Hiram M. Chittenden 3130088 221895126 2008-06-26T15:54:59Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] [[Image:HiramMChittenden.jpg|right|thumb|Hiram M. Chittenden, 1916]] '''Hiram Martin Chittenden''' (1858–1917) is the Seattle District Engineer for the [[Army Corps of Engineers]] (April 1906 – September 1908) for whom the [[Hiram M. Chittenden Locks]] in [[Seattle]], Washington are named. Chittenden was born on [[October 25]], [[1858]] in Yorkshire, New York. He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York|West Point]] in June 1884 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. He reached the rank of [[Brigadier General]] in 1910. He died on [[October 9]], [[1917]] in Seattle, Washington. With the Army Corps of Engineers, Chittenden was in charge of many notable projects throughout the United States: * [[Yellowstone National Park]] (1891-1892, 1899-1906): roadwork, improvements, basalt arch at north entrance, single span bridge ([[Chittenden Bridge]], formerly the Melan arch bridge) across the Yellowstone River. * [[Yosemite National Park]]: commissioned by the [[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] to determine boundary changes * [[Lake Washington]] Canal Project, Seattle, Washington (1906) Chittenden was also an author, penning historical volumes, tour guides, and poetry: * ''The Yellowstone National Park'', Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Company, 1895. * ''The American Fur Trade of the Far West'', New York: F. P. Harper, 1903. (Three volumes) * ''History of Steamboats on the Missouri River'', 1903. (Two volumes) * ''Life and Letters of Father de Smet’''  with A. T. Richardson, 1905. (Four volumes) * ''War or Peace'', 1910. * ''Verse'', Seattle: Holly Press, 1916. (poetry) ==See also== *[[Hiram M. Chittenden Locks]] ==References== *''H. M. Chittenden: A Western Epic'', Tacoma: Washington State Historical Society, 1961. == External links == * [http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshs/research/finding_aids.htm Finding aid to article subject from the Special Collections, Washington State Historical Society] {{DEFAULTSORT:Chittenden, Hiram M.}} [[Category:American engineers]] [[Category:1858 births]] [[Category:1916 deaths]] {{US-engineer-stub}}