Survey for the Ohio, Wayne, Richland, and Crawford Rail Road / Saml. R. Curtis. [ca. 1835]

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Survey for the Ohio, Wayne, Richland, and Crawford Rail Road / Saml. R. Curtis. [ca. 1835]

1 map : ms., col. ; on sheet 49 x 71 cm.

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Curtis, Samuel Ryan, 1805-1866

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Born near Champlain, New York, Curtis graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1831. He was stationed at Fort Gibson in the Indian Territories (present-day Oklahoma) before resigning from the Army in 1832. He moved to Ohio, where he worked as a civil engineer on the Muskingum River improvement projects and also became a lawyer in 1841. During the Mexican–American War, he was appointed colonel of the 2nd Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and served as military governor of several occupied c...