Frederick West Lander (December 17, 1821 - March 2, 1862) was a transcontinental United States explorer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a prolific poet. Lander was born in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Edward and Eliza West Lander. He was educated at the Norwich Military Academy in Vermont and took up the profession of civil engineering. Wikipedia
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This route, built by Frederick West Lander, an engineer for the Department of the Interior, was used after 1859 as an alternate route from Burnt Ranch to Fort Hall. wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/landerroad.htm
Their covered wagon, part of Colonel Frederick Lander's road-building expedition, had halted just east of the Green River, within sight of the Wind River Mountains. www.his.state.mt.us/education/cirguides/westimagehouston.asp
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