People of Surveying
From Compass to White House: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as Surveyors
A factual look at the real surveying work of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, the records they left, and the land systems in which they worked.
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Category: People of Surveying
Surveyors, explorers, mapmakers, and the people who shaped the profession.
People of Surveying
The Surveyors of the Northwest: Measuring the First Public Lands
The Seven Ranges, Thomas Hutchins, and the field crews who turned the Land Ordinance of 1785 into monuments, notes, and a lasting national survey system.