Grenville Dodge Report
Janelle Garciduenas
Ms. Bonaguidi
January 15, 2015
3rd
Grenville Dodge
Grenville Dodge was an Iowan, and was greatly known to the people of the 19th century. He was a war hero, politician, and railroad builder. Dodge was born in 1831 in Massachusetts, and in 1850 graduated from a military school as a civil engineer. He later became a surveyor of railroad routes in Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska. He then married in 1854 and moved further west for Council Bluffs. In 1859 Grenville Dodge and Abraham Lincoln met by chance in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As they spoke he assured the president that in the future Platte Valley would be the route of the Pacific Railroad. As promised, 7 years later Dodge became the chief engineer for that project.
Dodge took on the responsibility of joining the Union Army in the Civil War. While there his work gave him the benefit of acquiring a promotion to brigadier general and the friendship of William Tecumseh Sherman. By 1865 he was commanding the U.S. plains campaign against the Indians, which failed. However he benefitted from that fail. In September 1865 he found a route through which the Union Pacific could go through. In May 1866 he resigned his position and dedicated himself be the Union Pacific’s chief engineer.
Dodge began. He let absolutely nothing get in the way of his plans. He came across obstacles and right away found a solution. There was no piece of land that could stop him from going west. As the survey parties progressed they built pieces of land into towns. Thomas Durant who had previously invited Dodge to be chief manager was looking for a way to make more money and soon hired a manager. However, he never did things as they should have been done. He took shortcuts that allowed the job to be easier and be done faster. Through the years the tension grew stronger and the men stopped getting along. Until Durant grew furious and threatened to dismiss Dodge and tried to get him to leave. Dodge considered him a sneak, “the biggest
Ms. Bonaguidi
January 15, 2015
3rd
Grenville Dodge
Grenville Dodge was an Iowan, and was greatly known to the people of the 19th century. He was a war hero, politician, and railroad builder. Dodge was born in 1831 in Massachusetts, and in 1850 graduated from a military school as a civil engineer. He later became a surveyor of railroad routes in Iowa, Illinois, and Nebraska. He then married in 1854 and moved further west for Council Bluffs. In 1859 Grenville Dodge and Abraham Lincoln met by chance in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As they spoke he assured the president that in the future Platte Valley would be the route of the Pacific Railroad. As promised, 7 years later Dodge became the chief engineer for that project.
Dodge took on the responsibility of joining the Union Army in the Civil War. While there his work gave him the benefit of acquiring a promotion to brigadier general and the friendship of William Tecumseh Sherman. By 1865 he was commanding the U.S. plains campaign against the Indians, which failed. However he benefitted from that fail. In September 1865 he found a route through which the Union Pacific could go through. In May 1866 he resigned his position and dedicated himself be the Union Pacific’s chief engineer.
Dodge began. He let absolutely nothing get in the way of his plans. He came across obstacles and right away found a solution. There was no piece of land that could stop him from going west. As the survey parties progressed they built pieces of land into towns. Thomas Durant who had previously invited Dodge to be chief manager was looking for a way to make more money and soon hired a manager. However, he never did things as they should have been done. He took shortcuts that allowed the job to be easier and be done faster. Through the years the tension grew stronger and the men stopped getting along. Until Durant grew furious and threatened to dismiss Dodge and tried to get him to leave. Dodge considered him a sneak, “the biggest