Leonard Henry Eicholtz (1827-1911) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He joined the engineers of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1852 and the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad Company in 1854. During the Civil War, Eicholtz was Assistant Engineer of Military Railways in the Military Division of the Mississippi under General William T. Sherman. Eicholtz reconstructed bridges and railroads in the wake of Sherman's advance to Atlanta, Georgia. By the time he was engaged in the 1864 Atlanta Campaign, he had been promoted to chief engineer. Eicholtz was hired by the Kansas Pacific Railway Company in 1866. In 1868, he became superintendent of bridge building for the Union Pacific Railway Company, where he stayed until 1869. He was then made the superintendent of construction and chief engineer for the Denver Pacific Railway Company and built a line from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Denver, Colorado. In 1878, he was named director of the First National Bank in Denver, a position he held until his death. Eicholtz married Ellen Inslee Smith in 1871 and they had five children: four daughters and one son. Additional biographical information about Leonard H. Eicholtz has not been determined.