- male, deceased (1902)
- John Wesley Powell (March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902) was a U.S. soldier, geologist, and explorer of the American West. He is famous for the...
- male
- Don Laughlin is a gaming entrepreneur, hotelier and rancher for whom the town of Laughlin, Nevada is named. A native of Owatonna, Minnesota,...
- female, 90 years old
- Katie Lee (b. October 23, 1919 in Tucson, Arizona) is a folk singer. She graduated from the University of Arizona with a BFA. After that, she went...
- male, deceased (1934)
- Everett Ruess (1914-1934) was an artist and writer who explored the deserts of the southwest, invariably alone. He was known for cutting linoleum...
- male
- Martin Litton (born February 13, 1917) is a legendary Grand Canyon river runner and a longtime environmental activist, best known as a staunch...
- male
- Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, a Spanish navigator of the 16th century, noted for having led an early expedition to the peninsula of Baja California, m...
- female, deceased (1992)
- Georgie White Clark (1911-1992) was a river-running guide in the Grand Canyon. She was the first woman to run the Grand Canyon as a commercial...
- male, deceased (1781)
- Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who explored much of the southwestern part of North America, including wh...
- male, deceased (1946)
- Haldane "Buzz" Holmstrom (1909-1946) was a pioneer of running the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. He was the first person to float all the...
- male
- Norman D. Nevills (April 1908-September 19, 1949) was a pioneer of commercial river-running in the American Southwest, particularly the Colorado...
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