Milton Roswell and Milton Edwin Trenam photograph collection, circa 1900s-1950s

Milton Roswell Trenam (1882-1937) was born on March 9, 1882, in South Dakota to John James and Eliza Elvira Yeamans Trenam. He earned an engineering degree from the University of South Dakota and worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a construction engineer. Milton Trenam worked on dams throughout the western United States, including designing the model for the Coolidge Dam. Milton married Flora Lucille Wilcox (1884-1967) on November 23, 1904, in Salt Lake City. The couple had two children: Milton Edwin Trenam, Jr. (1905-1996) and Johannah Ruth Trenam (1906-1964). Milton Roswell Trenam died in 1937.

Milton Edwin “Ned” Trenam was born on September 18, 1905. He graduated from the University of Utah School of Engineering in 1931. He worked on dam construction, including the Echo and Vallecito dams. Trenam served in World War II as a captain in the field artillery. His duties included supervising Italian and German Prisoners of War. Ned Trenam died in 1996.