William A. Richards
William A. Richards
Surveyor to Statesman
The son of pioneers and a surveyor who became an American statesman, Richards deserves to be better known. He guided the new State of Wyoming as its governor, and as commissioner of the General Land Office advanced the conservation agenda of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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“Informative and engaging...a must-read biography and nonfiction book!”
Unputdownable, you-are-there record of the life of a surveyor, one of the unsung heroes of the westward expansion.
1869 • As a young man looking for work in the frontier town of Omaha, and then as a fledgling surveyor laying out townships for settlement in Nebraska
1873 & 1874 • Surveying the rugged southern and western boundaries of Wyoming Territory
1884 & 1885 • Exploring and homesteading in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin
Plus biographical articles, explanations of surveying terms, his published hunting stories, and his relevant letters.