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3 unusual facts about Hiram Bingham III


Hiram Bingham III

On his way home via Peru, a local prefect convinced him to visit the pre-Columbian city of Choquequirao.

The switchback-filled road that carries tourist buses to the site from the Urubamba River is called the Hiram Bingham Highway.

In Issoudun, France, Bingham commanded the Third Aviation Instruction Center, the Air Service's largest primary instruction and pursuit training school.


Augustine Lonergan

Lonergan was elected to the Senate by narrowly defeating Hiram Bingham III amidst the Roosevelt landslide of 1932 due to the Great Depression.

Salem, Connecticut

Hiram Bingham III, from Salem, was an adventurer, U.S. senator, and explorer who rediscovered Machu Picchu in Peru in 1911.


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