Arthur De Wint Foote
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Arthur De Wint Foote was an American civil engineer and mining engineer who impacted the development of the American West with his innovative engineering works and entrepreneurial ventures. In Norther
North Star House (Grass Valley, California), 1907. Photo by Arthur De Wint Foote.
Thirty foot diameter Pelton wheel designed by Foote
Mary Hallock Foote
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Mary Hallock Foote was an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short stories and novels portraying life in the mining communities of the turn-of-the-century American
Arthur De Wint Foote
…1876, while posted at the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine in Santa Clara County, California, young Foote returned East to marry and to bring his bride, Mary Hallock Foote, back to California. Soon he moved his family to Deadwood, South Dakota, where he helped supervise the Homestake Mine; then to Leadville, Colorado…
Mary Hallock Foote (c.1874)
Portrait sketch of Mary Hallock Foote, by her daughter, Elisabeth Foote