Joel Edward Ferris scrapbook, 1890-1957 (bulk 1890-1895).

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Joel Edward Ferris scrapbook, 1890-1957 (bulk 1890-1895).

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The Joel Edward Ferris scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and a few pieces of correspondence. The newspaper clippings generally concern Northwest rivers and harbors, especially the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle and Yaquina Bay in Oregon, and engineering projects between 1890 and 1895. Many of these clippings also refer to Thomas W. Symons, captain of the Army Corps of Engineers, who was in charge of many of these projects. It also includes a postcard from W.L. Bretherton to the Port Blakely Mill Company regarding an order for rails, and a manuscript note pasted over a clipping about Symons' report on Yaquina Bay. Finally, there is a clipping of an article written by Ferris about Symons, "First scouting this region in 1881 ... Colonel Symons foresaw Spokane's future," which was published in the Spokesman-Review in 1957. Correspondents include W.L. Bretherton.

1 v. ; 30 centimeters.

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Ferris, Joel Edward, 1874-1960.

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Washington State banker, Joel Edward Ferris (1874-1960), was born in Illinois in 1874. He was educated in California, attended Carthage College, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in 1895. From 1895 to 1897, he worked as a law clerk and a bank clerk. He then worked as an investment banker in Kansas City, St. Louis, and London. In 1908, Ferris came to Spokane, where he continued to work as a banker. He married Clara Hughes in 1914. He became the chairman of the Spokane...

Bretherton, W. L.

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Port Blakely Mill Company

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United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

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The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an engineer formation of the United States Army that has three primary mission areas: engineer regiment, military construction, and civil works. The day-to-day activities of the three mission areas are administered by a lieutenant general known as the commanding general/chief of engineers. The chief of engineers commands the engineer regiment, composed of combat engineer army units, and answers directly to the chief of staff of the army. Comba...

Symons, T. W. (Thomas William), 1849-1920

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U.S. Army officer and engineer. From the description of Letter, 1879 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70925088 ...