Raised on his father's farm, he left to find his fortune in the West, spending the first year in St. Paul, MN. In 1880 he secured a position in a party surveying the Yellowstone region. He advanced to qualify as a member of the first party to survey the lower Canadian Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This party discovered the incomparable Kicking Horse Pass. They completed a survey of 1,200 miles.
In the spring of 1882 the work of expanding the railroad westward began, forming the great transcontinental railroad of Canada. Sheldon qualified a construction supervisor for the great accomplishment of construction of the road through Kicking Horse Pass. His next assignment was the eastern slope of the Selkirks. His
accomplishments built for him a fine reputation. He was positioned for enterprise in timber. He based himself in St. Paul & for a few years operated wholesale & retail yards, eventually branching out to the South. He came to know Thomas H. Garrett of St. Louis who, like himself, bought & sold lumbering operations, all the while improving & unifying operations . The two joined forces with the primary operation being T.H. Garrett Lumber Co; Garrett as president & Sheldon as secretary-treasurer.
Sheldon married Jennie Maud Hammett in St. Louis, 29 Sept 1892. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, as is his business partner. Sheldon was a director of Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis and died suddenly in the bank building.
In the spring of 1882 the work of expanding the railroad westward began, forming the great transcontinental railroad of Canada. Sheldon qualified a construction supervisor for the great accomplishment of construction of the road through Kicking Horse Pass. His next assignment was the eastern slope of the Selkirks. His
accomplishments built for him a fine reputation. He was positioned for enterprise in timber. He based himself in St. Paul & for a few years operated wholesale & retail yards, eventually branching out to the South. He came to know Thomas H. Garrett of St. Louis who, like himself, bought & sold lumbering operations, all the while improving & unifying operations . The two joined forces with the primary operation being T.H. Garrett Lumber Co; Garrett as president & Sheldon as secretary-treasurer.
Sheldon married Jennie Maud Hammett in St. Louis, 29 Sept 1892. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, as is his business partner. Sheldon was a director of Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis and died suddenly in the bank building.
Raised on his father's farm, he left to find his fortune in the West, spending the first year in St. Paul, MN. In 1880 he secured a position in a party surveying the Yellowstone region. He advanced to qualify as a member of the first party to survey the lower Canadian Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. This party discovered the incomparable Kicking Horse Pass. They completed a survey of 1,200 miles.
In the spring of 1882 the work of expanding the railroad westward began, forming the great transcontinental railroad of Canada. Sheldon qualified a construction supervisor for the great accomplishment of construction of the road through Kicking Horse Pass. His next assignment was the eastern slope of the Selkirks. His
accomplishments built for him a fine reputation. He was positioned for enterprise in timber. He based himself in St. Paul & for a few years operated wholesale & retail yards, eventually branching out to the South. He came to know Thomas H. Garrett of St. Louis who, like himself, bought & sold lumbering operations, all the while improving & unifying operations . The two joined forces with the primary operation being T.H. Garrett Lumber Co; Garrett as president & Sheldon as secretary-treasurer.
Sheldon married Jennie Maud Hammett in St. Louis, 29 Sept 1892. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, as is his business partner. Sheldon was a director of Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis and died suddenly in the bank building.
In the spring of 1882 the work of expanding the railroad westward began, forming the great transcontinental railroad of Canada. Sheldon qualified a construction supervisor for the great accomplishment of construction of the road through Kicking Horse Pass. His next assignment was the eastern slope of the Selkirks. His
accomplishments built for him a fine reputation. He was positioned for enterprise in timber. He based himself in St. Paul & for a few years operated wholesale & retail yards, eventually branching out to the South. He came to know Thomas H. Garrett of St. Louis who, like himself, bought & sold lumbering operations, all the while improving & unifying operations . The two joined forces with the primary operation being T.H. Garrett Lumber Co; Garrett as president & Sheldon as secretary-treasurer.
Sheldon married Jennie Maud Hammett in St. Louis, 29 Sept 1892. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, as is his business partner. Sheldon was a director of Boatmen's Bank, St. Louis and died suddenly in the bank building.
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