Interview memorandum and biographical data on Hal Sayre, 1921.

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Interview memorandum and biographical data on Hal Sayre, 1921.

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Typewritten memorandum by Thomas F. Dawson of an interview with Hal Sayre describing the latter's surveying of the Transit Railroad between Winona and St. Peter in 1856-1857. Accompanied by a cover letter from Dawson, Historical Curator, State Historical and Natural History Society, Denver, Colorado, to the Minnesota Historical Society (Oct. 26, 1921).

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Transit Railroad Company.

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Sayre, Hal, 1835-1926

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Hal Sayre (1835-1926) was an experienced surveyor and civil engineer when he came to Colorado during the Clear Creek gold rush of 1859. He was instrumental in determining the extent of mining claims derived from pre-territorial mining districts in Gilpin and Clear Creek counties, Colorado. Born Peter Halbert Sayre in Orange Co., N.Y., on April 2, 1835, he was educated at an academy in Binghamton, N.Y., and participated in building the New York and Pennsylvania canal (1851-1852) and surveyed an e...

Dawson, Thomas Fulton, 1853-1923

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Executive Clerk of U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. Former Denver, Colo. newspaperman and secretary to Senator Henry M. Teller, of Colorado. For twenty years Associated Press representative for U.S. Senate. From the description of Scrapbook, 1915. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13307846 ...