Background
DURKEE, Samuel Clark was born on September 21, 1873 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of Clark and Louise (Nichols) Durkee.
DURKEE, Samuel Clark was born on September 21, 1873 in Jackson, Michigan, United States. Son of Clark and Louise (Nichols) Durkee.
District Schools, Michigan. University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, Bachelor of Science, 1895.
Superintendent, Reno, Borax Company, Nevada. 1895-1896; Public Land Surveying, 1897. Mining Engineering, Transvaal, So.
Africa, 1898-1907; Mine Surveying, Mine Foreman and Under Ground Manager, General Mining and Milling Goldfield and Tonopah. 1908-1914; Mine Superintendent, Dexter Union Mines, 1914-1915. Manhattan Nevada, Mine Superintendent.
Union Amalgamated, 1915-1916. Foreman White Cops Mill, Manhattan, Nevada, 1917-1918. Resident Engineer, Nevada Department of Highways, 1918-1921.
Division. Engineer, Nevada Department of Highways, 1922-1927. Nevada State Highway Engineer, since 1927.
Member: American Association of Engineers. Masons; Knights of Pythias. Benevolent and Protective Order Elks.
Club: Leisure Hour and Sage Brush (Carson City, Nevada).
Spouse Gladys Dodson, March 3, 1929, Garson, Nevada.