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Chapters: John Flint Kidder, Josiah Royce, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, Jeremy Sisto, John Rollin Ridge, Hans Ostrom, Lotta Crabtree, Aaron A. Sargent, Hunter Burgan, Peter Johnson, Edwin G. Waite, Erika Flores, Sarah Kidder, Sam Aanestad, Clarence Crase Thomas, Fred Hargesheimer, April Stewart, Lyman Gilmore, Chas Guldemond, Ron Heller, Chris Senn,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 78. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Flint Kidder (1830 - April 10, 1901) was a politician, civil engineer and railroad executive who built and later owned the Northern California's Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad (NCNGRR) which, during its operation, never experienced an attempted robbery. Kidder's ancestors came to America before the American Revolution. He was born in New York City, New York in 1830, and moved in 1840 to Syracuse, New York with his parents. Kidder attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1846-47, but did not graduate. Kidder began his engineering career in 1849. For several years, until 1860, he was a city engineer in Syracuse. In 1861, he headed west for Government service, becoming an officer of the Nevada Territorial Legislature in which he surveyed the boundary from Lake Bigler to Honey Lake, followed by a survey south of Lake Bigler the following year. On July 8, 1862, the Governor appointed Kidder as Surveyor of Esmeralda County, Nevada. In 1863, the Houghton-Ives Commission hired Kidder to survey the California/Nevada state line with Kidder representing the interests of California. The following year, on April 4, he was appointed County Surveyor of Nye County, Nevada, a position he held until September when an elected official took over the position. He moved to El Dorado County, California in 1864, remaining for four years. While there, he served as a Member of...http://booksllc.net/?id=22883926 ... Read more

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