April 17, 2024
RARE SARONY PHOTO~WILLIAM E. DODGE~PHELPS/DODGE -C-1875
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William Earle Dodge (1805-1883), US MINING ENTREPRENEUR AND MEMBER OF US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEW YORK. He was a dry-goods merchant in Hartford, Conn., before founding the metal dealership Phelps, Dodge & Co. with his father-in-law, Anson G. Phelps, in 1833. They soon established a prosperous metal-importing business. Dodge made numerous other investments in timberland, mills, and iron and copper mines. After purchasing the Copper Queen mine in Arizona in 1882, the company became a major U.S. mining concern. Further acquisitions and diversifications have made Phelps Dodge Corp. one of the world's largest copper producers.A consortium of businessmen led by Dodge purchased large tracts of timberland in this area following the Civil War. They built the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, connecting Macon to what was then a remote area of the state. Dodge County was formed in 1870 and Eastman, the county seat, grew into a town at Station Number 13 on the railroad. Mr. Dodge visited the area only one time, to dedicate a two-story wooden courthouse that he donated to the county.Mr. Dodge was referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the Civil War. His sons later administered the timber businesses in this area. The Dodge Company's ownership of these lands caused great legal difficulties and
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