The famous Casement brothers, Union Pacific's construction organizers, employed the young African-American man shown here whose identity is unknown. He was the Casements' personal servant and water wagon driver.
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Photo by Andrew J. Russell, from the collection of Gary B. Peterson, PhotoGeoGraphics. The Utah's African-American Voices archival photo gallery is an online adaption of the Utah Humanities Council's "Blacks in Utah History" project, created by Gary B. Peterson.