Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-11
GENERAL DODGE RECALLS VISIT
Lincoln Came Out to Look at Lots
He Owned.
ADDRESS BY GENERAL GRANT
Tells Of First Meeting Between His
Father and President,
MONUMENT Is RAISED BY D. A. R.
Exercises are Made Part of Program
of Army of the Tennessee,
Now in ReunIon at
.t...., BIuffs.

on the spot at Point Lookout Council
Bluffs, where Abraham Lincoln stood on
August 10. 1859. and viewed the fertile
Missouri valley. the spot near which,
five years later, he determined that the
first transcontinental railrosd should
start, a granite shaft the memory Of
Lincoln was unveiled Tuesday afternoon
by the Daughters OF tho American Rev
olution as q part OF the reunion OF the
Army OF the Tennessee.
General Grenvile NJ Dodge OF Council
Bluffs nc part Of the exercises, told Of
the visit Of Lincoln to the spot and Major
General Fred Dent Grant, a son OF
Lieutenant General T. g. Grant. told OF
two meetings between Lincoln and his
father both Of which he witnessed and
one OF which was the first meeting OF the
two.
General Dodge TELLS HlstOry.
General Dodge said OF Lincoln's visit
and the location OF the terminus Of the
Union Pacific:
He came here to look at some prop
arty In the Riddle tract, on which lie
had loaned money to MIR. n. b. Judd,
the attorney fof the Rock Island rail
road Mr.. Judd was President Lincoln
manager in his great debate with stephen
A. Douglas Mr. Lincoln came from
Springfield, H., TO 81. Joseph, Mo, by
rail; then came up the Missouri river
to this place by steamboat. He found
here some old friends who had lived in
Springfield before they came to Council
Buffs-the Hon. W. n. NJ. Pusey,
Thomas officer and MIR. Bates.
II had Just returned with my party
from surveys for the Pacific railroad
west of the Missouri river and my party
was camped in the ravine just north Of
this place. Mr.. Lincoln heard of my eN-
plorations and surveys and that ! was in
the city and as he was at that time
greatly interested in the building of
Pacific road. he sought me out and on
the porch OF the Pacific house engaged
me In conversation about what I knew
OF the country west OF the Missouri river
and greatly impressed me with the great
interest he showed in the work IN which
was engaged.
He stated that there was nothing more
important before the nation at that time
than the building of the Pacific road TO
the Pacific coast He ingenlously ex-
traoted q great deal OF information from
me and I found the secrets had been
holding for my, employers In the east had
been given TO him. This interview was
OF the greatest importance to me.
While he was in Council Bluffs Mr.
W. II. NJ. Pusey and other citizens
brought him up TO this spot for the pur-
pose OF having him view the great mis-
souri, valley. which on a clear day can
be seen here for nearly twenty miles. eX
ending from Florence TO Bellevue, ana
looking across the country TO the city OF
Omaha which had Just been started"
In 1868, when In command of the dis
trict OF Corinth. General odgDe said he
was sent by President Lincoln to aid
him In determining the Initial point OF
the Union Pacific. The views of the two
coIncided and on November II, 1863, the
president decreed that the road should
start on the western boundary of Iowa,
within the township opposite Omaha.
The road did not consider this definite
enough and next year Lincoln said the
point should be directly across the river
from the east line OF section 10, township
l6 The road chose the point where the
Union Pacific transfer now stands
Grant TELLS of His Father.
General Fred d. Grant, u. S. A., re-
lated interesting history OF the first meet
ing between the great emanclpatoT and
General u. S Grant. his father;
81 was with my father and shall
never forget the first meeting of Lincoln
ana Grant
When opportunity presented itself
after the reception. President Lincoln
said: General Grant. ! am To formally
present you your commission tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. and knowing your
dislike Of speaking l have written out
what / have TO say and will read II; II
viii only be four or five sentences
would like you TO say something in reply,
which will obvtate any feeling Of jeal-
ousy among officers and which will be
encouraging TO the whole nation
After that reception at the White
House, my father wrote In pencil the
reply he was TO make TO the president
She next day in receiving his commits
sion.
After short and informal greetings