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Hodges, F.S.

 Person

Biography

Captain F.S. Hodges was a railroad engineer who helped build the Union Pacific Railroad in Utah invthe 1860s. He was later a resident of Boston, Massachusetts. F.S. Hodges died after 1897.

Citation:
How we built the Union Pacific, p. 118, via www, April 26, 2024 (F.S. Hodges; Resident of Boston later in life; railroad engineer, built the Union Pacific in Utah) https://libraryarchives.metro.net/dpgtl/histories/1908-how-we-built-the-union-pacific-railway-and-other-railway-papers-and-addresses.pdf

After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet, 1897 October 28, (Captain F.S. Hodges; engineer on the Union Pacific, built it in Utah, alive in 1897)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1410
Scope and Contents

A typed transcript of an article from the Salt Lake City, Utah Daily Tribune, titled "After Thirty-one Years, Capt. Hodges Gives a Unique Banquet," dated October 28, 1897. The article describes a banquet hosted by Capt. F. S. Hodges, a former Union Pacific railroad engineer, who is reuniting with Salt Lake City citizens who helped him build the railroad in Utah in 1866.

Dates: 1897 October 28
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / After thirty-one years, Capt. Hodges gives a unique banquet

Engineering survey report

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230236918]
Identifier: MSS SC 280
Scope and Contents

Handwritten report which relates to the engineering problems concerning the Union Pacific Railroad construction in Utah and the work completed in laying railway lines immediately east of Salt Lake City, Utah during 1867.

Dates: 1868
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Engineering survey report

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Railroads -- Design and construction 1
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