Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen
18731968
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024
1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen Marker
at Port Jervis, N.Y.
by Joshua A. Leach and
10 Erie Railroad firemen
Membership 69,750
825 lodges in the
United States and Canada
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Labor Unions • Railroads & Streetcars. A significant historical date for this entry is December 1, 1873.
Location. 34° 30.445′ N, 93° 3.147′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is on Broadway Terrace just south of Market Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located on the south side of the Hot Springs Intracity Transit complex, formerly the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Broadway Terrace, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: United Transportation Union (here, next to this marker); Order of Railway Conductors & Brakemen (here, next to this marker); Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (here, next to this marker); Switchmen's Union of North America (here, next to this marker); Cy Young (a few steps from this marker); Hot Springs Intracity Transit National Historic Register (within shouting distance of this marker);
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Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. United Transportation Union
Also see . . . Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (B of LF&E) was a North American railroad fraternal benefit society and trade union in the 19th and 20th centuries. The organization began in 1873 as the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen (B of LF), a mutual benefit society for workers employed as firemen for steam locomotives, before expanding its name in 1907 in acknowledgement that many of its members had been promoted to the job of railroad engineer.(Submitted on January 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)This organization was founded in Port Jervis, New York, by Erie Railroad firemen who had recently been forced to pass on the news of the fatal accident in a wreck of fellow fireman George Page to his grieving widow the previous month and decided to establish a mutual benefit society
for those employed in the locomotive firemen's trade. Other lodges soon followed and within a year there were a dozen functioning local groups scattered about the states of New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. These met in convention in 1874 and adopted a first constitution for the organization and established a subsidiary institution called the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen's Life Insurance Association of the United States. The main practical purpose of the organization was its utility as a mutual insurance association, with each member to receive death benefit coverage up to a maximum of $1,000 for loss of life on the job. A second optional fund provided for disability benefits. In 1884, benefits were expanded, with the death benefit raised to $1,500.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 20242. United Transportation Union Monument (west side)Looking east; Broadway Terrace crosses in the background. This marker is the 2nd from the left tablet of five related tablets comprising the United Transportation Union Monument.In 1969, the union merged with the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switchmen's Union of North America to form the United Transportation Union.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 211 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 25, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2. submitted on January 26, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
