Photograph taken between 1884 and 1890
Union Pacific railroad survey crew members pose in their
camp along the Grand (Colorado) River
with two dogs and their transit,
rods, levels, and axes, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
They include:
1. J. I. Barlow, Division Engineer state: Massachusetts
2. Lewis Blickensderfer, Assistant Engineer Nebraska
3. Mrs Blickensderfer, Ohio
4. W. H. B. B. Bain, Transitman, Scotland
5. Frederic S. Bagley, Levelman, Pennsylvania
6. William H. Harrison, Topographer, Virginia
7. Frank Gosch, Rodman, Indiana
8. J. H. Felty, Head Chainman, Ohio
9. George L. Christian, Slopeman, New York
10. Meril J. Cleveland, Rear Chainman, New York
11. Henry P. Kinney, Stakemarker, Ohio
12. Wallace J. Christian, Axman, New York
13. Charles W. Gernerl, Axman, Pennsylvania
14. Frank S. Toothaker, Cook, Minnesota
15. Charles B. McCoy, Teamster, Illinois
16. John Sanderlin, Teamster, Finland
Photograph used with permission:
Western History/Genealogy
Department
Denver Public
Library 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway Denver,
Colorado 80204
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