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marrying again, he went at the age of twelve to live with an uncle in 

 Philadelphia, where he stayed until he was eighteen, beginning- when 

 he was sixteen to teach during the winter months in 

 sketch of Hayden. the district schools of the neighborhood. When eight- 

 een, ambitious for an education and without money, he 

 walked to Oberlin and laid his case before President Finney, of Ober- 

 lin College, who gave him such encouragement and sympathy that he 



set about preparing 

 himself for college, 

 working meanwhile at 

 whatever he found to 

 do to pa} T for his sup- 

 port and tuition. 



He entered college 

 and graduated in 1850, 

 paying all his own ex- 

 penses from the time 

 he entered until gradu- 

 ation. These facts are 

 mentioned, since they 

 show the character of 

 the man and enable one 

 to understand better 

 the causes of his suc- 

 cess in after life. It is 

 important to note. 

 however, that, owing 

 to his shyness and diffi- 

 dence, his fellow stu- 

 dents did not predict 

 for him a prominent 

 career, notwithstand- 

 ing his acknowledged 

 scholarly habits. 



After graduating he 

 studied medicine and 



Fig. 109. — Showing areas surveyed and mapped by the Hayden vonoiypd the dpoTPP of 



Surveys. 1870-78. ' = 



M. D. in 1858 at Al- 

 bany, New York. While here he became acquainted with Prof. .lames 

 Hall, and in the spring of 1853, together with F. B. Meek, went to the 

 Bad Lands of the upper Missouri to make collections, as already 

 noted. This trip marked the beginning not only of his scientific 

 career but also that of his association with Meek, which lasted until 

 the latter's death in 1S7(>, and, incidentally, furnished an example of 

 uninterrupted collaboration without a counterpart in the history of 

 American geology. 



