155 YEARS OF COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICE
 HARVEY A. JONES ENGINEERING CO., INC., was founded in 1852 by Martin O. Jones, and continues under family management today. Having traveled from New York to Missouri, Martin settled in this area and began his surveying career. In 1874, the United States government hired him to survey the Santa Fe Trail from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Fort Union, New Mexico, in order to settle a dispute about mileage rates being paid to freight haulers. During his lifetime he surveyed a large portion of what is today the City of Independence and Eastern Jackson County.
Martin’s son, Robert H. Jones, took over the day-to-day operation of the business around the turn of the 20th Century. He was, at various times, the City Engineer for the City of Independence. Retiring in 1943, he turned the company over to his son, Harvey A. Jones.
 Harvey began working with his father in 1932, at the age of 21. He was actively involved in the Civil Engineering and Land Surveying fields for over 60 years. During this time he also served as Jackson County’s Highway Engineer (16 years). He felt that one of his greatest achievements was the creation of the Little Blue Valley Sewer District, and its infrastructure in Eastern Jackson County, Missouri. This project provided sewage treatment facilities for a large part of the county which had previously relied on lagoons, site treatment facilities and septic systems. A Professional Engineer and Registered Land Surveyor, Harvey was actively involved in many development projects. He came into the office almost daily until shortly before his death in May, 1997, at the age of 85.
 The fourth generation of the Jones family to take over the business was Harvey’s son, Robert H. Jones, who, starting at HAJ in 1971, served as President until October, 2004. At that time the ownership and presidency transferred to his wife, Christina, so that he could spend more time developing new projects for the company. Under their leadership, the Company continues to grow with a staff of Registered Land Surveyors and Professional Engineers, keeping pace with the current technologies and constantly looking for better ways to serve the community of the Greater Kansas City area and throughout the Midwest.
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