About Jim Jim Greer has an Engineering degree from the University of Colorado and received an MBA from the University of Utah. He has also attended MIT and Stanford University. He is a U.S. Air Force Veteran and currently works in the energy industry. He is the project director of the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub, constructing the world’s largest renewable hydrogen production and storage facility, located in Delta, Utah. The mountains and lakes, rivers and canyons, rock formations and geysers were unlike anything anyone had seen before, and it captured the imagination of our nation. In 1871, the New York Times wrote, “There is something romantic in the thought that, in spite of the restless activity of our people, and the almost fabulous rapidity of their increase, vast tracts of the national domain yet remain unexplored. As little is known of these regions as of the topography of the sources of the Nile or the interior of Australia. They are enveloped in a certain mystery, and their attractions to the adventurous are constantly enhanced by remarkable discoveries. … Sometimes, as in the case of the Yellowstone Valley, the natural phenomena are so unusual, so startlingly different from any known elsewhere, that the interest and curiosity excited are not less universal and decided.” Hayden’s Map of Yellowstone, 1871 On March 1, 1872, the 42nd Congress of the United States signed a law titled, An Act to set apart a certain Tract of Land lying near the Headwaters of the Yellowstone River as a public Park. This landmark legislation created the first national park. The Hayden survey party enjoyed the work so much that in 1872, they returned to the same base camp in Ogden, Utah, to continue their work of exploring the western U.S. throughout the 1870s. Based on Jim’s research along with others, we know that today, Hayden’s base camp is located near the Ogden High School, around 28th Street and Polk Ave. Jim has proposed that the beginning of this historical event be tied to the end — by erecting a plaque on location in Ogden to commemorate the First Camp of the survey, which inspired a nation and resulted in one of America’s best ideas — our public National Park System. This will, in Jim’s words, “Celebrate America’s wonderful heritage and freedoms and inspire a new generation of young surveyors, our nation’s future measurers and leaders and the upcoming all-stars.” To get involved and learn more about helping this landmark become a reality, please reach out to Bahram Rahimzadegan, Golden Spike Chapter President at https://tinyurl.com/ GoldenSpikeChapter. UCLS Foresights 25
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