Background
Long, Stephen Harriman was born on December 30, 1784 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Moses and Lucy (Harriman) Long.
Long, Stephen Harriman was born on December 30, 1784 in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Moses and Lucy (Harriman) Long.
Graduate Dartmouth, 1809.
Commissioned Second lieutenant engineers United States Army, 1814. Assistant professor mathematics United States Military Academy, 2 years.
Served as topographical engineer, brevetted major.
Sent by War Department to examine portages of Fox and Wisconsin rivers and explore upper Mississippi River, 1817. Explorer on expedition to Rocky Mountains, 1819-1823, reached Rockies, 1820, named peak after himself.
Examined sources of Saint Peter’s (Minnesota) River and Northern boundary United States to Great Lakes, 1823. Construction engineering B. & O. Railroad, 1827, selected route for railroad later president of the board engineers
Chief engineer Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, 1837-1840.
Patentee bracing and counterbracing wooden bridges, 1836. Commissioned major, 1838. Commissioned colonel, chief Corps of Engineers, 1861.
Retired, 1863.
Author: Railroad Manual, 1829.
Married Martha Hodgkins, March 3, 1819, 5 children.