End Notes
The undertaking of the "Impossible Project" : the design and construction of the Panama Canal and Railroad
1. Steese, James Gordon. “The Corps of Engineers &
the Isthmian Canal.” Professional Memoirs. July-Aug. 1912. p. 523.
2. Steese. “The Corps of Engineers & the Isthmian
Canal.” p. 523.
3. Steese. “The Corps of Engineers & the Isthmian
Canal.” p. 524.
4. Steese. “The Corps of Engineers & the Isthmian
Canal.” p. 524.
5. Steese. “The Corps of Engineers & the Isthmian
Canal.” p. 527.
6. Mack, Gerstle. The Land Divided: A history of
the Panama Canal & other Istmian Canal projects. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf. 1944. p. 487.
7. Bishop, Joseph B. The Panama Gateway. New
York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1915. p.176.
8. McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas:
the creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914. New York: Simon & Schuster.
1977. p. 541.
9. Istmian Canal Commission: Annual Report (1905),
p. 12.
10. Mack. p. 510 - 511.
11. “Col. Steese Retires from the Canal Service.”
Star
& Herald. May 14, 1947.
12. Steese, James Gordon. “The Panama Canal in WWII.”
The
Military Engineer. Jan. 1948. p. 20.
13. Steese. "The Panama Canal in WWII." p. 21.
14. Steese. "The Panama Canal in WWII." p. 21.
15. Steese. "The Panama Canal in WWII." p. 23.
16. Steese. "The Panama Canal in WWII." p. 22.
17. “Col. Steese Retires from the Canal Service.”
18. “Col. Steese Retires from the Canal Service.”
A land of ice, snow, and constant challenge: Alaska's pioneering days and the man who made it possible
1. "Motor Truck Party Crosses Alaska." The Sun.
1913.
2. "Motor Truck Party Crosses Alaska."
3. "Route of Alaska Auto Trip." The World.
Feb. 21, 1915.
4. "Mears Removed." The Alaska Daily Empire.
March 28, 1923.
5. Steese, James Gordon. Peronsal Diary 1920-26.
6. Steese. "Personal Diary 1920-26.
7. Steese, James Gordon. "Highway Development by the
Alaska Road Commission." Engineering News-Record. Sept. 27, 1923.
p. 506-508.
8. For more information on Steese's involvement with
Sitka National Park see: http://www.nps.gov/sitk/adhi/adhi3e.htm
Bibliography
Bishop, Joseph B. The Panama Gateway. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1915.
“Col. Steese Retires from the Canal Service.” Star & Herald. May 14, 1947. Steese Collection: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Hanable, William S., & Joan M. Antonson. "Sitka National Historical Park: Administrative History." Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska Region National Park Service. December 1987. (http://www.nps.gov/sitk/adhi/adhit.htm)
Istmian Canal Commission. Annual Report. 1905.
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McCullough, David. The Path Between the Seas: the creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1977.
"Mears Removed." The Alaska Daily Empire. March 28, 1923. Steese Collection: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
"Motor Truck Party Crosses Alaska." The Sun. 1913. Steese Collection: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
"Route of Alaska Auto Trip." The World. Feb. 21, 1915. Steese Collection: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Steese, James Gordon. "Around the World in Five Weeks." The Dickinson Alumnus. Vol. II No. 4: May. 1934: 20-23.
Steese, James Gordon. "Coasting from Sky to Sea." The Dickinson Alumnus. Feb. 1933: 22-27.
Steese, James Gordon. "The Corps of Engineers & the Isthmian Canal." Professional Memoirs. July-Aug. 1912: 523-527.
Steese, James Gordon. Personal Diary 1920-1926. Steese Collection: Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
Steese, James Gordon. "Four Thousand Miles Across Africa." The Dickinson Alumnus. Vol. XIII No. 1: Sept. 1935: 18-21.
Steese, James Gordon. "Highway Development by the Alaska Road Commission." Engineering News-Record. Sept. 27, 1923: 506-508.
Steese, James Gordon. "The Panama Canal in World War II." The Military Engineer. Jan. 1948: 20-24.
Steese, James Gordon. "Route of Alaska Auto Trip, with Party that Made it and One of the Incidents." The World. Feb. 21, 1915: Second News Section.
Steese, James Gordon. "The Trans-Australian Railway." The Dickinson Alumnus. Vol. XIII No. 3: Feb. 1936: 21-24.
Steese, James Gordon. A Trip Through War-torn Europe. Manuscript.
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections.
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