Rogers in the 1880's, from the CPR Archive

Major Albert Bowman Rogers ( May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). There are 217 days remaining. Events 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from... 28 May Events January 8 - Hanging of body-selling murderer William Burke - his associate William Hare, who testified against him, is released January 19 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethes Faust premieres March 4 - Andrew Jackson succeeds John Quincy Adams as the President of the United States of America. March 22 - Greece receives... 1829 - Events January-April January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 - Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Marie Vetsera commit a double suicide... 1889), commonly known as A.B. Rogers, was an American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... American Surveying is concerned with the application of mathematics and physics in obtaining accurate measurements for the determination of the position of points on the Earths surface. Surveying has been an essential element in the development of the human environment since the beginning of recorded history and it is a... surveyor now best remembered for his discovery of the Rogers Pass is the pass (elevation 1330 m) through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the bend of the Columbia River from Revelstoke at the west, to Donald, near Golden, British Columbia at... Rogers Pass in Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell ( BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2.1%) Population ( 2004)  - Population... British Columbia, Canada is an independent sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. Bordering the United States, its territorial claims extend north into the Arctic Ocean as far as the North Pole. Canada is a federation of ten provinces... Canada.

Early life

Born in Orleans is a town located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,341. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Orleans, please see the article Orleans (CDP), Massachusetts. History Orleans was first settled in 1693 and was... Orleans, State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th)  - Land 20,317 km²  - Water 7,043 km² (25.7%) Population (2000)  - Population 6,349,097 (13th)  - Density 312.68... Massachusetts in 1829, he attended Brown University is an Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island. It is the third_oldest intitution of higher education in New England and the seventh-oldest in the United States. Brown was the first college in the nation to welcome students of all religious affiliations. One of the most... Brown University, but transfered after one year to This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest American institution of higher education (or fourth, if St. Johns College, Annapolis... Yale University, where he obtained a degree in Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. This is accomplished through knowledge, mathematics, and practical experience applied to the design of useful objects or processes. Professional practitioners of engineering are called engineers. Compared to other professions You see things; and you say Why? But I dream... Engineering. Rogers served with the For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). The United States of America, also referred to as the United States, U.S.A., U.S., US, America¹, or the States, is a federal republic of fifty states, mostly in central North America. The U.S. has three land... U.S. An army unit consisting of mounted soldiers are commonly known as cavalry. Cavalry fight from the backs of their mounts, which most often are horses or camels. Infantry travelling by horse and fighting on foot are instead known as dragoons. Modern cavalry units are generally not mounted on horseback (save... Cavalry during the The Indian Wars were a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. The wars, which ranged from colonial times to the Wounded Knee massacre and closing of the American frontier in 1890, collectively resulted in the conquest of Indian peoples and their... Indian Wars, attaining the rank of For non-military meanings, see major (disambiguation). Insignia of a United States Air Force Major In the US Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the British Army, a major is a commissioned officer superior to a captain and inferior to a lieutenant colonel. The equivalent rank in the US Navy... Major during the Events January-March January 10 - End of term for John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Amasa Leland Stanford. January 30 - The first American ironclad warship, the USS Monitor is launched. February 1 - Julia Ward Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic is published for the... 1862 Alternative meaning: Lakota, Côte dIvoire is a département of Côte dIvoire. The Lakota (friends or allies, sometimes also spelled Lakhota, and pronounced Lakxóta by the Lakota people) are a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux (see Names). The Lakota are part of... Dakota Sioux The Sioux Uprising was an armed conflict that began on August 17, 1862 along the Minnesota River in Minnesota, also known as the Dakota Conflict or the US–Dakota War of 1862. Payments guaranteed by treaty to be made to the Dakota people by the U.S.A. government... uprising.

CPR Railway surveys

His initial engineering experience was primarily on the American A prairie is an area of land of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. Most of the Great Plains, most of the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and much of Missouri and... prairies surveying for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. Nevertheless, This article needs cleanup. Please edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. James J. Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916), was a noted American railroad tycoon. Hill showed his aptitude for the intellectual side of the world early in life; although he only... James Jerome Hill of the The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. Its rail network stretches from Vancouver to Montreal, and also serves major cities in the United States, such as... Canadian Pacific Railway hired Rogers in April of Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. February 13 - First issue of the feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is published... 1881 to find a rail route through the The Selkirk Mountains are a mountain range originating in Idaho and Washington, and extending into SE British Columbia. They begin at Mica Peak near Coeur dAlene, Idaho and extend approximately 320 km N from the border. The range is roughly bounded by the Columbia river. The Selkirks are distinct... Selkirk and Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) View of Colorado Rockies. The aspens are turning their fall colors. The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3000 miles (4800 km) from Mexico, through the continental... Rocky Mountains. Rogers carefully studied the reports of earlier surveyors, particularly those of Walter Moberly (1832 - 1915) was a civil engineer and surveyor who played a large role in the early exploration and development of British Columbia, Canada, including discovering Eagle Pass, now used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. He was born in Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire, England in... Walter Moberly from 1865. Moberly's assistant Albert Perry had previously described the approach to a potential pass from the Columbia River Gorge, Washington or North side The Columbia River is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. Its headwaters are located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, and it flows through the east-central portion of Washington. The last 300 miles (480... Columbia River along the Illecillewaet River. In later years, Moberly claimed the pass should have been named Perry's Pass.

Rogers was a tough task master and was disliked by many of those who worked under him. They suffered under basic and meagre food supplies while being driven to continue on. One party avoided starvation by shear luck when they were able to quickly canoe downstream. In 1881, he approached from the west up the Illecillewaet River but he failed to reach the pass by a mere eighteen miles due to the lack of food supplies and was forced to turn back west.

It was not until the following year that he was able to approach the pass from the east along the Beaver River. On July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1567 - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed. 1701 - Detroit, Michigan founded. 1814 - War of 1812: General Phineas Riall advances toward Niagara to halt Jacob Browns... July 24, 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events February 2 - The Knights of Columbus are formed in New Haven, Connecticut February 7 - In Mississippi City the last heavyweight boxing championship bareknuckle fight takes place. February 14 - Llanelli Conservative Association founded. March 2 – Robert Maclean... 1882, he managed to reach the pass he had only observed in the distance the previous year.

In gratitude, the Canadian Pacific named the pass for him and presented Rogers with a A check or cheque (borrowed from Persian چك Chek) is a document instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the maker/depositors name with that institution. Both the maker and payee may be natural persons... cheque for The Canadian dollar, CAD or C$, is the unit of currency of Canada. It is divided into 100 cents ( ). History Canada decided to use the dollar instead of a pound sterling system because of the ubiquity of Spanish dollars in North America in the 18th century and early 19th century... $5,000. Rogers initally refused to cash the cheque, prefering rather to display it in a frame. It was not until William Cornelius Van Horne William Cornelius Van Horne, born February 3, 1843 - died September 11, 1915, was a North American pioneer railway executive. Born near Chelsea, Illinois, United States, the family moved to nearby Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old. Van Horne began working on railroads in 1857... Van Horne promised him a General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2.5 Appearance Metallic yellow Atomic properties Atomic weight 196.96655 amu Atomic radius (calc.) 135 (174) pm Covalent radius 144 pm van der Waals radius 166... gold Time measuring instrument A clock (from the Latin cloca, bell) is an instrument for measuring time. A clock can be a physical instrument (an especially accurate one is called a chronometer). The clock in its modern form (24 hour clock) has been in use since at least the 15th century... watch as a souvenir that he consented to cash the cheque.

Post Rogers Pass

His surveying career was curtailed after he was badly injured falling from his horse while surveying the right-of-way for the A separate article treats the Great Northern Railway in Britain. Categories: Stub | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Idaho railroads | Illinois railroads | Minnesota railroads | Montana railroads | Washington railroads ... Great Northern Railway near Coeur d'Alene, State nickname: Gem State Other U.S. States Capital Boise Largest city Boise Governor Dirk Kempthorne Official languages none Area 216,632 km² (14th)  - Land 214,499 km²  - Water 2,133 km² (0.98%) Population (2000)  - Population 1,293,953 (39th)  - Density 6.04... Idaho. He died May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). There are 241 days remaining. Events 1400-1899 1471 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury - Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales. 1493 - Pope Alexander VI... 4 May Events January-April January 8 - Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his electric tabulating machine January 22 - Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, DC. February 11 - Japan adopted; 1st Diet convenes in 1890 January 30 ? Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and his mistress Marie Vetsera commit a double suicide... 1889 at Waterville is a city located in Le Sueur County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,833. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²). 4.4 km² (1.7... Waterville State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8.4%) Population (2000)  - Population 4,919,479 (21st)  - Density... Minnesota. Although some sources report that he died as a result of his injuries, others indicate that he suffered from In medicine, stomach cancer (also called gastric cancer) can develop in any part of the stomach and may spread throughout the stomach and to other organs. The cancer may grow along the stomach wall into the esophagus or small intestine. It also may extend through the stomach wall and spread... cancer of the stomach.

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39928)