Diaries W.U. Tel. Co. Alaska surveys [microform], 1866 Apr. 28-1967 Oct. 8 / [collected by Charles S. Hubbell].

Hubbell, Charles

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Charles H. Hubbell (1899-1971) was born in Lakewood, Ohio, where he attended Lakewood High School. His interest in aviation began at an early age. As a youth, he was an avid model airplane builder, and once attempted to build a full-size aircraft. During World War I, he enlisted in the United States Navy and was stationed in Buffalo, New York, as a draftsman, where he assisted in the design of naval aircraft. After the war, He entered the Cleveland School of Art where he graduated i...

Western Union Telegraph Expedition (1865-1867)

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In 1865, a man named Cyrus Fields was creating the Atlantic Cable—a telegraph line running under the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. Convinced submerging a telegraph cable in water was impossible, the Western Union funded Perry McDonough Collins and his expedition to build the first overland cross continental telegraph line. In order to put up the line, land surveys were conducted in Canada, Asia, and Alaska. Kennicott and his party of highly qualified naturalists and botanists focused their efforts e...

Adams, George R. (George Russell), 1845-1938

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Smith, P.M., 1950-

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