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Putting California on the Map, von Schmidt’s Lines, is the biography of Allexey W. von Schmidt, ’49er, surveyor and civil engineer, written by David Carle.  Von Schmidt surveyed northern California land grants and ran the Mt. Diablo Baseline across the Sierra Nevada in 1855, through lands that would eventually become part of Yosemite National Park. He was the first to survey the complete California/Nevada boundary line in 1872-73. Von Schmidt was also a creative civil engineer who completed major water projects for San Francisco and constructed the first dam on the Truckee River at the mouth... More info...