After the resignation of Levi Manning (also a Tucsonan) as Surveyor General of the Arizona territory, George was appointed surveyor general and was called General Roskruge the rest of his live even though the title was honorary.
A self-educated civil engineer, George took hundreds of pictures of AZ while surveying Southern AZ in the 1890's. In 1893, he named Roskruge Mountains for himself and named Kitt Peak, location of the national observatory, for his sister, Philippa Roskruge Kitt.
George married Lena Wood in May 1896; they had no children.
Thank you to Find a Grave contributor JamiA (#47086228) for the following:
Per Bryd H Granger, Arizona Place Names, page 49. Weekly Citizen, June 30, 1883. Arizona Daily Star, January 13, 1882. Tombstone Epitaph, May 1882: "He laid out the townsite of Russell, aka Russellville, a long gone mining town near the present day location of The Thing along I-10 near Wilcox, Arizona. It had a general merchandise, saloon, blacksmith, and corral plus five adobe offices. By May 1882, population was between 87-100 people."
∼George James Roskruge, pioneer Arizona surveyor, was born in 1845 in Cornwall, England. He arrived in Arizona in 1872. He initially worked as a cook and packer for Omar H. Case, U.S. deputy surveyor, assisting him as chainman. During 1874, he worked with U.S. deputy surveyor C.B. Foster and later prepared the maps and field notes. This led to the position of chief draughtsman in the office of John Wasson, the Surveyor General of Arizona. In 1880, Roskruge was appointed U.S. deputy land and mineral surveyor; he later served four years as Pima County surveyor and three years as City Engineer of Tucson, and in 1893 was appointed chief clerk in the U.S. Surveyor General's office. He served as U.S. Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897.
In May 1896, Roskruge married Lena Wood, daughter of Probate Judge John S. Wood. Roskruge also served as president of the Tucson Board of Education, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, and was the first president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Arizona. He is known as the father of Masonry in Arizona due to his active involvement with that organization. He was accurate with a rifle and was the National Rifle Association Secretary for Arizona. He died in Tucson on July 27, 1928.
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A self-educated civil engineer, George took hundreds of pictures of AZ while surveying Southern AZ in the 1890's. In 1893, he named Roskruge Mountains for himself and named Kitt Peak, location of the national observatory, for his sister, Philippa Roskruge Kitt.
George married Lena Wood in May 1896; they had no children.
Thank you to Find a Grave contributor JamiA (#47086228) for the following:
Per Bryd H Granger, Arizona Place Names, page 49. Weekly Citizen, June 30, 1883. Arizona Daily Star, January 13, 1882. Tombstone Epitaph, May 1882: "He laid out the townsite of Russell, aka Russellville, a long gone mining town near the present day location of The Thing along I-10 near Wilcox, Arizona. It had a general merchandise, saloon, blacksmith, and corral plus five adobe offices. By May 1882, population was between 87-100 people."
∼George James Roskruge, pioneer Arizona surveyor, was born in 1845 in Cornwall, England. He arrived in Arizona in 1872. He initially worked as a cook and packer for Omar H. Case, U.S. deputy surveyor, assisting him as chainman. During 1874, he worked with U.S. deputy surveyor C.B. Foster and later prepared the maps and field notes. This led to the position of chief draughtsman in the office of John Wasson, the Surveyor General of Arizona. In 1880, Roskruge was appointed U.S. deputy land and mineral surveyor; he later served four years as Pima County surveyor and three years as City Engineer of Tucson, and in 1893 was appointed chief clerk in the U.S. Surveyor General's office. He served as U.S. Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897.
In May 1896, Roskruge married Lena Wood, daughter of Probate Judge John S. Wood. Roskruge also served as president of the Tucson Board of Education, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, and was the first president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Arizona. He is known as the father of Masonry in Arizona due to his active involvement with that organization. He was accurate with a rifle and was the National Rifle Association Secretary for Arizona. He died in Tucson on July 27, 1928.
Copy & paste the Wikipedia link into your browser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Roskruge
After the resignation of Levi Manning (also a Tucsonan) as Surveyor General of the Arizona territory, George was appointed surveyor general and was called General Roskruge the rest of his live even though the title was honorary.
A self-educated civil engineer, George took hundreds of pictures of AZ while surveying Southern AZ in the 1890's. In 1893, he named Roskruge Mountains for himself and named Kitt Peak, location of the national observatory, for his sister, Philippa Roskruge Kitt.
George married Lena Wood in May 1896; they had no children.
Thank you to Find a Grave contributor JamiA (#47086228) for the following:
Per Bryd H Granger, Arizona Place Names, page 49. Weekly Citizen, June 30, 1883. Arizona Daily Star, January 13, 1882. Tombstone Epitaph, May 1882: "He laid out the townsite of Russell, aka Russellville, a long gone mining town near the present day location of The Thing along I-10 near Wilcox, Arizona. It had a general merchandise, saloon, blacksmith, and corral plus five adobe offices. By May 1882, population was between 87-100 people."
∼George James Roskruge, pioneer Arizona surveyor, was born in 1845 in Cornwall, England. He arrived in Arizona in 1872. He initially worked as a cook and packer for Omar H. Case, U.S. deputy surveyor, assisting him as chainman. During 1874, he worked with U.S. deputy surveyor C.B. Foster and later prepared the maps and field notes. This led to the position of chief draughtsman in the office of John Wasson, the Surveyor General of Arizona. In 1880, Roskruge was appointed U.S. deputy land and mineral surveyor; he later served four years as Pima County surveyor and three years as City Engineer of Tucson, and in 1893 was appointed chief clerk in the U.S. Surveyor General's office. He served as U.S. Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897.
In May 1896, Roskruge married Lena Wood, daughter of Probate Judge John S. Wood. Roskruge also served as president of the Tucson Board of Education, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, and was the first president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Arizona. He is known as the father of Masonry in Arizona due to his active involvement with that organization. He was accurate with a rifle and was the National Rifle Association Secretary for Arizona. He died in Tucson on July 27, 1928.
Copy & paste the Wikipedia link into your browser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Roskruge
A self-educated civil engineer, George took hundreds of pictures of AZ while surveying Southern AZ in the 1890's. In 1893, he named Roskruge Mountains for himself and named Kitt Peak, location of the national observatory, for his sister, Philippa Roskruge Kitt.
George married Lena Wood in May 1896; they had no children.
Thank you to Find a Grave contributor JamiA (#47086228) for the following:
Per Bryd H Granger, Arizona Place Names, page 49. Weekly Citizen, June 30, 1883. Arizona Daily Star, January 13, 1882. Tombstone Epitaph, May 1882: "He laid out the townsite of Russell, aka Russellville, a long gone mining town near the present day location of The Thing along I-10 near Wilcox, Arizona. It had a general merchandise, saloon, blacksmith, and corral plus five adobe offices. By May 1882, population was between 87-100 people."
∼George James Roskruge, pioneer Arizona surveyor, was born in 1845 in Cornwall, England. He arrived in Arizona in 1872. He initially worked as a cook and packer for Omar H. Case, U.S. deputy surveyor, assisting him as chainman. During 1874, he worked with U.S. deputy surveyor C.B. Foster and later prepared the maps and field notes. This led to the position of chief draughtsman in the office of John Wasson, the Surveyor General of Arizona. In 1880, Roskruge was appointed U.S. deputy land and mineral surveyor; he later served four years as Pima County surveyor and three years as City Engineer of Tucson, and in 1893 was appointed chief clerk in the U.S. Surveyor General's office. He served as U.S. Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897.
In May 1896, Roskruge married Lena Wood, daughter of Probate Judge John S. Wood. Roskruge also served as president of the Tucson Board of Education, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona, and was the first president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Arizona. He is known as the father of Masonry in Arizona due to his active involvement with that organization. He was accurate with a rifle and was the National Rifle Association Secretary for Arizona. He died in Tucson on July 27, 1928.
Copy & paste the Wikipedia link into your browser: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_J._Roskruge
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