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in 1868. They had a child, Florence (Hall; 1870-1956). She died four years later and in 1881 he married Eliza Greene Doane of Albany, New York. They had five children: Mary Spring (Frazier) (1882-1920), Margaret Doane (Fayerweather)(1883-1958), Doane (1885-1933), Anne Terry (Pier)(1887-?), and
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in 1872 serving as chief topographer until 1876. Thereafter, Gardiner returned to New York where he was appointed director of the State Survey . From 1880 to 1886 he was also a member of the state board of health and was instrumental in establishing proper sewage systems throughout New York.
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Meanwhile, he became involved in the mining industry, writing a report on coal and iron in Colorado (1875); serving as vice-president of the coal companies belonging to the
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The family name had been spelled Gardiner until his father dropped the ā€œiā€. James used this form until mid-life when he returned to the earlier spelling.
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With his father-in-law, Bishop William Croswell Doane, he helped establish the community of Northeast Harbor on Cadillac Island (
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high country. During the next few years he remained with the survey and traveled through much of California.
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In the spring of 1864 Gardiner joined the California Division of Mines and Geology (predecessor of today's
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as a civilian assistant and participated in the construction of fortifications on the coast (later named
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Family records; Letters of James T. Gardiner, State Library, Albany, NY
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Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer
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was named in his honor by the California Geological Survey.
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New York State Library, Manuscripts and Special Collections
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Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science alumni
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Troy, New York
Troy, New York
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sheffield Scientific School
Clarence King
San Francisco
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Mason
Angel Island
California Geological Survey
Josiah Whitney
Sierra Nevada
Fortieth Parallel Survey
Hayden Survey
Erie Railroad
Oakland, California
Mount Desert Island
Maine
Kings Canyon National Park
"James Terry Gardiner Dies"
"Mount Gardiner"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
Farquhar, Francis P.
Place Names of the High Sierra
Sierra Club
James Terry Gardiner
"James Terry Gardiner Papers"

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