Hiram Martin Chittenden (1858–1917)
Autore di The American Fur Trade of the Far West, Vol. 1
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Opere di Hiram Martin Chittenden
History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge (2015) 5 copie
H. M. Chittenden; a western epic, being a selection from his unpublished journals, diaries and reports (1961) 5 copie
Forests and Reservoirs in Their Relation to Stream Flow, With Particular Reference to Navigable Rivers: -1909 (2009) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Collaboratore — 257 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1858-10-25
- Data di morte
- 1917-10-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Istruzione
- United States Military Academy
- Organizzazioni
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Breve biografia
- Hiram M. Chittenden was the Seattle District Engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers (April 1906 — September 1908) for whom the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks in Seattle, Washington are named.
Chittenden was born in Yorkshire, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1884 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He reached the rank of Brigadier General in 1910. He died in Seattle, Washington.
With the Army Corps of Engineers, Chittenden was in charge of many notable projects throughout the United States:
* Yellowstone National Park (1891-1892, 1899-1906): roadwork, improvements, basalt arch at north entrance, single span bridge (Chittenden Bridge, formerly the Melan arch bridge) across the Yellowstone River.
* Yosemite National Park: commissioned by the Secretary of the Interior to determine boundary changes
* Lake Washington Canal Project, Seattle, Washington (1906)
Chittenden was also an author, penning historical volumes, tour guides, and poetry:
* The Yellowstone National Park, Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1895.
* The American Fur Trade of the Far West, New York: F. P. Harper, 1903. (Three volumes)
* History of Steamboats on the Missouri River, 1903. (Two volumes)
* Life and Letters of Father de Smet with A. T. Richardson, 1905. (Four volumes)
* War or Peace, 1910.
* Verse, Seattle: Holly Press, 1916. (poetry)
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 17
- Lingue
- 1
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