Hiram Martin Chittenden (1859 - 1917).
Chittenden served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He is remembered as the builder of the Government Locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal and linking the lakes with the salt water Puget Sound. The builder of the Lake Washington Ship Canal was well known throughout the west for his engineering achievements, including surveying in the Yellowstone National Park and preparing the way for flood control in the Missouri Valley. Ill health forced Chittenden to retire early from the corps as a brigadier general in 1910.
Chittenden was also an accomplished writer. His works pioneered the recording of western history.
His literary works
1895 |
Yellowstone National Park: historical & descriptive. |
Cincinnati: The Robert Clarke Co. |
1902 |
A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and of the Overland Commerce with Santa Fe. |
New York:. Francis P. Harper, 3 vols. |
1903 |
History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge. |
New York: F. P. Harper, 2 vols. |
1905 |
Life, Letters and Travels of Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, S.J., 1801 - 1873 |
New York. Francis P. Harper, 8 vols |
1911 |
War or Peace |
Chicago. A C McClurg |
He died in 1917 at the age of 59.
