Who Was Here?

Champagne Photograph

Original photograph by Andrew J. Russell

This iconic photograph is strongly associated with the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Visitors to the park as well as those researching their own family history are keenly interested to learn the names of those shown in the photograph. Extensive research has been done to try to identifiy as many of those in the photograph as well as those present for the driving of the last spike. Our page on the work of Andrew J. Russell does provide names for some of those in the photograph.

Volume 24 of the Utah Historical Quarterly, published in 1956, includes an article by Hugh F. O'Neil that attempts to identify many of the people that were present for the driving of the last spike on May 10th, 1869. A digital copy of that article (starting on page 157) can be found here.

 

The Last Rail is Laid

Original photograph by Alfred A. Hart

Additionally, the staff at Golden Spike have drawn from numerous sources to produce this rough list of people present for the ceremony. It has been estimated that between 800 and 3000 people were present for the driving of the last spike and this list only identifies ~250 of those people. The number next to the name corresponds with the source material listed below. Following this list we have also provided a roster of those serving with the 21st Infantry that were likely at the ceremony.

1. Sabin's List of Persons Present
2. Statement of Descendants
3. Newspaper Article, Etc
4. Information in diary, journal, personal of family history
5. Union Pacific by Maury Klein
6. A Work of Giants by Wesley Griswold
7. Making Tracks by Mayer & Vose
8. Moguls and Iron Men by James McGagne
9. Prominent Utahns by Genealogical Society
10. Our Pioneer Heritage Vol. 18, 1965
11. Personal Diary of Charles R. Savage
12. Ogden Standard, May 5-9, 1869
13. 10th Ward Band
14. Military Muster Rolls
15. Southern Pacific Bulletin

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ADAMS, Margarite (here with family when 4/5) 2,*
ADONIS, ___ Dr. 1,*
ALLPHIN, Israel Dodge
ALLPHIN, Bernetta (Atkinson) 1,*
ALLPHIN, Burnetta Collins
ALVORD, Benjamin 12
ANGELL,Truman Osborne Jr 13
ARMITAGE, __ 2,*
ARTHUR, E.L. 11
ATWELL,H.W. 1,*
ATWOOD, William 2, photo?
BARBARDI, ___ Mr. 1,*
BARTON, Guy 1
BAXTER, Robert W. 15
BEADLE, John Hansen prob 8
BEATTY, Samuel 1,*
BELL, A.D. 1,*
BELLMER, __ Mr. Poss 2, photo?
BENSON, Ezra Taft 1,*
BENT, L. S., Maj 1,*
BISSELL, Hezekiah photo,*
BJERREGARD, Andrew N. 2,4, photo,*
BLOOD, Jane Wilkie Hooper 2,4,*
BLOOD, William 2,4
BOLTON, Michael? 2,*
BOND, George E. 1
BOOTH, George 1, photo,*
BOSWELL, N.K. 2,*
BOWSHER, Amos L. 1,*
BRADFORD, Samuel 1,*
BROOKS, James H. poss
BROWN, Dyer Dayton Stanley 2
BROWN, Richard 2,*
BROWN, Thomas Glen 2
BROWN, Walter Cook 2,*
BULL, Walter A. poss 4
BUNOT, Amie or Ammie Augustus 2, photo?
BURBANK, Brigham S. 3
BURKE (Lloyd), Charles R. 2,*
BURT, James SR 4
BURTON, Joseph 2
BURTON, R.T. Gen 1
BYBEE, B. 2,*
BYBEE, G. M. 2,*
CAGE, Stephen T.
CAMPBELL, James
CAMPBELL, John A. Gov. 1,*
CAMPBELL, John B., Dr.
CASE, Hyrum 13
CASEMENT, Daniel T. 5,*
CASEMENT, John Stephen 1,5,*
CAVIT, William 2 poss
CHAMBERLAIN, Davis Sydney 1,
CHECKETTS, George 2, photo,*
CHIEF SPOTTED PONY
CHRISTIANSON,RASMUS 2?, photo?
CLAPP, __ Mrs. 1
CLAPP,T. 1
CLARK, Dyer O. 1,*
CLARK, Melvin Moulton 2
CLARK, Michael 2, photo?,*
CLARKE, Isaac Edwards
CLIFFORD, John Price, Jr. 2
CLULEY, __ Mrs. John F.
COE, Lewis W. 1,5,*
COGSWELL, Milton Col.,*
CONNOR, Patrick Edward, Gen. 1,*
CORNING, John 1,12,*
COSSLEY, H.W. 1,*
COVINGTON, Berril 2, photo?
CRABBE, Maude 2,4?
CREIGHTON, Edward 1,*
CROCKETT, James 2
CROWTHER, David 9
CURRIER, Nataline B. Smith 7
CUTLER, Joseph Ransom 2
DALEY, James 2
DALEY, James L. 2
DALEY, Moses 2 *
DALEY, William 2,photo,*
DAVIS, James W. 1,*
DAVIS, Scott 1,*
DAVIS, Shamus A. 2 poss
DAVIS, Thomas A. 2, photo?
DAYNE, Samuel
DEAMER, James 2
DEMSON, Louis 12
DENNISON, Eli 1,*
DeVORE, John 2,*
DILLON, Sidney 1,5,6,*
DIXON, Edward 10
DIXON, Estella (Harper) 10
DIXON, Sarah A. Gould? 10
DODGE, Grenvile M. 1,5,6 photo,*
DREW, __ Col. 1
DUFF, John Robertson, Sr. 1,5,*
DURANT, Thomas Clark, Dr. 1,5,*
DURKEE, Charles, Gov. 1,8,*
EARLL, Minerva Miss 1,5
EDWARDS, Givennie Davis 2 poss
EDWARDS, John 2 poss
EICHOLTZ, Leonard Henry 1,6,*
ELDER, Samuel David 2, photo?
EVANS, James A. 1,8,*
EVANS, West
FACER, George H. ? 3
FACKRELL, Jemima Ann 4
FACKRELL, Joseph Crumb & some other children
FADDIS, __ (Samuel’s brother),*
FADDIS, Samuel 2, photo,*
FALKNER, __ Mr. 11
FARR, Lorin 1, photo?,*
FISHER, __ Mrs.FISHER, William Frederick
FITCH, Thomas 1,12,*
FOGELSTROM, C. P. 1,*
FOOTE, __ Mr. 1
FOWKES, Rueben
FREDERICKS, W. E.,*
FULTON, Robert Lardin np,*
GAFFNEY, William 2
GAGE, G. T.
GAME, Stephen T. 1,2,*
GATES, __ Mr 1,*
GEITZ, S. V.
GEORGE, __ bro. 2, photo?
GEORGE, JAMES 2, photo?
GING Cui,*
GORDON, James J. 2
GRAHAM, William B. 2
GRAY, George Edward 1, 8,*
GREEN , J. A. 1,*
GREENEWALD, A. 10
GREENEWALD, Bertha (Bamberger) 10
GREENSIDES, H.L. (Harry) 2,*
GREWELL, R. V. 1,2,4,*
GRIFFEN, Peleg 2 poss
GUILFORD, Michael 1,*
GUILLIAMS, John Randolph 2,3,*
HAINES, James Wallace 1,2,6,*
HALEY, Thomas possHALL,R. 1,*
HANCOCK, Horatio H. 2, photo,*
HANSEN, Hans Christian ? 2
HANSEN, Peter 2 *
HARKNESS, W. H. 1,6,*
HARRIS, Robert L. 1,*
HART, Alfred A, 1,5,*
HARTOG, Heber Cornelius 2, photo?,*
HASWELL, Theodore 1,*
HAYES, Henry Gillespie
HEAD, F. H., Col. 1,*
HEATH, Eric 3
HEINRICK, Charles 2 *
HELLSTROM, Carl Fredrick 2
HENRY, __ Col. 1,*
HENRY, O. H. 1,*
HERRON, Isaac Alden 2, *
HIBBARD, W. B. 1,*
HIRCH, John 2, photo
HOLMAN, __ photo?, * (Ezekial or John G.)
HOLMAN, James Sawyer 2
HOPPER, __ Col. 1,*
HOUGHTON, J. F. 1,*
HOUSE, W. H. 1,*
HOWARD, __ Mr. 1
HOXIE, Herbert M. 1,*
HUNSAKER, Abraham 2, photo,*
HUNSAKER, Israel 2, photo,*
HURD, Marshall F. 1,8,*
IHRIE, T. Gen. 1
IPSEN, Mary Petersen 2
JACOBS, Louis 1,*
JARDINE, James 4
JEFFERSON, James E. 2, 15*
JENKINS, Joseph Wills 2
JENNINGS, Charles C. 1,*
JENNINGS, William 1,*
JENSEN, Elias 2, photo *
JENSEN, Peter 2, photo?
JESSOP, Thomas 2,*
JONES, E. B. 1,*
JONES, James 2
KEARNEY, P. 1
KELLOGG, __ Miss 1
KELLOGG, John Wilson 2, photo,*
KENNY, J. B.
KERR, George Marshall 2 poss,photo?
KESSELL, William Carlyon 1, photo?,*
KIDDINGTON, Joseph 10^th Ward Band
KNIGHT, Jesse
LACE, John 2
LACE, William 2
LASHUS, George W. 12
LEARY, T. O. 1
LEAVITT, Mark 2
LEDLIE, James H. Gen. 1,*
LEE Chao,*
LEMON, David 1,*
LIGHTNER, __ Col. 1
LINDSAY, James R., 2,*
LITTLE, Feramorz Col. 1
LIVINGSTONE, Hugh 2,*
LOFTUS, William 2
LOVELESS, James A. prob
LOWERY, Thomas 1,*
MADSEN, Jorgen 2, photo?
MAJORS, Alexander 1,
MALLORY, Benjamin S. 1,*
MALLOY, J. W. 1,*
MANNING, John Russell 2, 4?
MANNING, William Henry 2, 4? Poss
MARLEY, Patsey 12
MARSH, Charles 1,*
MAXWELL, James R. 1,*
MAYES, Robert H.12
McALLISTER, John Daniel Thompson 2,*
McCARLIN, (sp), Michael 2
McCRELLISH, Frederick 1,*
McKNIGHT, J. 1,*
McMAHEN, J. S.
MEGEATH, J. G. 1
MEYER, Leonard Joseph 2, photo,*
MILLER, B. W. 1
MILLER, C. T. 1
MILLER, John Henry 2, photo?
MILLS, Edgar 1,6,*
MINKLER, Henry H. 1,2,8, photo?,*
MOHEIT, Carl (“Charly”) 2
MONTAGUE, Samuel Skerry 1,5,8,*
MOORE, James Nathaniel 2 * (poss)
MOORE, W. W. (Fred) 2 poss
MOORHEAD, Thomas ? 2
MORLEY, Jermina 2
MORRIS, THOMAS B. 1,*
MOSELY, John Rixon 4, photo,*
MURPHY, Richard A. 1,*
NEELEY, William 2,4, photo,*
NEWMAN, Deseret Lincoln 2
NEWMAN, W. J.
NICHOLS, Alvin 2,4 *
NORTH, __ Mrs. E. P. 1
NOTTINGHAM, Henry 1,*
NOYES, Frederick Franklin 2,*
O’Donnell, Thomas 1,*
O’Sullivan, Eugene 2
OLSEN, (Olaves) Louis 2, photo?
OLSEN, Christian, Sr. 2,*
PAINE, Thomas Jasper 2,photo?
PARKMAN, George 13
PARSONS, George F. 1,*
PAYNE, Samuel 2
PEACOCK, E. H. 1,*
PERCIVAL, John 2, photo,*
PHILLIPS, __ Mr. 1,*
PHILLIPS, __ Mrs. 1,*
PHILLIPS, Hyrum 2,photo?
PHILLIPS, Tom 2 poss
PITMAN, William 4
POTTER, Clark Matthew 2,4 photo?
POULTER, Moroni Strubel 2,photo?
PREECE, __ poss. 2
PUTNAM, __ Mrs. Henry R.
RABB (ROBB?), Mr. __ (husband of Rachel Cardwell Rabb)
RANSOM, J.M. 1
REED, Anna 1,5,*
REED, Jane E. Earl 1,5,*
REED, Samuel Benedict 1,5,8,*
REYNOLDS, Wealthy Ann 1,*
RHUDY, James Erastus 2,4, photo *
RICHARDS, Franklin Dewey 1,*
RICHINS, Lorenzo 2, 10, photo
ROBB, __ Mr. 2
ROBBINS, William M. 10
ROBERTS, Henry 2 poss
ROSS, __ Mrs. John M.ROSS, Charles G. 3
ROWLAND, George poss
RUMSTEIN, Alex
RUSSELL, Andrew J.,*
RYAN, Emmons Blackburn 1,*
RYAN, Mary L. Mrs. 1,8,15
SABIN, E. L.
SAFFORD, Anson P. K. 1,6,*
SANDERSON, Silas W. 1,6,*
SAVAGE, Charles Roscoe 1,5,*
SCALLORN, Taylor Jefferson 2, photo?
SCOTT, George Wellington 2
SCOTT, Robert Martin 2, photo?
SCOTT, William poss,2
SCOW, Catherine 2,4
SCOW, Chris 2,4 photo?
SCOW, Ellen Marie 2,4
SCOW, Neils 2,4, photo?
SCOW, Oliver 2,4
SCOW, Sam 2,4, photo?
SENTER, George B. 1,*
SEYMOUR, Silas 1,5,*
SHARP, George W. 2 prob
SHARP, John (bishop) 1,*
SHARP, John George 2,*
SHERMAN, William 1,6,*
SHILLING, Watson N. 1,5,*
SICKLES, Theophilus E.
SIGLER, Howard 1,*
SIMPSON, Caira M. Page 3
SIPPY, Bill 1
SLOAN, E. L. 1,*
SMITH, John Hogg 2, photo?,*
SMITH, Mrs. O. C. 1
SMITH, O. C.
SMITH, Samuel (Judge) 2, photo? *
SNYDER, Webster
SPARKS, John Chapple 2 *
STANFORD, Leland 1,5 ,*
STANTON, __ Mrs. 1
STANTON, Michael photo,*
STENHOUSE, Thomas Brown Holmes 1,*
STEWART, John N. 1,*
STILLMAN, J. D. B. 1,6,*
STIMPSON, Oman, mentioned by David Lemon
STONE, Edgar D.
STONE, Lawrence 2
STRANGE, W. A. 1,*
STROBRIDGE, __
STROBRIDGE, __
STROBRIDGE, __
STROBRIDGE, __
STROBRIDGE, Hannah Maria 1,6,8
STROBRIDGE, James Harvey 1,5,8, photo,*
STROBRIDGE, Julia 1
STROBRIDGE, Samuel 1
SUMMERS, __ 2,*
SWEET, Cyrus Arnold 1,3, photo,*
SYMONS, Charles 13
TODD, John Rev.,*
TODD, Matthew 2, photo
TODD, Robert 2, photo,*
TOOMBS, James, Jr. 4 * (poss)
TOOMBS, James, Sr 4 * photo?
TOOMBS, Joseph Moroni 1,2, 3, photo?,*
TOOMBS, William 4 * (poss)
TOPONCE, Alexander 7,8
TRACY, Silas Horace 2
TRACY, William 2
TRITLE, F. A. 1,6,
VALENTINE, __ Mrs. 2
VALENTINE, Nephi James 2
VALENTINE, Valentine? 2
VANDENBURGH, F. L. 1,*
VEDDER, Octavus? 6
WADSWORTH, Thomas Shore 2, photo
WAH Kee, 15*
WARREN, D.B. 1,*
WARWOOD, John 2, photo?
WAYMENT, John
WAYMENT, Joseph 2, photo
WEAVER, Jeremiah poss 2, photo?
WEST, Chauncy W. 1,*
WEST, Joseph Alva 2
WHITAKER, John W. 2
WHITEHORN, Edward 2 *
WIDDISON, William Livingston 2
WILLIAMS, Joshua photo,*
WILLIAMS, W. N. 12
WILLIAMSON, J. A.
WINCHESTER, Josephine 2
WOLCOTT, Frederick Beech 2, photo?,*
WONG Fook,*
WOOD, Robert R. 2,photo?,*
YATES, G. C. 1
YOUNG, James 2?
ZOMBOLAS (ZOLAS), John 2

 

The Rival Monarchs

Original photograph by Alfred A. Hart

21^st Infantry at Promontory, May 10, 1869

STAFF

BRENNER, George
ABURTON, George H
CARTER, William F
COGSWELL, Milton, Major - Battalion Commander
DEAN, James
DELLACELLO, Gugheim
DeWITT, Calvin, Dr.
DOENGER, Henry
FISHER, Charles V.
FRESNEY, Louis
HENTSCHEL, Franz
HUBNER, Frederick B.
JOHNSTON, John L.
JOSBERGER, August
KAY, John
LINDNER, Charles
MENHEIMEIT, William H.
MULLER(or MUELLER), Joseph
MULLER, Freimond
SCHMEISER, August
SCHMIDT, Adolph
STEINBENNER, Leopold
STERNES, Max
WEBSTER, William L.
WILLIAMSON, William

COMPANY F

BEARD, John M.
BRISCOE, William H.
CANNILL, John F.
CARTY, Patrick
CLARK, John J. A.
COLCLOUGH, James W.
COLLYER, James
CRIST, Austin C.
DEVLIN, James
DOLLAR, James R.
DORWIN, Cornelius Trenton
DUNN, John
EVANS, Harry P.
FORROR, George
FORTUA, William
GALLAGHER, Francis
GARCY, Michael
HEPPEL, John E.
HIGGINS, James
HIGGINS, William
HITZELBURGER, Joseph K. Jr.
HOLEN, Ole
HOLTHAUS, Francis
HUBIG, Peter
IHLSENG, Gilbert
JOHNSON, John H.
KAIMPFER, William H.
KUTZMILLER, George
LATHROP, Alfred H.
LAUMAN, Curg
MOYER, Jacob
MURROW, William L.
NORRIS, Thomas J.
O’HARA, Jefferson
PAN, Charles
PUTMAN, Henry R.
RICHARDSON, William H.
ROBINSON, Robert
RYAN, William D.
SHEARER, Thomas
SHORROCK, John
STELTZER, John J.
STRATEMAN, William
TRASK, Samuel A.
WAGNER, John
WEST, James
WIST, Frank

COMPANY G

BEITHMAN, Charles
BENDING, Alexander E.
BENTZ, Joseph
BINKLEY, Lawrence
BLOODSTONE, Walter
CAREY, David A.
CLARK, James
COAGIN, Richard
CONLIN, James
CONNELL, John
CORKERY, Charles W.
DUNLAP, Charles W.
EDGILL, Noah J.
EMMONS, Eli A.
GALLAGER, Patrick
GARRISON, Ralph
JENNINGS, Guilford D.
KING, William H. H.
KOHMAN, Daniel
McCONVILLE, Edward
MONAGHIM, Patrick
MOORE, James W.
PATON, Michael J.
REED, Orange L.
REILLY, Bernard
RYAN, Thomas T. W.

COMPANY H

ALLEN, Henry A.
BAGEANT, John
BAKER, Charles
BARE, Elias
BASSETT, Robert T.
BROWN, John
BUCKLEY, John
CARROLL, John
CLOWERY, John
CLULEY, John F.
COBAUGH, Hamy A.
COLLINS, James
CROWDER, William
DAVIS, Thomas
DOVE, Algernan
FLANIGAN, John H.
FRANKLIN, Walter S.
GEHRING, Joseph
HASKINS, Wilson
HOFF, Joseph
KENRING, James W.
MARSHALL, Charles H.
McCRORY, Philander
McGUIRE, Thomas
MEYERS, Lenard J.
MULLER, Joseph
MYERS, Augustus
NINIS, Philip
NOE, John
PATTERSON, John
PEGRAM, William E.
PENNEY, Simon
ROSS, John M.
SERGEANT, James A.
SHARPE, Joseph
SNYDER, Wilson B.
STONEBRAKER, Henry
SWANTUMT, William H.
VOGT, William
WARREN, Frank M.
WILCOX, James A.

COMPANY I

ATWELL, Joseph
AUMSPACH, Jacob
BAKER, Adam
BURRELL, John
BURRIS, Samuel K.
CARTER, John
COHLE, John
CULLEN, Martin O.
CUNAN, Charles
CURRIER, J. Charles
DAIL, Thomas G.
DIXON, Fred S.
DORNAN, Daniel
DOWNEY, Daniel
GRAVEL, Herman
HAWKINS, Timothy
HOLDEN, Marvin T.
KINNEY, Sanford D.
KITE, Charles
KULPMANN, John
LATCH, John
LUDNICK, Charles
MAGUIRE, Joshua
MANN, Edwin E.
MARTIN (or MARLIN), L.
McCAWLEY, John G.
McGINN, William
McWILLIAM, James T.
MULLIN, James
NEWEL, John B.
O’BIERNE, Richard F.
O’BRIEN, John
O’BRIEN, Martin
PHILLIPSON, Peter C. P.
PLANT, Edward W.
POHLE, John
POWELL, W.
PRINDERVILLE, James
QUINN, Patrick
ROBERTS, William F.
SANDERS, George K.
SCHMIDT, Henry
SCOTT, John
SCULLY, Michael
SMART, John
TANNEY, James
TOLMAN, Charles
TRAVIS, Michael
TYLER, Alexander
WASHBURN, James C.
WATT, William
WEAVER, Samuel
WELCH, John
WILLIAMS, Joseph
WILSON, James
WOODLEY, Asa
WOODWORTH, Charles E.

COMPANY K

BARCUS, William
BOW, James
BOYER, George
CAMPBELL, Charles
COSTIGAN, Patric
CRAMER, Charles F.
DOWDEN, Thomas
EVANS, L. G.
FISCHER, Bernhard
FRONTON, Joseph
GRAHAM, Joseph
GRIFFON, John
HALLIGAN, James
HENRY, Charles
KAVALINE, William
KEEN, Henry
KELANEY, John
KESTLER, George
LAW, Wilhelm
LEGIEN, Hugo
LETCHER, John H.
MARTIN, James
MARTIN, Solomon
McGRATH, William H.
McKENNA, William
McLOUGHLIN, John
MENNEAR, Allen
MENOGUE, John
MILICK, William
MITCHELL, James
MORIATHY, Janne
RILEY, James
RILEY, Thomas F.
RUTHLAND, John
SCHELLENBERG, Robert
SIEGEL, Frederic
SPEARS, Richard
WEIFSKOPF, Charles