Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Robinson, S. R. H. 1842 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 594, 587

  S. R. H. ROBINSON. This gentleman, who is Superintendent of Construction of
Rio Verde Canal Company, is a native of Toronto, Canada, born November 22, 1859.
He was educated in the public schools of his native city and early in life
learned contracting, which has been his chosen calling since he first began for
himself by contracting on the Canadian Pacific Railroad when this road was
building west from Winnipeg, and was thus occupied from the spring of 1882 to
1887 on the main line and its branches. His next contract was on the Great
Northern Railroad from Devil's Lake to Seattle, Washington, and he was thus
occupied from 1887 till 1892. For two years he was on the "Soo" line as a
sub-contractor, building in North Dakota, and April 1, 1895, he came to Phoenix,
Arizona, to take charge of the construction of the Rio Verde Canal Company,
which is now under headway. This company employs from five to six hundred men
and the work is rapidly progressing. Mr. Robinson is an expert in his line, has
had a long experience and is reliable and capable. He is a member of the Masonic
Fraternity. In March, 1884, he married Miss Minnie McFee of Prince Edward Island
and this union was blessed by the birth of four children, three now surviving:
Thomas Argue, Leone and Charles Walter. Mr. Robinson began contracting with Mr.
Langdon & Company of Minneapolis and after one year with them began
sub-contracting, and has taken sub-contracts from them ever since until he began
the construction of Rio Verde Canal. He is a man in whom all have the utmost
confidence and he is well liked by all acquainted with him.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896



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