JOHN F. BLANDY History of Arizona, 1896 One of the representative engineers, dong an extensive business and representing some of the largest companies in this country is John F. Blandy, who has been a resident of Prescott, Arizona since 1880. He is a thoroughly practical engineer and is noted for his ability, both technical and practical. Mr. Blandy is a product of Delaware, born at Newark, April 24, 1833, and inherits sturdy English blood on the paternal side. His mother was of old Maryland stock. Young Blandy first attended school in his native place, but subsequently entered college, although he did not take a literary course. when eighteen years old he entered the engineer corps of the Reading Railroad, but later left there and spent two years in an engineering school in Germany. After returning to this country he went to Lake Superior copper mines and was actively engaged in his duties as an engineer there for six years. In 1863 he went to the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania and took charge of the Little Schoolkill Company's works. This was a badly crippled company, but Mr. Blandy, by his able and skillful management brought it out of trouble and the stock has stood at 130 ever since and is considered as good as a bond. He remained with that company as president and manager until 1872 having disposed of the mining property and closed up the company's active business. After this he was in the coal fields of Pennsylvania until 1880 when he came to Arizona. He is well known all over the Territory as a practical and thorough engineer, and his long career in that capacity entitles him to the highest commendation. He was Territorial geologist for two years and the following is an extract from the Governor's report for 1890: "John F. Blandy of Yavapai County was appointed to the office of Territorial geologist April 10, 1889 and resigned November 1, 1890 and no other appointment to the office has been made. In my judgment a more capable and efficient man for the office cannot be found in Arizona." USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. submitted by burns@asu.edu