starvation by sheer luck when they were able to quickly canoe downstream. Post Rogers Pass In 1887, while surveying again for James J. Hill, but this time for the Great Northern Railway, he was searching for a pass over the continental divide and located Rogers Pass in Montana. Though the Great Northern eventually selected Marias Pass, to the north of Rogers Pass, as the continental divide pass for their transcontinental rail route, the Great Northern named Rogers Pass in Montana for the surveyor. Rogers Pass in Montana became the route of Montana Highway 200, the highway route between Great Falls and Missoula, Montana. His surveying career was curtailed after he was badly injured falling from his horse while surveying the right-of-way for the Great Northern Railway near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. He died 4 May 1889 at Waterville, Minnesota, where he spent retirement at the home of his brother. Although some sources report that he died as a result of his injuries, others indicate that he suffered from cancer of the stomach. References External links Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online 1829 births 1889 deaths American civil engineers American people in rail transportation Canadian Pacific Railway people Explorers of British Columbia Explorers of Montana People from Orleans, Massachusetts Yale University alumni