Born and raised in Streeter, Illinois, George Simons met a local man, Grenville Dodge, who became the Chief Surveyor for the expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1853, Simons joined Dodge in Council Bluffs, Iowa as a part of Dodge's railroad survey party and made his home there for 50 years. It is reported that for this expedition, Simons served as cook and not as official artist.
For many years until retiring to Long Beach, California at the turn of the century, he was (showing 500 of 2666 characters). |
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