Conner, Daniel Ellis, 1837-1920

Biographical note: Engineer; as a young man Daniel Conner was a member of the Walker party which explored central Arizona to establish settlement and mining in the area between 1861 and 1867. He is the author of books including "Joseph Reddeford Walker and the Arizona Adventure".

From the description of Manuscript, ca. 1910-1910. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 605113015

Born in 1837, Daniel Ellis Conner was a civil engineer who prospected the Colorado gold fields from 1859-1861. In 1862 he joined the Walker party in a mining exploration expedition in Arizona and New Mexico.

From the description of Daniel Ellis Conner collection, 1954-1964. (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25385866

Daniel Ellis Conner, prospector and civil engineer, was born on December 24, 1837 at Bardstown, Kentucky. He attended Hanover College in Kentucky from 1856 to 1858 and then relocated to Ridgeley, Missouri where he lived with relatives and sought employment as a civil engineer. From 1859 to 1861 Conner prospected in the gold fields of Colorado and in the fall of 1862 he joined the Walker Party in a mining exploration expedition in Arizona and New Mexico.

In later years Conner worked in civil engineering in his hometown of Bardstown, in Cincinnati, Ohio and in Wilmington and Riverside, California. He died at the Riverside County Hospital on June 19, 1920.

From the guide to the Daniel Ellis Conner Papers, 1954-1964, (Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection)