Person:Stephen Long (4)

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m. 17 Jul 1783
  1. Sarah Long1784 - 1784
  2. Col. Stephen Harriman Long1784 - 1864
  3. Moses Long, Jr.1786 - 1856
  4. Sarah Long1788 - Abt 1859
  5. Enoch C Long1790 - 1881
  6. Isaac Long1792 - Abt 1795
  7. Abigail Bailey Long1794 - 1859
  8. Lucy Long1796 - 1821
  9. George Washington Long1799 - 1880
  10. Samuel Long1801 - 1802
  11. Caroline Long1803 - Abt 1883
  12. Benjamin Franklin Long1805 - 1888
  13. Edward Prebble Long1807 - 1847
m. 3 Mar 1819
  1. Henry Clay Long1822 -
  2. William Dewees Long1822 - 1871
  3. Richard Harlan Long1824 - 1840
  4. Benjamin Harriman LongAbt 1827 -
  5. Mary LongAbt 1829 -
  6. Edwin James Long1829 - 1830
  7. Lucy Leonis Long1832 - 1917
Facts and Events
Name Col. Stephen Harriman Long
Gender Male
Birth[1] 30 Dec 1784 Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Marriage 3 Mar 1819 Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Martha Hodgkiss
Death[1] 4 Sep 1864 Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
Burial? Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
Reference Number? Q2712366?

Long was a U.S. engineer, explorer, and military officer. As an inventor, he is noted for his developments in the design of steam locomotives. As an Army officer, he led a pioneering scientific expedition throughout a large area of the Great Plains, which he famously described as the "Great American Desert". Longs Peak in Colorado is named for him.

He graduated from Dartmouth College on 1809. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant Engineers US Army, Dec 12, 1814 and was an assistant mathematics professor at West Point Military Academy for 2 years. He served as topographic engineer as brevetted major Apr . 29, 1816 (and major Jul 7, 1838) and was sent by War Department to examine portages of Fox and Wis consin rivers and explore upper Mississippi River, 1817.

He was assigned to St. Louis and helped establish and appraise military posts in Illinois and the upper Mississippi region the following year. Long went to Arkansas, selecting a site for Belle Point (Fort Smith), proceeding sout west toward the Red River, arriving at the site of the later Fort Towson. Long proposed construction of a steamboat for use in exploration of the west via rivers; he was named to command such an expedition, supervised construction of the Western Engineer at Pittsburgh, assembled scientists and secured a suitable military escort. Leaving Pittsburgh May 5, 1819, the Western Engineer decended the Ohio, reached St. Louis and started up the Missouri Jun 22, 1819; reached St. Charles the 27th, visited Fort Osage and continued to Council Bluffs, reached Sep 17, 1819, when winter quarters were established. Source: Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography , pgs. 871-2.

In 1820, Major Stephen H. Long and a party of 20, which included naturalists Dr . Edwin James and Dr. Thomas Say, set out to explore the Platte, Arkansas, and Red Rivers. Like Pike before him, Long did not find the Red River. Pike ended upon the Rio Grande, Long on the Canadian.

In 1823 Long was sent to locate sources of the Minnesota River and northward of it. For his explorations and for ten years in grade Long was breveted to lieutenant colonel Apr 29, 182 6. For many years thereafter he was engaged in railroad surveys and construction and in 1829 published the Railroad Manual, the first treatise in this country on railroad construction ; received a patent for bracing and counterbracing wooden bridges, 1836; was chief engineer f or Atlantic & Great Western R.R., 1837-1840. He became a major with organization of the Topographical Engineers as a separate corps, Jul 7, 1838. Long became chief of the corps with rank of colonel, Sep 9, 1861; retired Jun 1, 1863.

The Wikipedia article on Stephen Harriman Long is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harriman_Long

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Stephen Harriman Long.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Biographical Sketch of Enoch Long, an Illinois Pioneer, Chicago: Fergus Print Co, 1884.
  2.   Patents: [1]