What was Gen. T. L. Rosser's occupation when he founded Brandon ?
Answer: a. Engineer, Canadian Pacific Railway
Prior to that he was a US Civil war General, a brief history can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_L._Rosser
Pierre Burton, speaking to the Empire Club in 1985 related the following story:
"A man called McVicar had a farm in Grand Valley and Gen. Rosser, who was then the engineer, rode out and said to McVicar, "We want to buy your land. What's the price? He offered him a price and McVicar was going to take it until his friend said, "No, this is the CPR, ask for more." So McVicar raised the price about $10,000 and Rosser looked at him and said, "I'll be damned if there'll ever be a town at Grand Valley"-and there never has been. He drove off to the Brandon Hills and formed the town of Brandon in what was virgin territory and the CPR, by reason of its contract, was able to get a great chunk of land around its railway station and that's where the town grew up. Wherever the railway station was, that's where the town was."
Sources: Brandon: Portrait of a City,
Image: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TLRosser.jpg Burton quote: www.empireclubfoundation.com/details.asp?FT=yes&SpeechID=237