John Waldo Thompson Scrapbook, 1895-1928, bulk 1915-1928.

Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Pridham, William, 1836-1923.

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Burbank , Luther, 1849-1926

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Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. From the description of Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981669 Luther Burbank began his work in horticulture in his birthplace, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he raised seeds and vegetables for market. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875 in order to pursue his work in a warmer climate. Burbank became world famous for his timesaving methods of plant breeding and grafting, esp...

Thompson, Emma, fl. 1880-1930.

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Plummer, O. P. S. 1836-1913.

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Thompson, John Waldo, 1841-c1930.

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Telegrapher. Participated in laying of transcontinental telegraph line (1861-1865). Worked in Nevada, Oregon, and California (1863-1873). Head of Western Union in San Diego (1874-1909). Installed first telephone in San Diego (c1882). Head of Western Union in San Francisco (1909-1923). From the description of John Waldo Thompson Scrapbook, 1895-1928, bulk 1915-1928. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 30859641 ...

Byers, S. H. M. (Samuel Hawkins Marshall), 1838-1933

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Samuel Hawkins Marshall Byers was born in Pennsylvania in 1838 and moved to Burlington, Iowa in 1851. Byers had studied law before enlisting as a First Corporal in Company B of the Fifth Iowa Infantry in 1861. By July 1862 he was promoted to Quartermaster Sergeant, he became the regimental adjutant in April 1863, and later that year he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Chattanooga with eighty other members of his regiment. Byers spent the next sixteen months in five different Confederate priso...