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University of Michigan.
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Butler Ives
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He"s buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan. His greatest work consisted of pioneer engineering, surveying and locating the line of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads between San Francisco and Salt Lake City, working under Leland Stanford and Samuel South. Montague, chief engineer He was contracted with locating and surveying of the boundary line between the Nevada Territory and the State of California—running south and southeasterly from Oregon.
The Ives papers in general, running back to 1754, together with the old family bible are deposited for safekeeping with the Clarence Burton Historical Society, Detroit.
