Topographical Engineers News Today

In September 1859, Captain W. F. Raynolds, (in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers) visited the site of an old trading post, at the junction of the north and south forks of the Powder River. He describes it in his notes. "After a ride of about fifteen miles we came to the ruins of some ol

William H. Emory served in two wars but is best remembered for leading the expedition that mapped out the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border and shaped images of the Southwest.

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Ordered to Utah Territory in 1854 to bring Ute murderers to justice, an Army column very nearly sparked war with their Mormon hosts.

Bridges history column

Fossils unearthed in the depths of the desert could change how we see the past — and the future.

From "Colter's Hell" to Roosevelt's "veritable wonderland" — the evolution of Yellowstone from primordial playground to first national park.

By Merry Post Special to The Ellsworth American The European custom of naming foods after famous people gave us dishes such as Beef Wellington and

Little was known about the navigability of the Colorado River above Fort Yuma until 1858 when Captain George Johnson took his steamboat, a side-wheeler dubbed the General Jessup upstream from Fort Yuma.

The workhorse among the Army’s Corps of Topographical Engineers surveying the southern border of the New Mexico Territory during the 1850’s was Lt. Amiel Weeks Whipple.