Olin wheeler biography

Roberts, and T. There are also battlefield maps drawn by Indian guides in , a questionnaire completed by Bob Failed Horse, Medicine Bear, and Spotted Blackbird in , and Wheeler's manuscript and proof copies for the issue of Wonderland. Pacific railway route material includes typed transcripts of Senate and House debates regarding the issue, , and an undated typescript of an article by Wheeler, "Pacific Railway Congressional Debates of Antediluvian Days.

From to Wheeler was in charge of advertising for the Northern Pacific Railway, and was the author of its annual publication, Wonderland, which highlighted the history and scenic beauty of the northwestern United States. For the issue, Wheeler wrote about Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn; he continued to investigate the subject until his retirement in Wheeler also became interested in the history of the selection of a Pacific railway route and in the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

After exploring the trail of the latter extensively, he published his two-volume The Trail of Lewis and Clark in Active in his retirement, Wheeler in was appointed historian of the Veterans' Association of the Northern Pacific Railway; he died a year later. Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection Newberry Library.

Olin wheeler biography

Finding aid available online. View this description in WorldCat. The volumes contained two hundred illustrations and numerous images of important expedition scenes and landmarks photographed by the various professional photographers who accompanied him in his retracings of the route. The identities of only a few of those photographers are known, including L.

A few images are in the Edward Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library in Chicago, but an intensive search for original prints or negatives of the remaining photos included in The Trail has been fruitless. Though Wheeler left the Northern Pacific Railroad in , he remained somewhat active in retirement. He joined the Minnesota Historical Society in , and served on their executive council from until his death.

He died September 10, Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikisource Wikidata item. American historian, author and topographer. Mansfield, Ohio. Paul, Minnesota. Early life [ edit ]. Western exploration [ edit ]. Northern Pacific Railroad [ edit ].

Lewis and Clark [ edit ]. Retirement and death [ edit ]. Works [ edit ]. Notes [ edit ]. Minnesota History. Minnesota Historical Society Press: — JSTOR Newberry Library. Retrieved October 25, Olin Dunbar , " ". Retrieved A History of the Lewis and Clark Journals.