. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . athe-matics for General Jackman, the last two terms of his course. The Universityin recognition of his work as an engineer conferred upon him, in 1898, thedegree of C. E. in course. In the fall of 1854, he removedto Dubuque, Iowa, and the nextyear was engaged on governmentsurveys in what are now Millelacsand Isanti Counties, Minnesota,where for months he saw no whitemen except those of the party, andoften had to pack their camp outfitand suppUes through tamarackswamps to their work. In 1856, hecommenced seridce wi
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . athe-matics for General Jackman, the last two terms of his course. The Universityin recognition of his work as an engineer conferred upon him, in 1898, thedegree of C. E. in course. In the fall of 1854, he removedto Dubuque, Iowa, and the nextyear was engaged on governmentsurveys in what are now Millelacsand Isanti Counties, Minnesota,where for months he saw no whitemen except those of the party, andoften had to pack their camp outfitand suppUes through tamarackswamps to their work. In 1856, hecommenced seridce with the DubuquelV Pacific, later known as the Du-buque & Sioux City, then, again, that]jortion west from Iowa Falls, wa?changed to Iowa Falls & Sioux City,first on surveys, and then in 1857, asresident engineer in charge of con-struction work. On the completionof the road to Jessup, Iowa, in 1858,he was appointed chief engineer; andconstructed the road through to SiouxCity, Iowa, together with the CedarFalls & Minnesota, a branch Unefrom Cedar Falls Junction up the. U-f Capt. James Edward Ainsworth. valley of the Cedar river to Mona at the Minnesota state Une, all nowoperated by the Illinois Central. Dining this time, he made a survcj^ fromSioux City, Iowa, up the valley of the Big Sioux River to Sioux Falls, SouthDakota. He also constructed a portion of the Dubuque & Southwesternin Linn County, Iowa, and that portion of the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesotaalong the west bank of the Mississippi River from Dubuque to North ]McGre-gor, also the Iowa Eastern (narrow gauge) from Beulah Junction to Elkaderin Clayton County, Iowa, all now operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee &St. Paul. He made a surv(>y from Dubuque up the Mississippi and Turkey Rivers,then northwesterly to near Mankato, Minn. Then, for a httle over a year, 1853] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 525 he was with the Chicago & Northwestern in Northern Michigan, buildingbranches to the iron mines. He was chief engineer o
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