Epes Randolph
Epes Randolph was an American civil engineer and businessman who constructed railroads in Americas South, Ohio, Arizona, California, and Mexico. From 1905 to 1907 he led the successful effort to restore the Colorado River to its banks after irrigation canal construction and flooding diverted it from the Gulf of California and into Californias Imperial Valley, creating the Salton Sea. Randolph spent his later life in Tucson, Arizona where he served as president of several railroads, as vicepresident of Tucsons Consolidated National Bank, and as chancellor of the University of Arizona Board of Regents.
Randolph was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia. His parents were also natives of Virginia, his father, William Eston Randolph, having been born in Clarke County, and his mother, Sarah Lavinia Epes, in Lunenburg County.
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