Edward K. Valentine

Edward K. Valentine was born in Keosauqua, Iowa, on June 1, 1843. He attended public school and trained to become a printer, but those plans were disrupted by the Civil War. He served in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Union army until 1866. After the war ended, he settled in Omaha, Nebraska, and was appointed Register of the General Land Office by President Ulysses S. Grant. Read more on ArcGIS Story Maps.

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