Hiram M. Chittenden
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[[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]
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