Tag: Abraham Lincoln

  • National Museum of Surveying Video

    Here’s an awesome video about the National Museum of Surveying in Springfield, Illinois. This in-depth overview of the National Museum of Surveying highlights the Science On a Sphere exhibit, ancient Egypt Rope Stretchers, Benjamin Banneker, Andrew Ellicott and the President Surveyors: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. Watch the National Museum of Surveying Video

  • Discover the Life and Work of the Nineteenth Century Land Surveyor

    Discover the Life and Work of the Nineteenth Century Land Surveyor at Plum Grove Historic Home What do George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Robert Lucas, First Governor of the Iowa Territory all have in common? They all served as land surveyors. As Iowa was being settled in the mid-1800s, the role of the land surveyor…