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270 After graduating from the high school of Weston, he taught for several terms to help himself through college; went from Cornell to West Point; graduated third in class of 1884, and was assigned to the engineer corps. For three years he served at Willett's Point, New York Harbor; three years at Omaha, Neb., in the Department of the Platte, and in charge of works on the Upper Missouri; two years in charge of government work in Yellowstone National Park; two years on government work at Louisville, Ky.; one year in charge of surveys for routes between Lake Erie and the Ohio River; three years secretary of the Missouri River Commission, and in charge of surveys for reservoirs in the arid regions. Since 1899 he has been in charge of works on the Upper Missouri, and in the Yellowstone National Park, writing a book upon the Park, its history and notable natural features; and also an exhaustive report upon the practicability of storage reservoirs in the arid regions; the Reservoir System of the Great Lakes; the relation of the government to the conservation of the waste flood of streams, and numerous articles on professional subjects in current periodicals. During the war with Spain he served as chief engineer of the Fourth Army Corps. He designed and erected the Mowrey obelisk, at Sioux City, in memory of Sergt. Charles Floyd of the Lewis and Clark expedition; and is still engaged in government work in Yellowstone Park while pursuing his plans for furnishing water to the arid lands on both sides of the Rocky Mountains. Meanwhile, he is laying out some further historical work interesting to Oregon.FRANCES FULLER VICTOR.