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Show 291 he left Parowan t o l i v e in Salt Lake City, but on the advice of Brigham Young, he removed t o Logan where his t a l e n t s as a surveyor were needed. Logan was growing rapidly in the early s i x t i e s , and Martineau's a b i l i t i e s were not wasted. He located several large canals and installed the c i t y ' s water works among other projects. His military career was not neglected either. As in Parowan, Martineau was appointed adjutant and military instructor of the Cache military district. He also served on the staff of General Daniel H. Wells. During the Indian campaigns, he was called out on many missions. In 1868 Martineau surveyed for the Union Pacific Railroad from Echo Canyon to Central, Nevada, and the following year he located the railroad from Ogden to Salt Lake City. In I87I-72 he surveyed the route of the Utah Northern Railroad from Ogden to Franklin, Idaho. Martineau also laid out the foundations and grounds of the Logan temple in 1877• During his years in Logan, he surveyed the town plats, pastures, and canals for many of the c i t i e s and towns of northern Utah and southern Idaho, including Idaho Falls and parts of Logan City. Martineau also became the county clerk of Cache County, county surveyor, U.S. deputy internal revenue collector, and c i t y recorder of Logan-all while he ran a farm. Accompanying Apostles Erastus Snow and Moses Thatcher to Mexico in 1882, he searched the State of Sonora for settlement s i t e s for the Saints. Two years later Martineau was sent t o southern Arizona to serve in the presidency of the St. Joseph stake. During t h i s time he continued his explorations in Mexico. As a U.S. deputy surveyor in Arizona and Utah for many years, he surveyed over thirty-five townships. Martineau was also a county surveyor and a U.S. deputy land and mineral surveyor while living in Arizona. In 1888 he removed to the Mormon settlement of Colonia Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico and surveyed the town p l a t s there as well as at Dublan and Chuichupa* He also surveyed other large t r a c t s of land in Mexico, one of which was an eight |