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Montpelier, Idaho's Locomotive Firemen And Enginemen: A Community Of Railroaders, 1900-1920, Kimball M. Fife

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Research for this thesis drew from the records of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Re-Echo Lodge #195 of Montpelier, Idaho; the U.S. Censuses for the years 1900, 1910, and 1920; and the Montpelier Examiner, 1900-1920. The study focused on the world of railroad firemen and enginemen from the standpoint of the firemen's union members. A special focus examined the locomotive firemen's experiences of working in a predominantly Mormon settlement and the diversity that the railroaders brought to Montpelier.

Locomotive firemen and enginemen who were union members relied on their solidarity as a body of organized labor for protection of …