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[[File:GawMap_SE_MT_1884.jpg|thumb|500px]] Col. William B. Gaw was a civil engineer who came to Miles City while working for the Northern Pacific railroad. He was active there from 1880 to 1883. For a while, he was the only surveyor in the area and he worked all over the county. He took many notes as he worked and later published [http://cdm15018.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15018coll5/id/639 a map]. Gaw built the first dam for the [[Miles City Irrigating and Ditch Company]], which was one of many set backs for the endeavor when the spring thaw took the dam out. Gaw died in Washington, DC [[8 Jan 1890]] of pneumonia, following a case of the flu (la grippe). He was hoping to become a census commissioner at the time.
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