User:Timathom/Kirk Munroe
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Kirk Munroe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1850 |
| Died | 1930 |
| Occupation | Adventurers. |
Kirk Munroe ...
Biography
[edit]Chronology
[edit]- 1850, Sept. 15
- Born Charles Kirk Munroe, Prairie du Chien, Wis
- 1867-1868
- Explored and surveyed routes for the Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Co.
- 1868-1869
- Attended Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- 1876-1879
- Reporter, New York Sun and New York Times
- 1879-1882
- Editor, Harper’s Round Table
- 1880
- Founded League of American Wheelmen
- 1883
- Married Mary Barr (died 1922)
- 1886
- Settled in Coconut Grove, Miami, Fla.Published Wakulla; A Story of Adventure in Florida. New York and London: Harper & Brothers
- 1887
- Published The Flamingo Feather. New York : Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
- 1888
- Published Derrick Sterling; A Story of Mines. New York: Harper & Brothers
- 1890-1891
- Traveled from Coconut Grove, Fla., to the Ten Thousand Islands in sailboat Allapata
- 1900
- Published Under the Great Bear. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
- 1905
- Became a real estate developer, Miami-Dade County, Fla.Published For the Mikado. New York and London: Harper & Brothers
- 1924
- Married Mabel Stearns
- 1930, June 16
- Died, Miami, Fla.
Works or publications
[edit]See also
[edit]- Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Atchison
- Mabel Stearns Munroe
- Mary Barr Munroe
- Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Notes and references
[edit]"Kirk Munroe Papers," Washington, District of Columbia: Library of Congress, [YYYY].
Further reading
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[edit]Library and archival resources by or about Kirk Munroe.