George Roskruge
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H.Beuhman - Tuscon Unknown po0523pa.jpg PO-0523 B&W 1700-0523-0001 po0523pa Photo Card Print 6x9 Historic Photographs 1904 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
George James Roskruge, pioneer Arizona surveyor, was born in 1845 in Cornwall, England. He died in Tucson on July 27, 1928. He arrived in Arizona in 1872. He initially worked as a cook and packer for Omar H. Case, U.S. Deputy Surveyor, assisting him as chainman. In 1880, Roskruge was appointed U.S. Deputy Land and Mineral Surveyor; he later served four years as Pima County Surveyor and three years as City Engineer of Tucson, and in 1893 was appointed Chief Clerk in the U.S. Surveyor Generals office. He served as U.S. Surveyor General from 1896 to 1897. In May 1896, Roskruge married Lena Wood, daughter of Probate Judge John S. Wood. Roskruge also served as president of the Tucson Board of Education, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Arizona and was the first president of the Association of Civil Engineers of Arizona. He is known as the father of Masonry in Arizona due to his active involvement with that organization. He was accurate with a rifle and was the National Rifle Association Secretary for Arizona. The Roskruge Mountains on the Tohono O'odham reservation near Tucson are named after him.
"Courteously yours George J. Roskrug L.G.C. 1904" is handwritten on the bottom of the mounting.
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