the rebbles bef<;>re they were ~II taken to comfortable quarters in guns one cannon ball went through the wheel house ban cks where sol<l1ers haf left But I must confess that of the Davenport but don her no harm. TroopSBfe I was a~toni d to see the diference shone to blacks left Lo guar<l Lhe Jacops who soon run Lhe rebs aJ'fJ.he an<l wlutcs The negro refuges were well dressed and rebs IosL Lwo peaces of cannon by over lading one Loo plenty to do with very comfortible /42/ to do with _ _, \ I'- ,I ' ......._. ~) ''-' - I I I while the whites were suITering the first that ware anrl a gun boat to protect that point on the river from laken care of was the african genlleman and lad y there we Look the steamer Saratoga at three o'clock on wagons and drays were dep buisle ingaged until! the salurday afternoon for New orleans and the groupes collored folks were all taken care of then the poor of negros on the banks of the river who were so delited whites came next I am down on the whole negro race to see the blue coats pass who was the caus of their since i have ben in the South more Lhen ever was before liberation and freedon would swing their handkera negro is thought more orr here in the south than a chiefs and old delapaded aprons and send up cheers while person Lhal is considered poor, I \·Ve were com- of de Lord bres dem yankes. On each side of Lhe river 11cled to leave Lillie Rock in Lhe ll4~1g of the ninth were large coLLon plantations deserted by their owners of February at five o'clock we marched from camp who were perhaps driven of and in the reble army and by the music of the drums As we pased by the Iii.Lie their house burnt. but the negros huts still standing pine cabbins I heard Lhe sobs and cries of a young which one Lhe largest plantations would number near married woman as her husband marched by Lhe cabbin fifty houses. We pased miligans bend at twelve door to leave her for a while and perhaps for ever as o'clock at Lhe uper end of the bend is built a reble for he might fall by the rebles balls. It puts me in mind on Lhe bank of the river but they were driven from it an brings Lo my memory Lhe Lime when I parted with by banks !probably Natlwniel Prenti·ss Banks] We my loved ones to Lhe battle fi eld in Lhe South. We LouLchcd at Vixburg at one o'clock on Sunday we were marched /43/ down the river and on Lhe ferry were permitted to spend two hours in the city I wanboat where we crossed the Arkansas River to the depot dered throw the town viewing the shattered /47 / where we took the cars for Davuls I3luff. While buildings distroyed by the shot and shell in taking the waiting for the train to slart I turned around Lo look place in the bank and side hills were caves dug for the back at Lhe rock for the last Lime. The sun was just protection of women and children during the engagerising above Lhe eastern horezon castings iLs rays of ment. golden light upon Lhe calm walers of Arkansas. in We ha lted at Natches and which the town is princply Lhe waler reflected the dark forrest which frin ged Lhe on Lhe hill Lhe buildings on Lhe leavy is nearly all banks of lhe river running back in Lhe dim dislance dislroid by fire, we paseed Port hudson. It is a natural fading from view in Lhe murkey atmusphear. The fortified place with a little labor made it one of Lhe cars at last rolcd on and we were on our way Lo join hardest places Lo Lake on Lhe river. below the Lown the eastern a rmy in Laking Moba l we a rrived a t is a large platt or bottom where banks lost a grate Davuls Bluff a bout noon where we lay un t il eight many men 120,000 given in another account by Simons] o'clock in Lhe evening when we embarked on Lhe in try ing to take Lhe place on the river bottoms reachsteamer Fanny Ogdon Lhere were eight hundred ing Lo Noworleans are large sugar pla ntations on Lhe soldier:; on board we were so crowded we had scarcly banks of Lhe river are numerious slave dwclings which room enough to lay down , After a cold tedious ride · resemble a village which extend down to Neworleans. through Lhc night we reachod Lhe mouth of white We landed Lo Neworleans for an hour then crossed over river at eight o'clock in Lhe morning a distance of one- to Algears where we sloped for a weak our quarters hundred and eighty miles. -We landed at white river were in a large brick buildin~ the Belville Iron works landing /44/ where Lher. we1:e a few colored soldiers Lhe building covered an enl1re block or square. Here the account in the dian; ends. T he narrat.ives relate that from Algiers the regiment went by train to Lake Port thence _on lite ea er C:l11cle, l•'ebrnaru 21, through Lake Ponchetrnin into the M ississippi S ound. 'l'he71 were.fired on while passiny i"ort l 'ike, ran a.yrumul within a mile of Furl Powell nnd were rescued b71 the ea~ner Warrior. Events _of the sla'f! in M obile f!_rul a swmnary of his life leading lo Ms conversion are related in the following. This was evidently written before Simons returned hime from the Army. Pencil drawing: Fort Pike, Lake Ponlcltarlrain, 1865- Brown Collection ... I i ! , f· ·I r. .. ' I 1, 'I 11, j 'l '" 1 · I . . , • I I ·! ·-.__ "-' The f ollnwing account is c01ulensed from an aulobiowaph ical s11111111ciry wriUen, perhaps, later in life. Kind reader. The Lord will answer prayers. I know he will, because he has answered mine, and a lso alswered The prayers of my friends at home. I will reveal to you what he has clon for me, and my bosom companion. l have spent most of my time in serving the Devil, neer thirty years, and seaking after nothing, but lhe pleasures of this earth, and this life, I have travled in my sins through Lhe Wiles of the RockeyMountains, amid the hostile Indians of the forrest. And over the broad sea through its raging billows. Tho disobedant as I was to gods laws, he had mercy on me, and led me s~. through the dangers thaL l have b~n exp.ose~ to. l!...!!Yed for a !'!umber of year? in Council I31uffs City known at one time as Kanesv1lle. Which is situated on the Missoure river, eight hundred and Len miles above its mouth. In 1852 and three, the whiles comenced settling in Nebraska and to clear the fronLeer of the Oma ha Inclians. They were re- moved eighty miles up lhe river on. a peace of lnnd reserved for Lhem, caled Black Bird Hills. I had become acquain ted with a few Indians, and the old chief white horse, and his family. They invited me Lo go up with them on a Buffalo hunt. Which I excepted, l ~i~ed my self out with an old flint-lock gun, and ~mu 111t1 011. The Indians were on their march up th.e .n ver, tworge their new hunting ground. When I JOmed Lhe mane boddy which numbered over twelve hundred Indians Their squas and Poneys trudging on !)eneath a heavy load of provisions, and camp ~qu 1pmenLs., While young and old men carried nolh111g ~ut lhe1r bows spears and guns, and sometimes sLrolmg through the woods in search of game We ha<l nearly reached our destination when a sad afair happened lo m~. Which enraged the Indians againesL me .. lt was this, as my self and a young Indian were hunt 111g a long the shore of a lake for wild ducks which al LhaL Lime were ':Cry numerous. We were going Lhrough a dence tlucket of willows. The Indian a head a nd I was clost behind him, with my rifle on my shou 1 lder, and the. bt!tt of my gun .hanging behind me, ancl e muzle pomt111g forward w1Lh my hancl clasped around Lhe barrel near the muzel when Lhe brush ~1.ug t in the lock of my gun, which caused it Lo fire. 1 he ha ll took effect 111 the shoulder of the India n he f~ll Lo Lhe ground, growning and weltering in biood. 1 he accedent very much alarmed me. The first t houghts Lhat cam to me wer to throw him in to Lite lake, Lo ke_ep the sad accedent from being discovered by the Indians - for fear the Indians would murder m~ for revenge. yet the poor indian was not dead. The1~ I oug t.~~ load ing my g_un and s.hooLi.ng him through th~ head, l 1e a sLone Lo lum and smk hun in the waler, Lh1s I was strongly temped by the Dev il, to commit murder. While 1 was medilaleing on what to do wiLh lite wounded Indian, my Lhoughts were changed Lo mercy, by Lhe power of the Lord. Which saved the life of Lhe lndian and save me from commiting a sinful crime, murder, on one who had been a friend to me. I bent over the growning man with tears trinkling down my cheecks. His sense of mind was coming back. When I bent over and spoake to him, he turnd his head and staring at me with the tears glittering in his large black eyes and said 0, you shute me. you kille me. Ingen good to you. Omaha likeum you. what makeum you shuLe te me. I ventured to explain to him how it happened by going through the brush. but his reply was. no, me 110 believe. you purpos kill-e me. you bad man, I helped him to a comfortable p lace on the grass in the shade of a large willow, where I left him, and went to the Indians and told lhem of Lhe accident that had happened to the Indians and my Self. The squaws went for him and brought him to camp. The whole tribe except a few Indians who were my intimate frends, there greatly enraged at me. A council was called on t he ir. They had not yet deprived me of my libbrty. I noticed as they counciled to gather, that the picture of revenge was deepening on lheir grim v isage's. While 1 was watching their manovers, a single Indian came shyly from Lhe croude, and aproached me looking very serious, and said, Ingen no good, me good, Ingen oheap mad, very mad, me fraid Ingen kill you, you hide in woods, lngen no git-e you We had hailed at lhe edge of a thick patch of willows which ran up and down the river for some distance, and from lhe camp through the willows to the river bank was nearly quarter of a mile. I managed lo get in Lo Lhe willows wiLhout being suspecled of leaveing and made for the bank of lhe river as I reached the bank of the river which was from fifteen to twenty feet high, as I looked over lhe bank I saw a canoe lodged on Lhe shore. The sight of it gave me much releaf and joy. l slid down the bank and soon had Lhe Canoe floating on lhe yellow bossm of the Missourie river. I picked up a broken paddle which lay in Lhe canoe, and selling my self down clos-ly in the botLom I paddled down with great caution, keeping clost under t he high bank for some distance below the Indian camp before I ventured out from under Lhe covering of Lhe bank, lo cross Lhe river. And by the proLecLing hand of god, I was freed from Lhe enraged Indians that were counceiling on taking my life. The prayer of my paren ts to god, for my protection was heard and answered. I padelled my little craft down the current of the mad waters of the M issouria river, against heavy souLh wind driving t he waves over Lhe gunnels of my frail bark, and a heavy rain which had a ll ready began to fall, nearly filled Lhe canoe wiLh water. To keep her a floot, 1 was very often obliged to pull up on a sand-bar and ernpty the water out of the boat. 111 lhe after noon next day near Lhree o'clock I bec.:1.me very hungery and wearyed. I landed under a high perpendicular bank, which was near twnty feet above the watter. 1 dripping wet, clirn up Lhe muddy and sli pery banks, on Lhe Iowa side, en hopes of seeing some setLler ... .. • - - 0:- ~ • • = =- ~.. ~ =- ~· -= ':.: -:..· '= -:.· =: -:: - -:_: = =. -:.: ::: :..: :.: ::: :.;. _: :: ::: ::. :.:. '_: ::: :... ~ - = __: --=- ·- - I . I cabbin, but no. Before my lay a broad valley covered wilh !.all grass waving like a sea as the wind bent the slendl'r stalks lo and fraw, rugged and high hills loomed up in the dim distance. No signel of human life was visible, I resumed my seat in Lhe canoe and floa ted down Lhe river a number of miles, lt was getting near night, the sun was sinking down behind the tree lops. Thrnwi11g its last rays upon the dancing waters. When l heard the barking of a dog and Lhe tinkling of a bell, I immeadially landed lo aserlain welher I was in Lhe vacinity - or not, of a settler's cabbins, pulling my canoe upon the shore and abandoning her, I made my way through a dark forrest of cotton wood and willows, as I reached the out skerts of the wood which bordering on the shore of a little grassey lake on the opsile side of the lake were small broken and uneven hills covered wiLh bur oak, v.alnut and linn limber. I saw parLly hidden in the hills and folage a newly built cabbin covered with shakes, after a brish walk of a mile I hailed at the door of the hut. I was meet by a young girl who welcomed me into the house. after l had dried my self by the fire, as I was yet welt from the resent rain. l set up Lo the table, to a supper of milk bread and butler. after entertaining the family during the evening by relating lhe sad afai1· that happened Lo me up the river 1 retired lo bed, happy of finding so comfortable to place for the nigh, never tha nking the lord for leading me safly through Lhe dangers l had just pared through as J s hould of don. I rose early nexL morni ng wh ich was bright and clear, (this cabbi11 stands near Fort Calhune) after traveling a dislatH:c of twelve mile:; l was once more safe with my friend:; in Lhe vaci11ily of Council Blufl'::; and the while settlement.] After Lhc war broke out Icnlisled in the Union army. I was sick a good part of the time, and saw so meny of Lhe sold iers from one Lo three every day, born Lo lheir long home, lo meel their God, and there Lo be judged according lo their deed's This brought me lo a quandary of Lhoughls, and the willfair of my soul. I was deLermin to look more deply in Lhe cause and need of being a chrislan, and Lo learn what course to µersue and what wa::; 11eeded lo make a chrislian ri;f .- 1'.-. .· ·. - ".'" : . .. ·...:: · .. .,, "'l • •• • • I went to the Christian Commision and asked for a tcslmenL which was gave me I began at the first part and read it through. When I had got lhrough lhe liLtle book I had learnt more of the real need of being a chrstan and serving God, than I ever had known before. 'l'he first thing I learnt was the Lords Prayer. Which I whispered every night when I retired to Led. From that time I was detennin to life a chrislan. · It was lhen, that I felt the full power of Lhe dev il. I could feel and realize that I was in the devil's hands. While I whispered a prayer to God, I could feel him sLrngling with my soul, for fear he would loose it, he templed me very day in various ways, But I was determaned to loosen and free my self from his power over me, and thank God, I have broken lhe chain which he had me bound with, and am determined not lo be captured by him again. On one Sunday even ing, I went to a Negro revival a nd prayer meeting. It gave me much pleasure to see the happiness they enjoyed in their meetings. I knew by their words songs and prayers even their very actions revelaed Lhe power of the Lord, that twined around their hearts. Tho their ways and manners of serving and worshiping God is some what different from our ways and manners. My rigement was ordered to Mobile on the ninth of February, we landed al Mobile Point on the last of that monLh. We pitched the camp on the while sandy beach of the gulf of Mex ico, and on lhe skirt of a little grove of Oakes, which made a delightful shade, we selecled a beautiful spot for a meeting house. a ll of the under brw;h and palm leaves were cleared off, and we soone had quiLe a romanlict little church, we would meet every evening in our little leall'ey church with the chaplin, for a p rayer meeting, and on Sunday for regular service. After a few meetings the croud began Lo increase, untill the little grove was filled with the boys in blue, as the shades of evening darkened into night, a nd as the bright fire from our Jillie church casL its rays through the dark folage of the grove. The boys would string along through the greese wood brush, guided by Lhe uright light fr~)111 our little church. They began to go forward from five to ten :·~ ·tr· .. ·.'::. · · ·. · · I I) . r'. . .. . . . ;r /~ :· .' · "' ... ~ 1. -_ ,, ._.. '.'~ .. <il_.J 1" ~~, . , . '°. . . 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" "'.~ ": ~' ~ r~ ~ • ;' t ... ; • . ·~ . : i . \ .': t :,~:, ~ ' . • ~ .' :·: ~; • 1 -~:z.&:.1f~1Jk:i;:-+\4 ~~LW(Jti~ ... t 1.t:A.._,, 'l···• ·~t ~ ... ~ : -2 -L. ~A. ! 1_:-i.,..,•-- . .'.\. i:>it / . .. n .. ~ . ..... ~ Pencil drawing made in Panama : Jlspenwall (Colon), Central America, 1869- Brown Collection ?7 ,' ., ':\ (fJ every evening for two weaks that our meLing lasLed. he ofTord me G 00 n driy but I wouldent stay I felt Lhern Lhat ha<l lived in sin all Lheir lives, bowed down !HIS Jieious. made different trades l sold Lhe learn al Lhe mourners bench, wilh Lears in Lheir eyes, callin Ll1en Lo I La e . 1 c 1Le Lo acramen o on God for mercy declaring Lhcy wou ld never rise from from Sn IL Lake. - ha<l Lime of fishing - e cam 1 at t.hrir knrPs u11Lill Lhey ha<l received mercy and for- ~acr;_\me lo and brou hL another lcam lo Lake me give11ess from God. lo Pelertmia. campe([Qi11he Sac River besicreal)lg Jn LhaL liLLle grove never will I forget lhe spot on Lhe grape vi nyard - l wen[ lo get some g!·apes - tnemiin hl':i<'h of Lhe Gulf of Mexico, where l bo1ve<l down for Lold me Lo come and get beLLcr ones, I worked at Lhe liri-;L time in earnesLn<>ss to God, dclurmaned Lo l'cLclunia sLaid all Lheir all Lhat winter then mother Lurn m y back Lo Lhis sinful world, and follow Gesus. lcloubllcss his wije 111r.l£11r. , whose obitunru mentions l askc•d lhc Lord Lo tulch Lhe heart of my wife Lhat lwr dcmr1crous trip lo California. in 18621. wanle<l to go she 111ighL become a chrislian, She had bin raised up back so I got Lhe money·and she went back by Lhe noL kno\\.ing Lhe reel need of religion or of serving Lhe ]smus, Lhe panama people Look Lhem Lhrough over t he Lord. l prayed for her, my prayers were heard and lakes and over land on l.n11Tous Lhc necked panona :111::;wcred ;111d so were Lhe prayers offered up at home Look cLc I slaid aL llealsburg Lhal win Le had a mintfor n1e as you ·may sec h.v a lellcr wriLlcn lo my by in school I "Jl/ m;rs 'l'nilm"' 1'.<; 111rittcn nl. to71 o 7inae my IJroLher. l'l'rlli11a of his wife's conversion!. /I('.. ore thefollowi11a sr.11lcncej. 'I:he ncxL fall l wenL back :·' ( :lory l.o l :ml my prayer is heard. J have received liuL hnd a liLLlc bcLLei· Lrip 'Lhan moLher did we LhaL which J prayed fur Lhc Learn of joy bursL fro111 cros.<>cd Lhc Jsrnus and Look he, lu.nforlnnnlrly Si111011s m y eyes as I read Lhe last few lines, lL caused me Lo has lrfl onl the key worcl to tell how the journey was 1:t•joicc al Lhr sweet LhoughLs of find ing when l get co11171lcleclJ. finely getting pack Lq C.Il. was a month on lio111e a christain wife, God will surly answer a pr;1yN Lhe Lrip when l got Lo C.B. · l joined Lhe army in lhe thaL is offered up by a sin ner if it comes wiLh faiLh 29 VolunLeers l nurced in Lhe hostile in Nouralines - from Lile hearL! 1 joined Lhe rigement at L1tLle I ok Ark J was on Slarlptl servayni Lri with Gen God e from Deve_n- picket duly a11d guard duly we hod lo figh.Lrals porL, 1owa u on oc { s all( rn. Servan from their lo and I sTepl in a place where !:hey kc11t_ru:ain ·Dcver\l)"QrL Lo Council Bluff slatted from Deven orC Lfie. ral runalr over me they. nm over m~legs_ I l srQr_-M_ii.Yj{ot Lo C. B. in Sept., slonne<l at ouncle would lock Lhem Lh wou ld II heav on Lhe floor 13lirrs made Lhat home for 5G years, ffiree of us went l was 1m111L111g a s11n on a store w 1en l was o duly ujiOf!MOi:isccri River Lo SL. Lot11s m 18!Jillminled a cv~y__Q1in r sf1ook ikc an carLh quck 1t was a lilll p;fnaroma o Lie rrp a ler L 1a · went Lo cnver acrOStlllc arc n ver cw u > ew a 111mlll1> and Lheir was foo or llli'Cc log caGens lhcir lhen/doug !or when ic came own e on a man L mt was nuiiig a golff qtfil; tl~hem ~t Lo hunlmg m J'i!Ze mule k1!111)g__b_11n L.<L..· . . ·· -·-- - Peak mouff!:ams le[t Denver back to Counce! n on Whit at Mobile l was Laken sick. ourw:iy -so1iiCTil<lians missc one of tlleir red slone l laid on a san bar, when l wou ld a drink I had lo go pipe they o o.vet us for Lhe pike was going o serce on my hands and neis to a small hole Lo Lake a few for iL buL one LhaL had it droped it in Lhe roa id the swollows - from Lheir they sent me to dofolan lsland Indians found it Lhey were saLicfied wenL back On I staid Lheir a week or Lo an Lhe hopiLle Lhen Lhey our road h:1ck Lhrec or four Lravelers c.1111e Lo us Lhcy sent me Lo New Orleans Lo Lhe Morine Hospitle afler were lost Lhey li ved on onions for a number of clays l gol Lhe hospille, when I ~ot with lhe Dr. put me and one 1-{aVc> me a overcouL Lo Lake him Lo Pikes Peak anoLher man in as nurce 111 a ward of about 40 beds I he wail down Lo VurL Corney l/"orl f ( rnrne11J Lheir we staid Lheir nearly all summer - near Lhe end of Lhe drew rnslwm; Lo b st him, he had luLc; or gold in his war hardly any body was Lheir t hey was miserable poC'krLc; I found ouL afLer words, Lhree aflcr I guL Lo i>eople Lheir So l went back Lo my regiment down Lhe C.H. I slarlc<l on anolher atlvenLure Buffalo hunt GalvesLon. ':"iLh Lhc 0 111 aha Indians 11\.nolher version of this e71isode My regmen t wasent their and Lhey coultl not locale it 1s q11of!•rl rls<'1t1h<'r<'I 1858_. . . for a week so Lhry sent me to it for miles to Lhe mounLh 1. slnrled a LhPaLC'r Lheir Cot!?~~1l_JJE_ JT_s J was Lhe11: G _ of Lhe Riao grand we laid Lheir until! the war closed. moiiUi5.1TiCilfiro w u ) arn sLarlcd ac1 oSrthZTDlmrrs J pa iiL~Cl L 1e seonry an a I - m 18GI I wen[ w1L lJ.!l.Y__. 1mclc ac~ ~t _ L1 c- plaif1S- ~P. 11 · was 110 wa~s of us we lravelctrtif}the µJafti·1ver on Lhe norU1!1ratr\ve slopped for lhe 4 of .J uly they took the side bords from our wagon, our ficst consisLed of Roast Ox goose brcasLc; and every thing one could amagain Lhe address of Lhe day. was made by Dun Norlin, Sr., we \H•nt on Lhen w1l.h ouL any trouble on any kind unLil \\oC got Lo & LL· <e Lhen l mceL a man who t\SfilQ. beJY.i..lJill1c irlt.l~c h •· · - old Dri 1 h, lLYOllllg l >_V:_!:~~sci!. :_pa 11~L r and he wanlcd me Lo _stay..lhcir.-- - ) (i) Early Nebraska Cow Rancher and His Home-Reverse: Plows Scottsbluff Chimney Rock Sioux City, I owa, 1856 The Blackbird Hills 1854-Reverse : Pikes Peak Camp on Clear Creek near where Golden City now is and 12 miles from Denver. Bound for Pike's Peak-Reverse : Freemont [sic] land opposite Antelope Island St. Vrain's, Colorado-Reverse : Long's Peak O'Fallon' s Bluff Trading Post-Reverse : Waf)on and two mules. Fort Laramie-Reverse : Ruins of Free State Hotel-Lawrence, Kansas Great American Desert, West of Salt LakeReverse : Sargents Bluffs [sic] California Train Nooning 1861 State Prison at Little Rock in 186'lf- front view State Prison at Little Rock in 1864-rear view Little Rock, Arkansas Winter Quarters of the 29th, Iowa at Little Rock, 1864 Rebel Blockade Runner, Savannah Rebel Blockade Runner, laying at the Mouth of Matagorda Bay Scene near Panama Panorama of Panama Panama-Central America Photograph: Portrait of George Simons Aspenwall (Colon), Central America 1868, Fort Alcatraz Fort Alcatrnz, San Francisco Ba.y, Calif or- nia The Golden Gate Bellvill Iron Works, New Orleans Fort Powell-Lake Pontchartrain Lake Port on Lake Pontchartrain Fort Pt'ke on L ake Pontchartrain Fort Gaines, Lake Pontchartrain Cathedral at Galveston 1865 Galveston showing the entrance to the harbor in 1865 Galveston in 1865 I ndianola 1865-Lauaca Bay, Texas Brazos Island, Santiago, Texas in 1865 Point opposite Santiago, Texas in 1865 House in St. Joseph, Jl1issouri where J esse James was Killed, rear view Miscellaneous Photograph of the Artist Lent by Miss Vera Reynolds Civil W ar Diary 1864-1865 Lent by Harry Norman Simons Scrapbook of newspaper clippings in Coe's Dmwing Book of Landscapes, Foliage, etc., published by D. Avpleton, 1852 Lent by Harry Norman Simons Sketchbook prevared for Natlwn P . Dodge Lent by Council Bluffs Free Public Library Oil: Portrait of Logan Fontenelle, 1853 7q - Oil Paintings A Pause In The Journey, Bradshaw house, 1859, located a t what was later the junction of Canning and Pierce Street. Gift of Museum Staff in memory of Louis A. Gobel. *Early Council Bluffs, 1849 1957 Purchase *Mail Delivery on The Frontier Gift of Paul Barlow Burleigh Permanent Collection, Joslyn Art Museum *Sioux City, Iowa, 1856 Lent by Mr. Robert H. Aborn, Glenshaw, Pa. Mt. Rainier at Tacoma, Washington, 1888 Railroad Station al Tacoma, W ashinglon, 1888 Portrait of Alexander Campbell Portrait of A Negro Lent by Miss Marguerite V. Brown, Council Bluffs, Iowa *Bellevue, Nebraska, 1856 Lent by Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Christlieb, Omaha, Nebraska Council Bluffs, early 1850's *Panoramic View of Council Bluffs, 1857-8 Later Pcinoramic View of Council Bluffs River Scene WithM1:ssouriPacket OMAHA Len t by Council Bluffs Free Public Library View of Council Bluffs Showing Railroads Lent by Council Bluffs avings Bank *The Ffrst Mail Carrier (Omaha) 1855 Buffalo on The Plains Burial on The Plains Logging Scene Lent by Council Bluffs Women's Club Buffalo Coming to Drink in the Missouri, after Karl Bodmer (attribu tion to George Simons not definite) Lent by Mr. Ray Craft, Council Bluffs, Iowa *Pa.norama of Council Bluffs, 1853 Lent by Harry Crowl, Council Bluffs, Iowa Stage Coach Tlolcl-Up (afLer an early prin t?) Lent by J ohn Howell - Books, San Francisco, California Portrait of Chief Sitting Bull, a fter Julian ScoLt (attribution to George Simons not definite) *lVlonnon E1tcampment Lent by :VI rs. Kenneth Parker, Omaha, Nebraska Portrait of Mrs. George Simons, after a photograph Wildlife Scene, family of quail, after Currier and Ives print after pain ting by A. F . Tait. Lent by :vrrs. Willis Pitt, great-grand- daughter of artist, Iowa Fa lls, Iowa Cottage Scene Lent by Miss Vera E. Reynolds, grand- daughter of artist, Council Bluffs, Iowa Cows IV acling in Stream Deer in Forest Harry l\'orman Simons, 1897 Harry Norman Simons on Horseback, 1897 Forest Fire At Mt. Rainier, Washington, 1888 Lent by Han y Norman Simons, son of the artist, Lebanon, Oregon •Pencil sketches for these paintinos are exhibited Sketches, LeRoy C. Brown Collection, Lent by M iss Marguerite V. Brown Council Bluffs, Iowa, 1853 Council Bluffs, Iowa, early 1850's Coundl Bluffs, Iowa, 1858 Wick's Mill and Residence, Council Bluffs, Iowa Elder Orson Hyde's House fo Council Bluffs First Claim Cabin in Omaha, June 1854 Omaha in 1855 Omaha I ndian Village on the Papillion in 1855- Reverse : Dodge's last camp below Crescent City First Railroad Bridge and Train over the JVJissouri River in Omaha View of Early Omaha looking NorthReverse : Sketch of 4th I owa Regiment 111 onnons Landing at Florence in 1856 Mormon Ca111p meeting at Park Mills, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Old ,1J onnon Ferry on the Elkhorn Old Pawnee Indian Village on the south side Platte River 1855 Bellevue, Nebraska in '56 General Dodge's Camp on Coon River in 1853- (First Rock Island Sw·vey in 1853) General Dodge's Claim on the Elkhorn (Claims of Sylvanus Dodge & G. M. Dodge looking south Lo ferry on the E lkhorn, 1854-58) In 1859, Simons painted the scene at left. c~lled "Pause in the Journey." It shows the old James Bradshaw house at the junction of Canning and Pierce Streets in Council Bluffs. The place was also known as "Jimmy's Well." This painting, owned by the Joslyn· Museum, will also be among those in the Simons' restrospective exhibition. For additional paintings a n d sketches and for a story by George Shane on Simons a nd his work -see inside,:. $wiss Book To /:?eprinf S/cefcj. ,. ~Y Bl11fls A,.f ,57· • 8.A 5KETCB BY GEOB GE ~ons, 1<>eaI artist wlJo ~<>n OQntem ..., a Ville pora.ry of <kn . . G re n- a ~ Dodge, is slated to ap. JWn r .m a SWiss book on th tun-e:rcan West <Jf the l9th CetJ~ ediD~ Max Mittler <JI Zuricll is &fi~n~ .~the boO"k for Walter ..., o, Olten. S -fie has asked Miss Mil d r e d lllOCk, .local librarian, for a CQl:>y ol Simons' slretcb of tbe steamer "Omaha" IandiJJg Mormons at Florence, Neb. in 1854. M iss Smock says the liwary flas the Ol'ig:inal Si.m01JS sketch boot, and she will send Dr. Mit- Uer a photosmt copy ol the steamer drawing. . . . -- - .. - - - - - -· ~ - - - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ = = ~ - ~ . -- -- - --- -- • · ... Mormon encampment on Mosquito Creek about three miles east of Council Bluffs a century ago was painted by George Simons, frontier artist (1834-1917) who at one time had a gallery-studio in Council Bluffs and left' an interesting art record of the early town. This painting, on permanent loan from Mrs. Walter L. Burritt of Omaha, will be one of a number in a George Simons exhibition at Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum beginning next Sunday. ,.., TWENTY-TWO-C. By Gene T elpner proNEER days in Iowa and Nebraska as seen by an early day · artist-photographer are being pre - s erved in photostat by the County Recorder's office in C o u n c i 1 Bluffs. A book of drawings, "Frontier Sketches," by George Simons, is being thus preserved "tor posterity at the r equest of the Council - Bluffs Public Library, in whose vault is stored the original volume, fragile and dog-eared. Only one copy of the book was ever made. Mr. Simons, the artist, came to Council Bluffs with Gen. Grenville Dodge, some · say as a surveyor for t he Rock Island Railroad. Later records classify Mr. Simons as a cook with artis- tic ability. But whatever his true calling, Mr. Simons' skill at the drawing board has passed on to posterity valuable historical data. The bool{"of 35 drawings was done at the r equest of Nathan P. Dodge, brother of General Dodge, and the subject matter of several of the sketches is the Dodge fam· ily itself. The dwelling of General Dodge, for example, formerl y located on Pier ce Street in Council Bluffs. The house was originall y built in St Louis, Mo. In 1856 it was loaded on a steamboat and shipped to Council Bluffs and reassem- bled. It was the talk of the town, since it was the first frame dwelling ever to be seen by many of the residents. Mr. Simons' draw- ing depicts Natha n Dodge a nd his wife before starting on their wedding trip in September, 1864. The carriage, drawn up before the house, awaits the young couple framed in the doorway. There are other equally inter- esting scenes of pioneer days: The Kanesville (Council Bluffs) of 1849 wi th its single, straggling street that is today's Broadway, ~mi gra t trains, Indians. The first claim cabin in Nebraska erected by Daniel Norton in 1853 somewher e between Oma - ha and Bellevue. The steamer Omaha landing Mormons at F lorence, Neb., in 1854. The first temporary r ailroad [Pioneer Days Preserved lh Photostat Mormons debarking from the Steamer Omaha at Florence, Neb., in 1854 . . the· majority he~ded west. bridge across the Missouri be- tween Omaha and Council Bluffs. 'T'hP ~k Ptrh rlnnP on December 26, '- . Ra ilroad, crossing the bridge, which was south of the present Ak-Sar-Ben structure. 'T'he Ocean Wave Saloon - in - lV[onte Carlo of the west -which stood on the present site of Broadway Methodist Church in Council Bluffs. Some of the Simons sketches are r eproduced on this page . Photostat copies are to be avail· able for public refer ence in tht Council Bluffs Libr ary. E ?UBLIC LIBP.ARY Ccu.~c il Bluffs, lo·:Ja i.e George Simons sketch book consi sts of 44 sketches i n pencil, approxi- ·ly 7 x 9 inches, simila r to t he ones pictur ed on p. 466 of the Library J ournal· titl es are listed below, marked s. The book al so i ncl udes clippings and c ellaneous material, of some hist orical int erest , but not out~tanding. Simons was cook to several surveying expeditions led by General G. M. Dodge , who laid out the Rock Island, Union P.acific, and ot her railroads. He l ater s ettled in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and beca.JLe a phot ographer a~d artist. Positive photostats of the ordered at the following pric~s: · Index (hand-written) material, t he same size as the originals, Individual sketches, . $1.00 each Ten or more • 75 each The 44 sketches $33.00 Entire 57 pages $36.00 Skdc:ies of Ea rl y Days in Wester n IO\·rc:1. (newspaper clipping) mar be Some Ra.re P~ctures , July 7, 1893. Sketch Book of Value, 1901. (Clippings) Ho1:.se in wh'ich N. P. Dodge ·wa s born situated. on Main St ., Peabody, rme y So. Danvers, Mass. August 20, 1837. (Phot ograph) First Mill in Council Bluffs , May, 1901. ( Clippine) Daggers Saw Mill near Corner Hill & Sixt h Street s, Council Bluffs, ke tcl~d by Geo. Simons in 1854. G. r~ . Dodge 1 s Engineer Pa rty, Camped on Coon River, Guthrie Cc ., IoWa. 1853. Rock Isl nd R.R. Survey. G. M- ge s Engi neer Camp in Missouri River Bottom near 0rescent 0ity , I o\.a , Se1.·t. 1853. Sketched by Ge;o. s;_mons, cook of the pa":'ty . Ro ~ Ts~ 1~f.. ·:l. :1:1.. Survey. :!tl:!.c'3r :r ~n H,_vC. es r esidence on Wa shington Ave., Council Bluffs. C·mt.:".\8. 'Indian village on Pappillion Creek nea r Bellevi ew, Nebre.skA. , :'.854 . ;?e...,:.!1.o oe .•:nc!.ian Village on South si.de of Pla tte Ri ver (near Fr emont , :\fe!: ::-ac:ka) 1856. e~ mtr C.naha landing Mormons. at Florence , Neb. in the Spring of 18E4. ·F": :; .'Jr iat Mill in Potta 'me Count y, built by S. E. Wicks f or Potta 1me t~i 8 of Indians , 1842-1852 (rebuilt), l ocat ed on Mosquito Creek , afterwa r ds knO\·m a s Parks Mill. S. . Wi cks home on Mosquito Creek (near Parks Mill) 1842-1864. ~~n~in~ Bllffal o in Central Kan3as, Septr. 1865. S\i.nt ing Ant el ope in Wyoming Te rritory, ;J.st l8$fi. ·~.'1: e r i:!"s ~ claim Ca':>in tmil t in Nebraska by Dan 11 Norton in 1853 between Cl:ria ha & Bellevue. T" t t empora ry Bridge between c. Bluffs & Omaha wHh first train of s c~ sqing , winter of 1867. . r:a:p";. Ca rlisl e 1 s Califor ni a Trai n nooning i n the Pl a tte Valley , 1859 • . ~c;. c lnmting tha Cows .. Ti.ie Arkansas Traveller. "·!0r:;1on::1 (:Tossing the pl ai ns with Hand Carts fr om Fl orence, Neb. to Sal.t !ake. This trai n start ed from I owa City and Passed thro Uounc i l Bl uff s , 1.fi.5'). ·:0r.i.on train in Camp. ss g the steers preparatory t o yoki ng up for a st art. Kanesville (now C. Bluffs) 1849 t o 1 51. Looking north from corner of Main St. & First Ave. Council Bl uffs in 1858. L• oki ng north • • ··'"'- S2G. Co· .. ;,nc :... l BJ u:ffs in J 858. View t~: 011 from h) 1 ..1. whe't'e :fospita l no\1 sta nC.s. 52':'. ;o· .. nc ll 'Bluffs in 18.5R .. View frur.: ltospH a l n:ill, ic 0k~ng South We st. S J . :f·e ..:r y a c1·osJ Elkhorn P.i 7er, 2 j mil es mi of ().teha : .H>54 . S2'.? . Em: .. grant t: to U-ca.h ~ llal i f ornia c:.os&ing Elkhorn Fiver , 25 miles North West of Omaha, Nebra ska , 1854 & 5 . 830 . West pa ~ of N. p . dg 's Farm on El khor n River, 23 m. NW Omaha "Neo. S31 . Emi gr ant Fe rry a cross Elkhorn River . . . S32 . Lo·ok b,g Sou t h ov er t he cla ims of Syl '\Ta nus Do~tl & G. M. Dodge t o Ferry a cross E:khorn River . S32. $. Dodge 's Cabin & I mprovemen ts a s t hey a ppeared in 1 858. S34. Dwel ling House on Pierce St. i n which N. P. Dodge lived during winter of 1864 & 5. S36. Of:ice of N. P. Dodge f r om 1860 t o 1 862. ~~ . ·JHp-ping announcing transfer of banking busi ness f r om J3a.l dWin & Dodge to i?at:i::tn P. Dodge , 1860 . S37. F.0L1a c.f Na t han P . Dodge f r om Apr . 1865 to 1 888, SE corner 4 th St. & WL'..l o•.-, Ave . ~-i . C:f fi c e <9 f i: . P. Dodge f r om June 1862 t o 18 63. Offic e of N. ? . Dodge t~ 1863 t o l e 69 . S3S'. Eu.:i lt b7; N. P. J:lodge i n 1 8 69 , Council Bluff s Savi ngs Bank. 4C,, ?~1c, ....,r 1 and adverti sement of Co'.m cil Bluf f s vi !:! :Bank , 1898 . .')41. :s-J., ;j&bin, h ome of Rev. G. G. Rice, May 1852 t o f :.:i.i.l 1855 . 2:id C:abin 0ic:~ in 1852 , u sed a s Cong r egati ona l Church, also a s oo~. house . '342 " r.:; .gati l Church er ected in 1854 & 1 855. S1 !:0 , '.· ng r:- egation l Chu r ch , Counc il Bl uffs e r ect ed in f a ll & wi nter, "!.8 69 . S44.. 3:0n..') -:-.f f.yl vanus Dodge (D . 1 8 71 ) and his widow , Ju lia T. Dodge . ..j.5 . J"L~°il -: :;:!of .. ;sf! Beard' s home , Mapl eton . I owa . Photog,.a ph . S4 E, :!:i og ;:,z.b\ n i n Omaha occupi ed by Sylvanus Dodge & mily when dr iven by ::: ~ a.r.s f~om t he ir El khor n f a r m' August , 1855 t o Ap ril , 1856. 4 7 . aL it n a c count of India n att a ck , copied. f:rom 'iThe Chronotype" of l'i .n ~d , Aug . l , 1855 (Published in Counc il B.i.uffn ) :11 .t8. :'i'ov:t h I1.nra. Infantry in Camp a t Cou ncil Bl uf fs, July 1 861, bef ore goin~ '.;o t h e:. wa -: . '.J49 'I'• 1(·:1 r nL1t h I owa I nfa ntr y in Winter <lua rte rs , Little Rock , Ar k . ~sr, ~64 & 5. :)tQ.. B43l ~ev.:. , l-eb ska, 1856. 5i:·l >~c,,;_x 'Jity, I owa , 1856 . ':£:.: ; :-.i :r..Jon 8anp Mee t ing near Parks Mi l l. ~5 ·rc1d.:.a n:, :~ L.· ...... "1 i n6 a Buffal o on the Pl ains. 64. . 6.:: ;: '·1 r· i.bl~_ s h ·1d :;:> icture of Lincoln ( newspap er clipp ing ) t5. .~i; ho· ~~e bu:1i.t by Gen. u. s. Grant on his far m n ear St. Louis. ') ~1..>to a~)h) 55 rna:_~ k of "Early Home of H. M. Hoxi e 11 a nd "Wher e ·Dodge became an '::lld Fe-1.l.o··:" . f5 7 a~ shots of "Texa s Ranger " a nd 11G. M. & N. P. Dodge , on thei r r eturn from a hunting tri p, en J WJ Ranch, Edwards Co. Texas, 189611 • ,---------· MATERIAL TO BE FOUND IN THE COID~C IL BLUFFS LIBRARY Copi ed from 11 Fr ontier Sketches 11 book owned by Nathan P. Dodge . Sketches in p6nci l by George Simons. This arti cle copied from a pr inted clipping pasted in the book . July 7 , 1893 SOME RA.RE PICTURES - -M. M. Turner Sketche.s Representing t he Scene of Council Bl uffs as it was Many Yea rs Ago \'/hat a Visitor can See at the Studi o of Mr. George Simons - A Few Suggestions. Some ra r e pictures of the scenes of Council Bl uffs in an early day can be seen at the studi o of Georee Simons on ' Fast Broadway. Mr. Simons came t o t his ci t y a· long t ime ago , a t a t i me when the antel ope and the dee r st i l l browsed on the beautiful hills surroundi ng Council Bluffs and when the I ndian wi gwams were stil,l conspicuous on the site whe r e the city now st ands. His west e rn tri p was due t o his connec t ion with General G. M. Dodge 's engineer ing corps which had. cr ossed the state from the Missi ssippi to the Mi ssouri t o lay out the r oute of one of the great tru.nkl ine railways now terminating he r e . His servi ces to General Dodge we r e very valuable owi ng to the fact that he was one of nature 's artists and an;r part of the rout'e traversed was inedibly photographed in the mi nd of Mr . Simons , who coul d si t down and ske tch i t a t a moment 's notice , almost true to nature . Upon his arrival here he became infatuated with the beauti es of COUI).Cil Bluffs which has been his home ever since, a lthough a t times he hL.s ma.de tours · of the great western empi re fo r the p·.irpose of gatheri ng sketches of scenes , to r epr oduce with t he artist 's brush . There is one thing about Mr. Simons that has kept him in the background in regard t o the meri t s of his work and that is he is so modest and unassumlng that his paintings and ske tches have never been brought before the public. as they shou ld whe re they will be gr eatly admired. He has pencil sketches of Council Bl uffs in an early day.which any of the older citizens will recognize at a glance . At hi~ studio can be seen the old buildings that stood on East Broadway and Madison street now onl y known t o memorJ and which have years ago been t orn away to give place to fine business blocks and r esidences. One of his sketches, of a late r. date, shows portions of middl e and western Brwadway. The Nonpareil building , known as the Palmer bl ock, stands out ver y prominent as do a l so the bl ocks occupied by the old Pacific house, and that now occupi ed_ by the State Savings Bank. The sketches and paintings of Council Bluffs and vicinity are too numerous to mention and properly describe them. Suffice to say that they are well worth going mil es to see i f one desires to know how Council Bl uffs looked when it was in i ts infancy and known a s Kanesville . A few weeks ago he sketched a book for Gener al Dodge of those old scenes in and around Council Bluffs and also of the important scenes connected with the general's routes through t he west with his surveying parti es. These wer e sent t o t he general and no money could buy them. Some time ago Mr. G. P. Dodge , knowi ng the ability and taste of the Council Bluffs artist, Mr . Simons, sent him to his farm in Nebr aska a short distance from Omaha to take sketches of i t and also of the Dodge homestead and t he farm of General Dodge . Mr . Simons did the work so well and so true to nature that Mr. Dodge can look upon them with almost the same satisfaction as he would were he looking at the or i gi nal s. Council :i3luffs has produced a number of a rtists in painting , music , etc. 1 and cl assed with t hat number i s Mr. George Siraons, whose pai~tings and sketches will be the more appr eci ated by t he public, the better it becomes acquainted with them. Some of t hem are souvenirs of the early day which will be preserved for centuries and long after the present generation has ceased to exist. Some d.ey they will be purchased and conspicuously pl aced i n the private library tooms of Council Bl uffs. THE NOlfPAREIL makes a suggestion to the trustees of the public library that they pur~..u:i.:,,1:1 a uw.uuer or t uese paintings to be place<!. about tne librar-J rooms co!lgpicuously ana. as years r ol l by t:ney will be greatly prizeC!. by tne success ors of the present off ici als of that grand institution of Council :Bl uffs and they will prove interesti ng to the thousands of people who visit the library each year. Photostat copies of 11 Frontier Ske tchesll are in Dodge cabine t - Council Bluff s , Simons , George . Origi nal ~e che s a r e in vault . JfATERIAL TO BE FOUND IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS LIBRARY Sketch Book of Value - May 25, 1901 To THE llEROURY office Hr. Dodge, Jr . , of this o1ty, son of H. P. Dodge, Sr. and nephew of General G. H. Dodge, brings a. book which is worth 1 ts weight in gold many t i mes over. It ie handsomely bound and ie made up of peno11 sketches of early western scenes, with a few photographs of more r ecent date. Most of the pencil drawings were by George Si mons, a cook employed by General Dodge• s engineering party when at work on railroad surveys in Iowa, and west of the Missouri River, beginning 1n 1853. One of the earliest of these is a picture of a. double l og cabin, one story high, surrounded by a rickety r ail fenc e, a covered wagon in the rear and a hay etaok near the front of the building. Underneath is an inscription to the effect that the modest building was t h e residence, in 1853, of Elder Orsa.n Hyde, t he famous Mormon, when he lived 1n Council Bluffs. Pictures of the Omaha village near Bell evue in 1854 and of the Pawnee village on the south aide of t he Pl atte oppPsite the present site of Fremont, present a very life-like appearance. Then follows one labeled: "Steamer Omaha landing Uormons at Florence, Neb., in the spring of 1854." A piot ure of special interest to Nebraskans is that one of a one-story, one-room, dirt-roofed log house, surrounded by timber, being the first claim oabin built in Nebraska, by Daniel Norton, in 1853, bet ween Omaha and Bellevue. Mr. Norton is well remembered by old settlers hereabouts, as are also hie t wo buxom daughters. There are several sketches of c ptng scenes out on the plains--one representing Capt ain Carlisle' o noon stop on the plains in 1859; another presents a view of a Mormon corral made of wagons and inside the corral men lassoing st eers preparatory to yoking up tor a eta.rt, and still another shows one of tba Mormon hand oa rt trains on its way from Florence, Neb., to Sa lt Lake Oity in 1856. But, doubtless, the most interesting picture in the estimation of Kr. N. P. Dodge, Sr., is that of a small, one-story frame building, two persons wal king out from the front door to t ake passage in the four horse coach standing near. Appended 1s t he following: "Dwelling house on Pieroe street in wh1ob N. P. Dodge lived during t he winter of 1864-5, formerly oooupied by G, K. Dodge; also by Sylva.nus Dodge's family. Frs.med in St. Louis and shipped by steamboat in 1856. Represents N. P. Dodge and wife starting on their wedding trip September, 1864.• This buil di ng s located in Oouno11 Bluffs and was the first frame building erected in the town. I - MATERIAL TO BE FOU,ND IN THE COUNCIL BLUFFS LIBRARY Sketches of Early Daye in Western Iowa From the oolleotion of Nathan P. Dodge - Nonpareil Sept. 4 , 1904 Perhaps t he most valuable and interesting oolleot1on of pictures of early Council Bluffs that exists today is in the possession of N. P. Dodge , in the form of a book of sketches drawn for him in 1853, by George Simone, well remembered in Council Bluffs as a photographer and artist, a.nd who died. some years ago . Hr. Simons was well qualified to prepare t hese sketches. When the antelope and deer still bro s ed around the bills upon which Council Bl uffs no-w stands, be came est w1 th Gen . Grenville M.. Dodge as a surveyor for the Rock Island railroad. He was an a rtist by profession and by nature and the prairie scenes and picturesque views were indelibly impressed upon hie m ory. So aoourate was the latter that he was able at any time to sit down and reproduce in pencil va rious loca.11 tie.a in which the surveying party had stayed any length of time. R. SIMONS' PAINTINGS Hr. Simons became infatuated with Council Bl uffs a.nd the sur- rounding country on his arrival here and made t he oity bis home . He spent the rest of his life in Oouncil Bluffs and produced a great number of b1etor1oal sketches relating to the early settl ement of Couno1l Bluffs and vicinity. A number of bis paintings of early Council Bluffs s cenes now adorn the walls of the Council Bluffs Public Library, They show the vi l l age of Ka.neev1lle in the years 1853 and 1855 and the oity o f Council Bluffs as it appeared l~ter on in the fifties. The book above mentioned, onti tled .. Frontier Sketches" was compiled for Ur . Dodge in 1853 and was one of Mr. Simon's last works. It ie a handsomely bound book containing a.bout thirty-five pencil drawings. They are beautifully executed, the scenes being reproduced as clearly and f aithfully as i:f from photographs, and the work of unusual exoellenoe, The ooenes in a l ar ge measure illustrate ••• swung froo a pole in front of 1 t, nestles against the bluff near Park Avenue. Uost of the cabins are surrounded by high fences serving as corrals for the stock. On top of the hill b aok of where George A. Keeline•s residence now stands t he old powder magazine is shown. This magazine, or its suooeesor, atood until a ttar the civil war and almost every brick in its walls contained t he name and address ot a Oounoil Bluffs soldier in the oivil war , carved deeply into it. A LITTLE LA'rER ON The next picture shows Qbunoil Bluffs in 1858. The tide of emlgr at1on had by t hat t1oe brought prosperity t o t he oity~ It wae t hr1v1ns town, woll built e.nd t he outlines of the present oity oan be easily diot1ngu1ehed by the streets. Ae yet t here were soaroely -- --g9 --- 90 - a - For many years the home of Mr. Herman Kountze on South Tenth Street, with its spacious and beautiful grounds, has been one of the show places of Oma.ha. A sketch of that hill as it was many yea.rs ago presents a forest eoene with a story-and-a-half log cabin and a straw-covered log et ble. Underneath the eketoh is written: 11 L9g cabin in Omaha oooupi ed by Syl vanua Dodge and f amily when driven by Indians from their Elkhorn farm, August, 1855, to April, 1858. This ground now oooupied by residence of Herman Kountze." On the suooeed1ng page i s given an ~ooount of the Indian difficulty referred to, as it was published ednesday, August ls 1855, in ~Tbe C7hronotype11 of Council Bluffs: "Great exoitement was prevalent in Ooaha on Uonday last oaused by the murder of two men by the Indians near Fontinelle. On Sunday a fternoon two men belonging to the Quincy company an~ living several miles south of Fontinelle (on Bell creek) started for the latter place, one of these ooompan1ed by his wife. When within a mile or two of their destination they heard the report of a gun. Thinkiµg it to be some one of the settlers, in their search for him, and while in a deep ravine, lt'ere greeted by a band of Indians, Santee Sioux. They o.ppea.red friendly, approached a.nd shook handS. One of the Indians took a ha.t from the hea.d of one of the white men and put it on hie own head. The owner tried to reclaim it but could not a.nd they .started away. The Indians followed and shot them dead. The woman, who was some yards behind, rushed to her husband when she s aw him f all and finding him dead, started to escape tow~d Fontinelle. Indians pursued and sent a shower of arrows o.fter her, one of whioh took effect in her thigh, but she managed to escape and reaohed Fontinelle. The Indians scalped their victims. A short time s1noe the Il}dians took four yoke of oxen from Kr . Reeves, who resides on the Elkhorn. Another man had his hous e broken open and furn1 ture destroyed. Mr·. Kimberlin bad a yoke of oxen t aken and was forced to nee to council Bluffs :tor safety of bis wife and children. " Among other interesting eketohes in th1e oonneotion is one of Bellevue, 1856, showing a settlecent of about forty houses; one of 81oux 01ty, Iowa, the same year, with fewer buildings the.rt in the Bellevue iotur~i eever&l. of Council Bluffs as that city appeared from 1849 to lBt>H; ·and qu1~e a numb er of the crossing of the lkhorn rive.r on the old California and Mormon trails, ne r the farms owned by the Dodge :family on the Elkhorn river. There ie also a photogTaph of Broadway, Council Bluffs,· taken in 1862. Another photograph t aken in reoent yeare 1 is a. picture of 0811 ral Dodge and hie brotbe~ N p Dodge in a hunting oamp in Texas nit h n big deer hanging in a tree • a e proof of t h eir auooeea in quest ot game. Photosta t copies of 11 Fronti er Sketches" are in Dodge cabinet _ Council Bl uffs, Simons , George. Ori ginal ske t ches are in vault. \ r a dozen streets in the set tlement and the built~p portion followed Broadway closel y. From Tuelfth street on the west to Oak street at the other end of Broadway, and from aahington street on the north to illow avenue on the south, were practically all the buildingA. Broadway at that time contained a number of fine brick buildings west of Main street, thie section vieing with t he vicinity of First street i n i mportance. The first of three pictures showing the o1ty at t his date is drawn looking on llain street. The o1ty mill s, still standing at t he head of Main street , were the most conspicuous ob ject i n the picture. The old saw mill, t he ponder magazine and t he old Methodist ohuroh , still st9od. A skirmi sh ltne of houses has orept up the bluffs to the north and south of Broadway. The seoond picture, l voking south from the hill on which St. Bernard's hospital now stands, shows the Union house, the court house, a small fral!le etl"Ucture, the Robir.son house, t ne "Cottonwood ja.11, 11 a house built of cottonwood loge. Around t hi s j ail t he stirring events of t he old l awless days oo agu ~ed. Hore tha.n o~e horsethi ef and desper ado l eft this j ail with the vigilance oommi ttee and tool~ a quicker route to justioe t han the law provides. It burne l ater and claimed a prisoner as a victim in the flames. Another drawing shows t he city ~ooking towards the southwest and ebows bow olosoly the early settlers clung t o t he hills. The western border of the city as soaroely beyond t heir shadow. "THE OOEAN .WAVE11 Prominent in the picture of Upper B:roa.dlt'ay 1e t he famous "Ocean . Wave. " In 1858 th1e wae t he Uonte Carlo of the west , the finest gambling house west of Chicago. Fortunes were w9n and lost over its tabl es o.nd i t was a rendezvous for gamblers from all over the country. eny a drama, rife wit h the shagginess of border days, waa enaoted wit hin 1te walls. Time, h1oh has its own quiet way of turning t hings topsy turvy, hae seen fit t o plant the present Broadway Uethod1et church squarely upon the site where the "Ocean Wave" onoe waved. There are many other piottiree in the book of great i nter est to old residents of t he city. Among the s cenes are t he old saw mill on Indian cr eek; t h e residence of the ort::lon elder, Orson Hyce; the first reaidenoe on Washington avenue; -che ·.t'a.rke mill, built on Mosquito or$ek for the Pottawatt amie Indians 1n 1842! tne 1andoffioe of N. P. Dodge at 122 Broadway; the bome of N. P. Doa.ge tn 1885 at t he corner of Willow Avenue and Fourth street, still standing; and the log cabins oooupied by t he First Congregational ohuroh in 1863. Besides t hese are a number of views of the Dodge cla.iru on the Elkhorn River in Nebraska., views of the old trail, old huntint; scenes, a view of the Dodge Cabin in Oma.ha on the site of the Herr.an Kountz residence, a picture of the first t emporary btidge across the Missouri·, a view of Sioux City in 1856, Mormon and Indiu.r. scenes and many others. The book is of almost priceless value from its historical associations. To those citizens whose memory extends back to the days when the trackless wilderness beat at the doors of the city and the adventurous spirit of the whole country gathered here to rest and outfit before pushing westward, the pictures would come a.s a vision of the past when Council Bluffs was but a sturdy infant and the west \Vas an empire y · t to come. 91 r ONE STRAGGLING STREET The finest pictures in the book and t hose which undoubtedly cost the most labor, are a series showing Council Bluffs and Kanesville as they appear ed in ·the earl y days. The fir st one portrays t he Kanesvill e of 1849. The village at that time was a single street straggling up the valley along the present route of Broadway. Along the prairi e r oad which forms t he str eet in the picture, trains of emigrant wagons are rnovi ng while a coupl e of I ndians occupy a conspicuous pla ce in the foreground. The houses a r c a.11 one story f:fame and log huts. Under the bluf fs, a t what is now the corner of Sixth and Mills streets, t he old Daggers saw mill, the first mill in Council Bluffs, is shown. From it Mill !3treet took its name . The mill deri ved its power from Indi an creek , which was evidently of some use in those days, and was harnessed much more successf'1lly than i t is now. The Methodist church, with a bell swu11g from a pole i n front of it, est~es against the bl uff near Park Avenue . Most of the cab ins are surrounded by high fences serving as corrals f or the stock . On t op of the hill back of where George A. Keeline•s residence now stands the old powder magazine is shown. This magazine, or its successor, stood unti l aft er the civil war and almost every brick in its 'falls contained the name and address of a Council Bluffs soldier in the civil war, carved deeply into it. Copied from 11 Frontier Ske tches 11 book owned by Nathan P. Dodge . Sketches in pencil by George Simons. This article copied from a printed clipping pasted in t he book. (Photostat copies of 11Frontie r Sketches" are in Dodge Cabinet - Council Bluffs, Simons, Geo rge . Original sketches are in the vault. ) Simons , George / SKETCH BOOK OF VALUE. - soME OLD Tl ME PENC!L DRA w1'N-cs WHICH ARE NOW HIGHLY PRJZED. I /6 I DODGE. t horse 1 staudfni: oeiu-:- , ppt-nclcd is I \\'hen ~· snw ti. fall and fi nding him I the fol lowing: "Dw<•lling house on Pierce dead, sturtcd to escnpe toward F ontinelle. To THE ;\[Encun Y office l\Jr. Dodge .Jr., slreet in whi<:h N., I!. Dodge lived duri ng Indin11s pursued a nd sent a shower of nro[ t uis city, sou of N. P. Dodge, Sr. nml the winter o( 180-J-;J, Cormel'ly occupied I rows after her, one of which took effect ni<11hcw of. General G. 1\I. Dodge, !Jri.ngs u by G. l\J. Dodge; a lso by 8ylv:rnus in her thigh, but she managed to escape book whid1 is worth its weight iu s:>ld D~dge's fami ly. l.i'ramed in St. Louis and ond reached Fontinelle. The Indinus f muiiY tim~s O\'er. It is handsomely bound shipped by steamboa l iu 185G. Rc!ll'e- st·alpecl their victims. A short time uncl is made up of pencil sketches of early sents N. P. Dodge and wife stnrtiqg on .. ;uce the Indians took four yoke of oxen western scenes, with a few photographs of their wedding trip September, l.SQJ." from :\Ir. Reeves, who resides on the Elkmo1·e recent date. Most of the pencil This building was located in Coimcil ho1.:i. • .\nothe1· man had his house broken clrn1vings were by George Simons, n c;ook HlufTR a111l wa~ th<> first frame building open and (umilure destroyed. Mr. K imemployed by General Dodge's engineei·iqg erected in the town. bcrlia lrncl a yoke of oxen taken and was· pa rty when at work ou railroad sur 'till forced lo Oee to Council Bluffs for sn£t>ty I in Iowa, noel west of lhe Missouri tfrer, · F or many yenrs the home of ~fr. lier- o( his wi(c nncl children." beginning in 18ii3. One of tbc earliest of ll¥lll liounlze on South Tenth street, with these is a picture of 11 double log cabin, l~l'I pneious nncl beautiful grounds, has Among other interesting sketches • "1 one story high, surrouuded by a rickety hc• n one of the show places of Omahn. A lhis connection is one of Bellevue, ' -: " rni! fciwe, 0 c•J\·cr.:d wr.bon in the rcai·, 11ic<>tch of that bill as it wns many years showing a settlement of abou fJ.-ty and a hay stack near the front of the .nao presents a forest scene with a story- houses; one of Sioux City, ow1~: the imine 1 building. Underneath is nn inscription to nnd-n-hnlf log cabin nnd a rnw-cove1 ~d year, with fewer bui ldings than kl the the effect. lhat the modest building was log_ stable. Underneath the sketch is Rellcvue picture ; severa l f Counci l the residence, in 1853, of Elder Orsan 1 wn tlen : "Log cabin in Omaha occupied Bluffs us that city appea red froll! 1840 to Hyde, the famous Mormon, when he li ved by Sylvnnus Dodge . and family when 1Sii8; and quite n number of the cross in ~ in Council B lu[ s. driven by Indians from lhei r Elkhorn of ~1 c J.Dlk horn river on the old California farm, August, 1855, to April, 185G. This m?. formon trnils, near the farms owned P ictures of t he Omaha. village nenr ground now occupied by residence of Iler- : ..• ""' ..}v,\~-fi,.u:l-.i. v:. ~·;r I:'.'.<','!V <•'> r.-• .,,. Bellevue in 18G4 and of the Pawnee vi i- mnn Kountze." On the succeeding page There is also a photograph of B roadway, 1 Inge on lhe south side of the l:'lalle op- is given an account of the I ndia n clifficnlty Counci l B luffs, taken in 1862. Another posile lhe present site of Fremont, pre· refenecl to, as it was published \Vednes- photograph taken in recent years, iR -.. sent a very life-like oppearunce. Then day, August 1, 1 3;;, in "'!'he Chronotype" ;>icture o( Genernl Dodge and his brother follows one labeled: "Steamer Omaha o( Council B luffs : N. P. Dodge in a hunting crunp in Texns lnncling Mormons at Florence, Neb., iu "Grent excitement wns preveln.nt in with a big deer hanging in a l rP a. tho spring of 1854." A picture of special Omnhn on ;\fondny Inst <·nuscd by the Proof o( their success in q\IMt oC o :"! interest lo Nebraskans. is thnt of a one- murder of two men by the India ns nea r story, one-room, dirt-roo(ccl Jog house, Fonlinelle. On Sunday afternoon two /Yo11 P· /Y\pJ'LI d. ~ I qo I surrounded by timber, being lhe first 11\'t!'ll belon~ing to the Quincy company and I clnim cabin built in Nebraska, by Daniel I living scvcrnl miles south of l!'ontinelle Norton, in l SG::l, between Omaha a.ud (on_IBell creek) sta rted for the lntter Bellevue. 1\Ir. Norton is well remembered 1 plac·c, one of these accompanied by his by olll :setllers hereabouts, ns a re a lso wi(e. When within a mile or two of thcil· hlq ·lwo buxom daughters. destination they hea rd the report of n gu n. Th inking it lo be some one of thP 'l'hPrc 11rr. ~"''Prn 1 !'kPtrht>~ nf <'Amninr J :S<'ttlers, in theit· search for him, a nd scenes out on lhe plains-one represent- I wlute in n deep ravine, were greeted by ing Captain Carlisle's noon stov on the 111 band of ndians, Santee Sioux, They plnins in 185!); another presents o. view nppeared friendly, approad1ecl ru1d shook ' of a 1\Jormon corm! mnde o( wagons ~i'.inds. One of the Indians took n hat nncl inside the c>orral men lassoing steers •nm the head of one of the whi te men ..r,,r .. p11rarory to yoking up for n start, ·1 put it on his owu bead. T he owner amt Lill another shows one of the 1\lor- "'' lo rcclnim it but could not an.; 1 heY mon hand ca rt trains ou i:;; wnv Crom "' rfocl awny. The I ndians followed an.i l!'lorence, Neb., lo alt Luke City i~ S;:iG. abot them dead. 'l'be womo.n, who was Hut, doubtless, the most inlerestiul( pie- some virdR behind rushed to her hustinnd lurr In the estimulion of i\fr. N. r. l)odg1::, Sr., is thlll of a small, one-stor:· frnmc huilcling, two persons walking out from l lh1front door to tnke passage in lhc four 9:3 • •I ... Sketches of Early Days in Western Iowa I From the Collecti.on of N.athan P. Dodge. Perhaps tho most valua ble a nd cstlng collection or pictur es or Counc il Blutr.s t hat exists todo.y Is In p:>sscrslon of N. P. Dodg e, In tho form of ... book of sketchn1 drawn tor him in 1853, Mr. Do<lgo In is.;:i and was ono ot Mr. " The Ocean Wavo: lntc.'- Simon's Inst work!!. It is a. band11omely Promlnon t In the picture or U p!)' boi;nd book contn lnln i; abou t tblrty-1\ve Broa dway Is the farmous "Ocoan Wave." pencil · d rawings. T IH>Y a r o bca.uUfully I n l b:>s th is w ns the :.rontc Carlo or t ht executed, the scenes being rep roduced as west, the finest grunbllng houso west ot clearly nnd a.lth(ull ~· as It from ohoto- Ch1cn.go. F ortunes we re w on and lost irraphs nnd the work ot unus ual excel- over Its tables a n<l It wns a rendezvous by George Simons, well remembered In !once. 'The see ~ In a. largo meuuro II- for gamblers from all over t ho country. Council Blutrs as a. photographer and nr- ,. Many a. d rama., rl!c with the s h ngglnoss of Ust a nd who dleJ some years a go swung from a pola In front or It, nestles border days, wa ll enacted within Its wa lls. ' · t ngitlust the blutt nea r P a rk ave nue, Time w hich has its own quiet way or Mr. Simons wa;1 well qua lified to pre- Most or t he cabins a r o su rrounded bi turn l~g things t opsy turvy, ho.s seen fit pr.re these uetch.•s. When the antelope high fences sen •lng as c orrals tor ~ to plant t he p resent Broa dwn}' Methodist D.-'ld deer s till browsed around the hills C,:·•ck On top of t he hill back or whetf.11 ch urch squarely u pon the site where tho ··;,oll which Coun~ll Blutts now stan1•a, ·-·!orgo A . Keellne's . residence now '"Ocean W ave" once w a \·ed. ho onmo west wlt·1 Gen. Grenville ·..,1. sta n?s tho old ow r m:LS'Qzlno ls Th~~o o re ma ny other pictur es In th o s hown. This mo.g=lnc, or Its s uccessor, '>Ok of great In terest to old r esidents ot D<>dgo a s a. s urvey11r for Ute Rock Island stN>d until after the civil w a r n~ alm~t tb, ~ .:lty. Among tho scones a ro the • 1 r a ilroad. H e wa s :in nrll'!t by prc;te.. slon e very brick In Its walls contained tho ~h .- mlll on Indian c reek; tho r esldcu :e 1 and by na ture a nd the pra irie scones and na me n.nd address of a. Council Blu!'Ca o! t ho 7'lormon eldor. Orson llydo; the picturesque views were Indelibly im- sold ier In tho cl\•11 war, carved deeply firs t r esidence on Washing ton a vcm .. ;i; pres.;ed upo n hJs m rmory. So accura t e Into It. tho P a t ks mill, b uilt on Mosquito creek war< the la tter that ~ wa.q a ble a t a ny 1 A L ittle L ater On. ~ t or th1 P oLta wa tlamJo Indians In 181!11 t lmo to sit d own a n cl reprod uce In pencil the Jo.ndoft1co of N. P. D odge nt m vurlo us locallUCtO in w hlch t he surveying T ho n ext picture shows Councll B h 0 t•e Broadway ; tho ·1omo or N. P. Doago In pa rty ha d stayed any length of um, . In 1&58. Tho Ude or emigration had b y l h60 o.t tho cor n · of \Vlllow av onuo and t hat time b roug h t prospe rity tt1 the ,, F ourth Btroet, stUl i!tan61ng 1 l'nd tho l og Mr. lt was a thrivin g t.own, well b ullt and tho cublns ccupl~ d by tho F irst Congrego.- S imons' P ain ti-11gs. l\fr. Simo1rn became Infa tuated with outlines ot the pr esent city can bo enslly Llonal c huroi' in 1853. •B esldo" these n ro Council 11tr~ n nd t ho su rrou i1~<t dlsllngulflhed by th e stNICts. A s yet there country on h is arrl\·at her e and mad o the were sca rcely n d oz en streets In the eet- clty his home. H e "pent the r est ll! his ttement a nd the built-up 1>0rtlon ronowod 11 rc Jn Council Dluf{s nnd pr il ..ic·~ d a Broadway closely. F rom Twelfth streef i;t•rat numlw r or histo rica l sk Hehcs r e - on the wost to Oa k street nt the he~ lo ting to th•• <', rly sdllum•·nt o r Cou ncil end o! Broadway, and fr om "\Yashlngt-0n Bluffs and vlrlnlty. A n umbe r o! h is street 00 t ho north to W iiiow avenue on ~ .ntlngq or 1··nly Council Bluffs sct-nes the south, were practically a ll the bulldt .· • .; n1lorn t he w.1 11!< or the Council Blutr!< In&"' Broa<lwa y a t that tl~ o conta ined i" bllc librar y. T hey shQw the vlllng e o r n numbe r o! nne urlck b uildings weirt of 1.::an csv lllo In t he yenrs 1S-a3 and 1855 11 nr 1 Ma in str eet, this section vlelng w ith t\10 1 ,c dty or Council Blurts tlS It appeo• ~d vicinity ot First street In Importance. Thn tntrr on Jn t h1· f1t•tc:io. fi t'f>t o! t hree pictures s howing tho ll~ Thl" boolc above mi!ntlon ed, entitled nt this elate I s drnwn lookin g or. ::i.1 .. 1n " 1''rontler Sketc hes," WM complle<l fo r I str eet . T ho cit y mills, s till s to·.idlni; at t he head ot Ma in stre et, wer e the most conspicuous o bject In tho pict u re. Tho .1td saw mill, tho powder magazine nnd the old :>l et hodlst churc h, . still stot1'1 . • A sld rmh1h lln o o! housos nas cr ept up ,ho blurts to tho north o.nd south or Br .. lwoy Tho '"'elltuS picture, looking r:nuth fr ~ the hill on which St. n ... rna rd'n hos1.lta l n ow a tn nds, shows t h e U nion hou thu court house, a. s ma ll fra.mo strUHurc, tho Robtnnon house. t he •·cot- <or ... oO<I j a il," l\ hOUSO bulll or l'Olton- Wood o~s. Around this jail the Stl'Tlng evPnts of the olll wlC'~s da yt1 eoagu e:.. Mor<ll \hon onr l!Orllelhle f and <lespi.r,1(10 luft hl~ jail w ith t ho vlgllnnco ce>m:,1ittee nnd t•>Ok a quicker routo to ju tlt.~ than Ja.w p rovld<'s. Jl burn<'d l:l.tor nnd <: almo'J a prl ~oner l.,. n v ictim In 1!!'3 !lames. Anc.thl'r d•:iw!nsr showA tho elty loe>kfn!f tow::tnls the southW8'•t and shows hom C)o.-<;:ly ti (''.lrl)'" enttlf•ns Clung t o the \., S.. Axtell. -..110 Jfae nc' n a. .R fgu l>\~ SublcrJbor t o Tho NO.IPll"l ll for !1t ora 'rl1n.n ThlrlY Yt.trs; 1'1lllf. '1'!1 ' .tern horder ot tho city w a s scarcely i:..eyu. ·1 thc•r shadow. r •k I U1 ON.• lgh • By Courtesy or the Joslyn Ar~ Museum, Omaha, Neb. "A P AUSE m THE JOURNEY": An Oil Painting by George Simons HUNG amidst . various historical items in the special collection of Midwestern American arts in the J oslyn Museum, Omaha, is this small oil painting. While· the museum people have labeled the picture with this title, there exists in the Public Library of Council Bluffs, Iowa, a photograph accompanied by this descriphouses in Council Bluffs had been re- placed. Council Bluffs, situated on the Missouri River, is one of the first historic cities of western Iowa. In 1804 the famous ex- plorers Lewis and Clark camped there. The Potawatami Indians were moved into the area in 1837. Ten years later the first Mormons arrived and they changed the name to Kanesville. During the Gold Rush tion: "Jimmy's Well, taken from an oil to California in 1849, Kanesville was on painting by George Simons. The J ames the direct route of the westward travelers. Bradshaw House and well were localed When Brigham Young issued the call to at what is now the junction of Canning the Mormons to migrate to Utah, they and Pierce Streets (Council Bluffs), abandoned Kanesville, and only 1,000 na1859." Apparently George Simons (1834- live people remained. They changed the 1917) painteB this scene at just the proper name of the community to Council Bluffs. moment, for by the 1860's most of the log C~l'f DOROTHY AoLow .. Miss Guzman noted. ~ Miss Brown's fa ther, the late Leroy C. Brown, acquired the sketches from Simons in 1909. . · ' H•n,#. ,.Yo Y. 6'",, /j'~ / •• Viewing A Painting •. • by George Simons a re Miss Mildred Guzman of Oma ha and Mrs. F red Tedesco. The scene depicts Council Bluffs in 1857. Another Simons work in th_e ac un~ ~ made here in abo_11t 1860. No il Photo . ........ ~~~~ ~"--~ ..... Painted Many Scenes Of Early C •. B. , 1. ,~ · Joslyn To Exhibit Works Of Artist George Simons The works of Geo~ge Sim- were transferred from t e ons, frontier artist of the Free Public Library to Josmid-19th century, will set Jyn Monday. the mood for J oslyn Memor- Mrs. Fred Tedesco, club ial Art Museum's 30th anni· president, said they will be versary observance in Oma- loaned to the museum for ha. the duration of the exhibit. His impressions on canvas Miss Mildred Guzman, asprovide the best known pie· socia te curator at Joslyn, is torial record of pioneer assembling the exhibit. The Council Bluffs. · museum had five works by Thirty-two works by Sim· Simons in its per ma nent col· ons. whose r ugged technique lection. Five more were bor· brought him acclaim as a rowed from Simons' son, "na l born artist" , will I Barry Norman Simons, 80, be exnibited at the museum of Lebanon, Ore. from Nov. 26 through Feb. 4. Simons, who died in 1917, Eight samples of his came to Council Bluffs in works owned by the Coun· the 1850s as a cook for Gren1luffs Woman's Club, ville M. Dod e. At the time • Dodge was surveying routes for several proposed railroads in Iowa and Council Bluffs was scarcely Il' '"'re than a tiny village at the base of a bluff. A painting by Simons rn 1853 is considered the most a ccura te impression of the town as it looked when it re- ceived its charter. Scenes Along River Other known works depict the town through va rious stages of its early growth and scenes of settlements along the Missouri River from Sioux City to St. Louis. Miss Guzman said there may be other Simons paintings in existence here which have never been identified. Simons seldom signed his works. But they can be authentica ted through 54 preliminary sketches he made which are owned by Miss Ma rguerite Brown of Council Bluffs, -Simons P a1ntings Are Discussed A collection of paintings by George Simons, rega'rded as the Midwest's first pictorial historian was viewed antl discussed a 1 t a joint meeting of the Pottawattamie County (Iowa) and the Greater Oma- ha Historical Societies at Joslyn Art Center Wedne~- day njght. · Mildred Goosman, assistant curator at Joslyn, wa s the principal speaker. More t h a n two d o z e n paintings are included in the collection w h i c h has been held over at the Museum until Sunday. Five of the wo r ks have n d o n a t e d to Joslyn by Mr ... Simons's son._ ' Bruce Thomas, vice-pr ident of the Omaha groµp, • presided at the dinner meeting. About 120 persons •at- tended. f , l 2 GEORGE SIMONS, A foik painter, who lived in and sketched Council Bluffs during the frontier days, is being honored in the September issue of the Iowan Magazine. The issue features the life story of Simons, along with 16 reproductions of pencil sketches and four of his oil p a i n t ings, which show scenes of the city and pa rts of Southwest Iowa . One picture shows a temporary r a i I r oad bridge across the Missouri River between Council Bluffs and Omaha in 1865. The back cover of the magazine features an early .picture of Red Oak paint ed in 1875. 9 The Free Public Library her e has several of the originals in its collection. ........... ~ \}'.,. '-..... ...... .....s <:..> " ~ ~ ~ ~ ...... '-- ~ -S> ...__.. ~ "-........_, ~ - ~ ~ --\:.. ~ '-..J 0 ~ A ~ \ ___] :::t::. ;, CIVIL WAR DIARY: Harry Simons Read.s of Father's War Ji appenings father ·of Lebanon Ma Wrot Dia-ry · Noting :Civi! .war H~rro~ By GUS AUGUST After a steamer trip up the fortifications and Democr at-Herald Staif Writer White River, during which he de- also_ saw hundred barracks. He LEBANON-Time and distance scribes sc~ es a!ong ~e way and c_orrung up riVer b of refugees make the Civil War seem very re- travels with a gun m band be- fir~ upon by rebel Y· boat, being mote to most Willamette Valley cause of guer illas, the company their belongings. ~and l_osing all residents but at least one, Harry ended up at Little Rock, Ark. the scene was so e teS that Simons, has a direct link to it Simons tells of a trip by steam- could h8'"~ y keep Pbthetic that he through a diary written by his er up the river to gather_ .fence . Th_e writer then dack ~he tears. father who was in the Union army rails. While loading the r~1ls, the ~~~ey_ ~y · steameescr1.bes their for more than two years. soldiers find several pigs and thtssisstpp1 to Ne r doWn the Simons, who lives at 552 E. Oak calves in the brush and end up ~dy Ogden ~Or eans on · St., has several paintings done eating fresh meat. . a · . th 800 men · hr his father. The paintings and H~ then tells of ao "~c1den~ at . ~e writes of an . . 1 diary will go back east this fall Jemns Ferry on the Sahne River ~hich an 80-Year-old lllc1dent in 1 to appear in an exhibit. · bottom." The battle took place "firanged by her two Woman was 1 e tin . son The former school crossing pa- May 7, 1864. t Id th ea g rebels" s and other tr~lrnan , who. is 81 years old, The journal vividly describes 0 em that the . When she srud that his father, George the flight of Negro refugees from f~ down a gov:r Were helping ~ Washingto)l Simons, was born rebel soldiers noting that they s· an one they could hnment better . • ~~ 11 ~ }3M.. in_ M._21?;~e~ " ca~ were peaqmg '!or Li~t!e Rock for un;d d~ not say ~ to set up. 1 ~ ai;:v1i:J1 -~~oung .man .• be came saf.ety. One oi the Negro women, ~est th. the lllcident butathhe wit 1 ttli e · m States, eventually carrying or dragging about three a e woman w ' e notei se ~ near Council Bluffs. Iowa. ' "'""".tMr ;. ·--- ~ •- . L ••• ·' -·· tree she had nla n t~ ho.r hancoged to 1 lf of\.rn• /0 3 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I JlTB'l 11 e ~ .. or-,· .. ~-:v~-. . ~. . . •. '-iii •• ~ ._ • • • _ • ,_ Diary · Noting :Civil W a·r Horrors By GUS AUGUST Democrat-Herald Stalf Writer LEBANON-Time and distance make t11e Civil War seem very remote to most Willamette Valley residents but at least one, Harry Simons, has a direct link to it through a diary written by his father who was in the Union army for more than two years. Simons, who lives at 552 E. Oak St., has several paintings done by his father. The paintings and diary will go back east this fall 1 to appear· in 11n exhibit. ' , The former school· crossing patrolman, who is 81 years old, said that his father, George D Washington. Simons, was born ~ Jan. 11, 1834 in Montreal, CaQ- . ·aaa:-Wlien'a young .man, iie came to the -United States, eventually settling near Council Bluffs, Iowa. Prjpr to that time he was a trapper near what is now Omaha, Neb., and built one of the first three log houses at that. place. In another journal, George Si- mons records a bit of his life in this area. He was. very nearly done away with when he accidentally shot an lndill!l while bunting and living with them. However, some of his better ·friends in the tribe helped him escape and he got away from the Indians by guiding a birch bark carioe down a river with ii broken paddle. Enlisted In 1862 According to papers which his only surviving son now owns, Simons enlisted in April, 1862 in the 29th Iowa Volunteers; Company B. The journal which be kept describes some of t~e highlights of bis service until he was: dis- charged in New Orleans in September, J.864. Illustrated · with well-done drawings, brighUy colored, the journal begins: "It was on a bright morning and . on the 6th of April, 1864 <probably should · read 1862) that I left my home to join the army to put down the great southern rebellion." He then goes on in picturesque 1 language to describe the parting I from his wife and two children and trip to war. After a steamer trip up the fortifications anq barracks. He White River. during which he de- also ~w hundreds of refugees scribes scenes along the way and coming up river by .. boat, being trav~ls with ·a gun in hand be- fired upon by rebels 1µ1d losi,n'g all cause of guerrillas, the company .their belongings. He writeS that ended up at Little Rock, Ark. the scene was so pathetic -that he Simons tells of a trip by steam- could har~y keep. back the tears. er up the river to gather .fence . Th.e writer then describes· their rail~. Whil~ loading the rails, the JO~ey_ ~y · ~teamer down the soldiers fmd several pigs and Miss1Ss1pp1 to New' Orleans on calves in the brush and end up the Fanny Ogqen · with 809 men. eating fresh meat. aboard. He then tells of an "Incident at He writes of an incident in Jenins Ferry on the Saline River whtch an 80-year-old woman was bottom." The battle took place hanged by her: two sons and other May 7, 1864. "fire eating rebels" wlien she . The. journal vividly describes told them that they ·were helping the flight of Negro refugees from pull down a government better rebel soldiers., noting that they ~an one they cowd hope to set up. ~er~. p~a4\ng for LitUe Rock for Simons d~ n?t say µiat he wi~ sa(ety. One ot the Negro· womeii ' uessed. the mc1dent, but· he notes carrying or dragging about thr~ that the woman was hanged to a youngsters, is forced to abandon t:ee she had planted herself some the:it to save her own life. After time befor~. . . a time the children sank beneath ~e soldier also cbroo1tjes µte the mud and water to drown and delight of former slaves as they their bodies are run over ,by the see· the ,,blue co11ts of their\ "libsupply train wagons: , er~tors. . · . . . · _A word picture also paints the scri~ti:d~f ~e d:-~ ~th a dedistress of one fat Negro woma,n the beaches of. the G :~~p _on who could not run ·fast e!JOUgh . . u of)_ exico was caught by rebels and shbt. . ' ~:t;_ Ne.w Orl~s gath~g . Sin:ions . also des. cribes several the ~hl~ysters or Just watching]'/ mstances m which rebel prisoners L ' e caps. · lj or wounded soldiers are killed by Ne~o soldiers. He says that the ennuty between them is mutual and neit)ler side shows any quarter to the other. The return of the 29th Iowa Volunteers to camp was something ~ess than joyful, according to the Journal, since their supply wagons had to be destroyed· because of mud or rebels. The men were wqrn 01,1t and starved. ~i~ons. tells of a winter-long ai~ durm_g which he l~ build Simons tells of meeting emigrants traveling toward Idaho and of traveling by foot and coach for three days before reaching Fort 1 Des Moines, capital of Iowa. ! It being too muddy for the i coach, the company of men i switched to a wagon. After riding all of one night they reached Ger-l nell where they took a train for I Davenport. When the "iron h1>rse" arriver! . in Davenport, the volunteers were i marched to Camp .McClellan I where Simons says they ate "such I luxuries as hardtack, co{fe~. · hP.s . salt horse and sow belly."\ l I I I I I I I I I I ·. ------ - .t'r\l)r to mat umt: m: w11:. o. mem w :s11vt: uo:i. uwu ..... .,. ,.. •• ~. Tne sotcuer atso cnromCJes me trapper near what is now Oma.ha, a time the children sank beneath delight of former slaves as they Neb., and built one of the first the mud and water to drown and see· the blue coats of their "llbthree log houses at that. place. . their bodies are run over by the erators.'~ . . \ In another journal, George Si- supply train wagons.· He ends his diary with a demons records a bit of his life in A word picture also paints the scription of. the men lined \JP on this area. He was. very nearly distress of one fat Negro womap the beaches of. the Gulf of) Mexico done away with when he accident- who could not run ·fast eJJOugh, near· Ne.w Orl~ans gathering ' ally shot an lndi8!1 whife hunting was caught by rebels and shbt~ . shells, oysters or just watching and living, with them. Simons also describes several the1 white caps. - · However, some of his better instances in which rebel pr.iponers l ,... . . -"~ ........ -~ ·friends in Qie tribe helped him or wounded soldiers are kUJed by'. escape and he got away from the Negro soldiers. He says that the' Indians by guiding a birch bark enmity between them is mutual carioe down a river with a brok- and neither .side shows any quaren paddle. ter to the other. Enlisted in 1862 The return of the 29th Iowa. VolAccording to papers which his unteers to camp was something only surviving son n.ow owns, Si- less than joyful, according to the mens enlisted in April, 1862 in journal, since their supply wagons the 29th Iowa Volunteers; Com- bad fo be destroyed · because of pany .B. The journal which he kept mud or rebels. The men were describes some of ~e highJ.!g~ts :worn o!,lt and starved. · · of his ~ervlce until he w~s dtl!· · Simons tells of. ~ winter-long ~ged in New Orleans m Sep- jWaiy during :,yhich. he hell1ed bµlld tember, 1864. \-· _ _ _ _ Illustrated· with well-done drawing~. brightly colored, the journal I begms: . "It was on a bright morning and . on ttie 6th of · April, 1864 (probably should 'read 1862) that I left my home to join the army to put down the great southern rebellion.'' He then goes on in picturesque I )anguage to describe the parting I fiom bis wife and two children , and trip to war • . ,Simons tells of meeting emigrants traveling toward Idaho and of traveling by foot and coach for three d,ays before reaching Fort Des Moines, capital of .Jowa. It being too muddy for the coach, the 'company of men I switched to a wagon. After riding all of one night they reached Ger- l nell where they took a train for ' Davenporl When the· "iron hprse" arrived I in Davenport, the volunteers were marched to Camp McClellan where Simons says they ate "such I luxuries as hardtack, coffee, : beans, salt horse and sow belly." The picturesque language con- tinues as Simons describes his horror at seeing Ute graves of soldiers of both tides, stopping at an island foe wood to be used as fuel for the steamer's boilers and how one Negro was greeted by his fellows after gaining his freedom from prison on an island. I I /O S--i - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------- -- I -. ' '- ODI'fUARY: MRS . ROSSIE Illi'YNOLDS Mrs. Rossie Mae Simons Reynolds, 80, 2914 Avenue A, died Tuesday at her homeo She was the widow of :&:!.win Wo Reynol ds. Mrs. Heynolds was born in Missouri Valley and had been a resident of Council Bluffs for 58 years. A member of the Riverside Group, Women 's Leauge, she belonged to the Reoriganized l:hurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Survivors include : two daughters, Vera E. Reynolds and Mrso Fred Berg, both of Council Bluffs; brother, Harry Simons of Lebannon, Oregon, and three grand children. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a .m. Friday, at the Cutler Funeral Home ehapel. The Rev o VoD. Ruch, pastor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will officiate . Nonpar eil, July ?, 1954, ~~~~7 OBITUARY.~t?o~ S d V1 S .. I . 1»< Mra, Mary N. Simona. ' . • • 1 ~l . Mn1·y :>; . \ Simons, nir,.d M Yen~ ,11, ... 1 111.,, l. nl ..:-h t l ~ n l h ur homo, 1!.& we~ t 1\Vallhl ni:toh I\\ enue. Six chlldnm !!Ur\'l vo h •:r. Sh•t hnu · been a ; tnomt>er of lli'e !lnpt h•l churJ h ·ror l11lrty Yf'llnJ. Annuunc<'incnl o r ru.ncrnl will ba mude Inter. 107 - 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Simons Frontier Sketches Description An account of the resource Consists of drawings made by George Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Gere, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd (Vey) Former School Principal Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Mrs. Lloyd Gere (Vey) March 2, 1972 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nonpareil photos Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Gere, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd (Vey) Former School Principal Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972-03-02 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gere, Mr&Mrs_Lloyd_03_02_1972_001.jpg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. 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Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Newspaper clippings Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gere, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd (Vey) Former School Principal Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Gere, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd (Vey) Former School Principal Gere Renamed By Principals April 21, 1966 C.B. Educator Heads Principals October 25, 1969 Let's Chat . . . with Lloyd J. Gere November 16, 1969 Principal Knows How To Travel - In The Halls Of Learning March 18, 1970 'No Failure' Plan Discussed March 2, 1972 Gere To Speak On Food Pilot February 28, 1978 School Reading Basic With Gere May 14, 1978 Gere Sues District Over Duties August 21, 1981 CB Schools To Appeal Ruling February 21, 1982 State Precedent Seen In Gere Case March 30, 1982 Lloyd Gere July 4, 1982 High Court Reverses Ruling in Gere Case May 18, 1983 Kiwanis name Gere Lieutenant Governor September 17, 1986 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nonpareil reporting Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966 - 1986 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Newspaper articles Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gere, Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd (Vey) Former School Principal Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq). The Council Bluffs Public Library has provided in the catalog records for these materials all known information regarding the photographer or other persons associated with the materials. This information is provided as a service to aid users in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the user. Council Bluffs School District Glendale School Gunn School Iowa Association of Elementary and Middle School Principals Iowa Association of School Boards Kiwanis Lloyd Gere Madison Elementary School Mrs. Lloyd Gere Tinley School https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/a288b1f2c7b3b2f3f2842cc3d1275bf0.jpg a4fb8eaa22b4ff8e82e7c734508bcad2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Subject The topic of the resource News, events and people of Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa. Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 16 cm x 20 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gethsemane Church Mounts Giant Bell - Rings at 9 a.m. Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Tolling Huge Bell . . . on church lawn is 4-year-old Robert Hill Jr., with the help of his father, the Rev. Robert Hill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nonpareil photos Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daily Nonpareil November 5, 1966 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1966-11-05 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gethsemane_Church_11_05_1966_001.jpg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. We encourage use of these materials under the fair use clause of the Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq). The Council Bluffs Public Library has provided in the catalog records for these materials all known information regarding the photographer or other persons associated with the materials. This information is provided as a service to aid users in determining the appropriate use of an item, but that determination ultimately rests with the user. CB Churches Council Bluffs Churches Gethsemane Church Gethsemane United Presbyterian Church