29th & 31st Mayor of Boise, ID.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Ernest George Eagleson, mayor of Boise, was born, on a farm near Cadiz, Ohio, January 13, 1864. With his parents, Andrew Hervey and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson, he moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1871 and eleven years later to Craig, Nebraska, where the family resided until 1891, when the permanent home was made in Boise, Idaho. Ernest G. Eagleson received his educational training in the Jefferson public schools and academy, in the Fremont Normal College and in the University of Nebraska, graduating from the engineering department of the last named institution in 1889. In 1907, he was
married to Miss Viola Scully, formerly of Moscow, Idaho, whose parents came to this state in 1880.
Mr. Eagleson's first engineering experience was with the Des Moines and Northwestern Railway as assistant to a division engineer in 1881. From that time to the present he has been engaged almost continuously in some form of construction work except when at school or the university. After graduating from the university he was employed by the Burlington Railway as assistant engineer on construction and later by the Union Pacific Coal Company of Wyoming as assistant mining engineer. He was first appointed city engineer of Boise in 1893 by Hon. Peter Sonna and served the city four terms or eight years in that capacity, but not continuously.' He was county surveyor of Ada county for one term and served as United States surveyor general for Idaho from 1902 until 1908. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president of the Idaho Society of Engineers for one term.
Mr. Eagleson has been connected with various mining, railroad, irrigation and municipal engineering work in the northwest since coming to Boise, notable among which in Idaho was that of the Twin Springs Placer Mining Company, which operated on the upper Boise river. He was also chief engineer of construction of the New York Canal, now the United States Reclamation main canal, in 1899 and 1900, when water was gotten out upon approximately twenty-three thousand acres of lands to the south of Boise. In connection with his surveys and investigations for the Boise City Carey Act project, consisting of one hundred and fifty-one thousand acres on the south side of the Boise river, Mr. Eagleson discovered the storage value of the Arrowrock reservoir site, called it to the attention of the chief engineers of the United States Reclamation Service and others and made the first study sketch of the now famous dam for filing with Idaho state engineer's office. This plan was followed very closely in construction by the the United States Reclamation Service.
In politics Mr. Eagleson is a stalwart republican and has been untiring in his support of the party and its principles. He has worked earnestly in its behalf and, moreover, he has always stood for civic improvement and development. He has been a close student of questions relative to the upbuilding of Boise and these questions he has studied from the standpoint of a civil engineer who can correctly estimate upon municipal engineering problems and also from the standpoint of the business man, who must consider his financial budget in promoting his plans. On the 22nd of April, 1919, Mr. Eagleson was elected mayor of Boise by a substantial majority. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the higher degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine and of the Woodmen of the World, while in religious affiliation he is a member of the Presbyterian church.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Ernest George Eagleson, mayor of Boise, was born, on a farm near Cadiz, Ohio, January 13, 1864. With his parents, Andrew Hervey and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson, he moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1871 and eleven years later to Craig, Nebraska, where the family resided until 1891, when the permanent home was made in Boise, Idaho. Ernest G. Eagleson received his educational training in the Jefferson public schools and academy, in the Fremont Normal College and in the University of Nebraska, graduating from the engineering department of the last named institution in 1889. In 1907, he was
married to Miss Viola Scully, formerly of Moscow, Idaho, whose parents came to this state in 1880.
Mr. Eagleson's first engineering experience was with the Des Moines and Northwestern Railway as assistant to a division engineer in 1881. From that time to the present he has been engaged almost continuously in some form of construction work except when at school or the university. After graduating from the university he was employed by the Burlington Railway as assistant engineer on construction and later by the Union Pacific Coal Company of Wyoming as assistant mining engineer. He was first appointed city engineer of Boise in 1893 by Hon. Peter Sonna and served the city four terms or eight years in that capacity, but not continuously.' He was county surveyor of Ada county for one term and served as United States surveyor general for Idaho from 1902 until 1908. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president of the Idaho Society of Engineers for one term.
Mr. Eagleson has been connected with various mining, railroad, irrigation and municipal engineering work in the northwest since coming to Boise, notable among which in Idaho was that of the Twin Springs Placer Mining Company, which operated on the upper Boise river. He was also chief engineer of construction of the New York Canal, now the United States Reclamation main canal, in 1899 and 1900, when water was gotten out upon approximately twenty-three thousand acres of lands to the south of Boise. In connection with his surveys and investigations for the Boise City Carey Act project, consisting of one hundred and fifty-one thousand acres on the south side of the Boise river, Mr. Eagleson discovered the storage value of the Arrowrock reservoir site, called it to the attention of the chief engineers of the United States Reclamation Service and others and made the first study sketch of the now famous dam for filing with Idaho state engineer's office. This plan was followed very closely in construction by the the United States Reclamation Service.
In politics Mr. Eagleson is a stalwart republican and has been untiring in his support of the party and its principles. He has worked earnestly in its behalf and, moreover, he has always stood for civic improvement and development. He has been a close student of questions relative to the upbuilding of Boise and these questions he has studied from the standpoint of a civil engineer who can correctly estimate upon municipal engineering problems and also from the standpoint of the business man, who must consider his financial budget in promoting his plans. On the 22nd of April, 1919, Mr. Eagleson was elected mayor of Boise by a substantial majority. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the higher degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine and of the Woodmen of the World, while in religious affiliation he is a member of the Presbyterian church.
29th & 31st Mayor of Boise, ID.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Ernest George Eagleson, mayor of Boise, was born, on a farm near Cadiz, Ohio, January 13, 1864. With his parents, Andrew Hervey and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson, he moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1871 and eleven years later to Craig, Nebraska, where the family resided until 1891, when the permanent home was made in Boise, Idaho. Ernest G. Eagleson received his educational training in the Jefferson public schools and academy, in the Fremont Normal College and in the University of Nebraska, graduating from the engineering department of the last named institution in 1889. In 1907, he was
married to Miss Viola Scully, formerly of Moscow, Idaho, whose parents came to this state in 1880.
Mr. Eagleson's first engineering experience was with the Des Moines and Northwestern Railway as assistant to a division engineer in 1881. From that time to the present he has been engaged almost continuously in some form of construction work except when at school or the university. After graduating from the university he was employed by the Burlington Railway as assistant engineer on construction and later by the Union Pacific Coal Company of Wyoming as assistant mining engineer. He was first appointed city engineer of Boise in 1893 by Hon. Peter Sonna and served the city four terms or eight years in that capacity, but not continuously.' He was county surveyor of Ada county for one term and served as United States surveyor general for Idaho from 1902 until 1908. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president of the Idaho Society of Engineers for one term.
Mr. Eagleson has been connected with various mining, railroad, irrigation and municipal engineering work in the northwest since coming to Boise, notable among which in Idaho was that of the Twin Springs Placer Mining Company, which operated on the upper Boise river. He was also chief engineer of construction of the New York Canal, now the United States Reclamation main canal, in 1899 and 1900, when water was gotten out upon approximately twenty-three thousand acres of lands to the south of Boise. In connection with his surveys and investigations for the Boise City Carey Act project, consisting of one hundred and fifty-one thousand acres on the south side of the Boise river, Mr. Eagleson discovered the storage value of the Arrowrock reservoir site, called it to the attention of the chief engineers of the United States Reclamation Service and others and made the first study sketch of the now famous dam for filing with Idaho state engineer's office. This plan was followed very closely in construction by the the United States Reclamation Service.
In politics Mr. Eagleson is a stalwart republican and has been untiring in his support of the party and its principles. He has worked earnestly in its behalf and, moreover, he has always stood for civic improvement and development. He has been a close student of questions relative to the upbuilding of Boise and these questions he has studied from the standpoint of a civil engineer who can correctly estimate upon municipal engineering problems and also from the standpoint of the business man, who must consider his financial budget in promoting his plans. On the 22nd of April, 1919, Mr. Eagleson was elected mayor of Boise by a substantial majority. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the higher degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine and of the Woodmen of the World, while in religious affiliation he is a member of the Presbyterian church.
(Published in History of Idaho: The Gem of the Mountains Vol. 2 by James H. Hawley 1920)
Ernest George Eagleson, mayor of Boise, was born, on a farm near Cadiz, Ohio, January 13, 1864. With his parents, Andrew Hervey and Martha A. (Kerr) Eagleson, he moved to Jefferson, Iowa, in 1871 and eleven years later to Craig, Nebraska, where the family resided until 1891, when the permanent home was made in Boise, Idaho. Ernest G. Eagleson received his educational training in the Jefferson public schools and academy, in the Fremont Normal College and in the University of Nebraska, graduating from the engineering department of the last named institution in 1889. In 1907, he was
married to Miss Viola Scully, formerly of Moscow, Idaho, whose parents came to this state in 1880.
Mr. Eagleson's first engineering experience was with the Des Moines and Northwestern Railway as assistant to a division engineer in 1881. From that time to the present he has been engaged almost continuously in some form of construction work except when at school or the university. After graduating from the university he was employed by the Burlington Railway as assistant engineer on construction and later by the Union Pacific Coal Company of Wyoming as assistant mining engineer. He was first appointed city engineer of Boise in 1893 by Hon. Peter Sonna and served the city four terms or eight years in that capacity, but not continuously.' He was county surveyor of Ada county for one term and served as United States surveyor general for Idaho from 1902 until 1908. He is an associate member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was president of the Idaho Society of Engineers for one term.
Mr. Eagleson has been connected with various mining, railroad, irrigation and municipal engineering work in the northwest since coming to Boise, notable among which in Idaho was that of the Twin Springs Placer Mining Company, which operated on the upper Boise river. He was also chief engineer of construction of the New York Canal, now the United States Reclamation main canal, in 1899 and 1900, when water was gotten out upon approximately twenty-three thousand acres of lands to the south of Boise. In connection with his surveys and investigations for the Boise City Carey Act project, consisting of one hundred and fifty-one thousand acres on the south side of the Boise river, Mr. Eagleson discovered the storage value of the Arrowrock reservoir site, called it to the attention of the chief engineers of the United States Reclamation Service and others and made the first study sketch of the now famous dam for filing with Idaho state engineer's office. This plan was followed very closely in construction by the the United States Reclamation Service.
In politics Mr. Eagleson is a stalwart republican and has been untiring in his support of the party and its principles. He has worked earnestly in its behalf and, moreover, he has always stood for civic improvement and development. He has been a close student of questions relative to the upbuilding of Boise and these questions he has studied from the standpoint of a civil engineer who can correctly estimate upon municipal engineering problems and also from the standpoint of the business man, who must consider his financial budget in promoting his plans. On the 22nd of April, 1919, Mr. Eagleson was elected mayor of Boise by a substantial majority. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained the higher degrees in both the York and Scottish Rites. He is also a member of the Mystic Shrine and of the Woodmen of the World, while in religious affiliation he is a member of the Presbyterian church.
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