Description
Writings, correspondence, military orders, maps, photographs, clippings, and reports relating to the exploit of Andrew Summers
Rowan in carrying the "message to Garcia" during the Spanish-American War, and to other American military activities in Cuba
and in the Philippines during the Philippine-American War.
Background
Andrew Summers Rowan was born April 23, 1857 in Gap Mills, Virginia. He graduated from West Point in 1881 and was commissioned
into the U.S. Army as second lieutenant. With his regiment he served on various special projects, including inspecting the
Mississippi River flood of 1897. From 1891 to 1892, Rowan was in charge of barometric hypsometry for the Intercontinental
Railway Survey in Central America, which brought him to Guatemala and Mexico. In 1896, Rowan, along with coauthor Marathon
Montrose Ramsey, published the book
The Island of Cuba: A Descriptive and Historical Account of the “Great Antilla.”
Extent
6 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(8.4 linear feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Availability
Collection is open for research.