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Dan Christie Kingman
Brigadier General Dan Christie Kingman, Chief of Engineers 1913–1916Born March 6, 1852
Dover, New HampshireDied November 14, 1916 (aged 64)
Atlantic City, New JerseyPlace of burial Arlington National Cemetery Allegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Army Years of service 1875-1916 Rank Brigadier General Commands held Chief of Engineers Dan Christie Kingman (March 6, 1852 – November 14, 1916) was born in Dover, New Hampshire. He graduated second in the United States Military Academy class of 1875 and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He served as an instructor at the Military Academy and as the engineer officer of the Army's Department of the Platte based at Fort Omaha. In 1883 he also began the construction of roads and bridges in the new Yellowstone National Park. Kingman Pass on the Grand Loop Road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris is named for him.[1] Kingman directed improvements along the lower Mississippi River in 1886-90 and received the thanks of the Louisiana legislature for "splendid service rendered" during the 1890 flood. He oversaw harbor and fortification work on Lake Ontario in 1891-95 and improvements on the Tennessee River in the last half of that decade. In the latter assignment he initiated planning for federal cost-sharing with private hydroelectric-power investors for a lock and dam built below Chattanooga. Kingman oversaw substantial harbor improvements at Cleveland in 1901-05 and headed the Corps' Savannah District and Southeast Division in 1906-13. The Panama Canal was completed while he was Chief of Engineers. He retired March 6, 1916, and died November 14, 1916, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. General Kingman was buried with high military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Among the pallbearers were Chief of Staff General Hugh L. Scott and two former Chiefs of Engineers, Generals Mackenzie and Bixby.
See also
- Kingman Pass
- North Entrance Road Historic District
Notes
This article contains public domain text from "Brigadier General Dan Christie Kingman". Portraits and Profiles of Chief Engineers. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050306124500/http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/history/coe3.htm#30. Retrieved August 26, 2005.
Further reading
- The History of the Construction of the Road System of Yellowstone National Park 1872-1966 (Report). National Park Service. 1994. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/yell_roads/hrst.htm.
Military offices Preceded by
William Trent RossellChief of Engineers
1913–1916Succeeded by
William Murray BlackHistoric events and personalities from Yellowstone National Park Expeditions Cook–Folsom–Peterson Expedition • Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition • Hayden Geological Survey of 1871Explorers Robert Adams, Jr. • Jim Bridger • John Colter • Lt.Gustavus C. Doane • Truman C. Everts • Warren Angus Ferris • Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden • Nathaniel P. Langford • Alexander Ross (fur trader) • Osborne Russell • Cyrus Thomas • Henry D. WashburnPhotographers, artists and illustrators Park management Mission 66 • Horace M. Albright • Frazier Boutelle • Hiram M. Chittenden • Harry W. Frantz • Dan Christie Kingman • Harlan Kredit • Herbert Maier • John W. Meldrum • Philetus Norris • Robert Reamer • Harry YountEvents History of the National Park Service • History of wolves in Yellowstone • Teton–Yellowstone tornado • 1959 Yellowstone earthquake • Yellowstone fires of 1988List of Yellowstone National Park related articles
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