Legacy
- His great grandson Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913–2001) was a noted ornithologist, conservationist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for twenty years.
- Dillon, Montana is named for him as it was an early terminus for the Railroad.
- Sidney, Nebraska, is also named for him.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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