Lyon, Arthur Steen.

Arthur Steen Lyon was born March 5, 1883, in Newport, Minnesota. He married Gertrude Lorraine Andrews Sept. 6, 1911 in Mass. Lyon was a self-taught engineer and surveyor. During the years 1905 and 1906, he served on the crew of the Alaska Central Railroad and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway in southeast Alaska. He worked on railroads in the United States throughout his life and died November 7, 1941, in Topeka, Kansas.

From the description of Arthur Steen Lyon photograph collection, 1905-1906. [graphic]. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 50763752