Chittenden, George B.

George Benjamin Chittenden was born in Conn. in Dec. 1849. A graduate of Yale University, he worked as a topographer for the U. S. Geological and Geographic Survey of the Territories conducted by Ferdinand V. Hayden in Colo. and Wyo. (1873-1877). Known as the Hayden Survey, the surveys helped define the Western U. S. during expansion after the American Civil War. Chittenden died in 1939.

From the description of George B. Chittenden papers, 1873-1877 [manuscript]. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13488805