Marshall Farnam Hurd

Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823–1903) was an American civil engineer who was part of the effort to build the Union Pacific railroad to Promontory Point, Utah in 1869.

The work was part of the location surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Division "U" in 1871, near Kamloops to Howse Pass.

[6] Hurd worked on the construction of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad to run from Davenport to Council Bluffs completed in 1855.

The memorial reads: Marshall Farnam Hurd Died Mar 4, 1903 Aged 80 Years Enlisted Company A 7th Reg Iowa Vol Infantry Aug 28, 1863, and served through the Civil War.

[rear] A brave, able and faithful comrade, a prominent civil engineer, modest, but never failing to accomplish any work he was assigned to.

Russell photograph of the " Engineers of U.P.R.R. at the Laying of Last Rail Promentory ". Hurd is the fourth man from the left.