Post by *Marjorie on Aug 20, 2020 10:50:58 GMT -7
He was General Director of Utah Central Railroad
In 1867 he received a military call. He was appointed regimental color bearer in the first regiment of the Davis County Brigade. He was a Lieutenant in the Utah Militia and Vice President of the Utah Livestock Co. It is believed that he also worked on the transcontinental railroad and later Brigham Young assigned him to build a railroad from Ogden to Salt Lake City. This was called the Utah Central Railroad. It is also believed that he was at the Golden Spike Celebration at Promontory Point in 1869. He was known as a pioneer railroad man. He was the first conductor of the railroad and was later appointed the General Director of the Utah Central Railroad.
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