Happy Birthday Ferdinand V. Hayden (9/7/1829). Hayden led the 1867 U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories and was instrumental in the establishment of #Yellowstone as the Nation's first national park. https://t.co/6EExqVLE2g #OTD #H… h
RT @USGS: Happy Birthday Ferdinand V. Hayden (9/7/1829). Hayden led the 1867 U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories and…
poor ol syphallitic Hayden...real sad stories of him basically kept alive by a job at the USGS under Powell where he'd basically just shuffle in, sit at a desk, never do anything, and then shuffle out, day after day, a kind of job as pension
RT @USGS: Happy Birthday Ferdinand V. Hayden (9/7/1829). Hayden led the 1867 U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories and…