- male, deceased (1870)
- Lansford Warren Hastings is best remembered as the developer of Hastings Cutoff, a shortcut across what is now the state of Utah which was a factor...
- male, deceased (1895)
- Daniel Rhoads was a California pioneer and rancher who helped rescue the Donner Party. He grew up in Illinois, but he became interested in an...
- male, deceased (1968)
- Vardis Alvero Fisher (born March 31, 1895, in Annis, Idaho - died July 9, 1968, in Hagerman, Idaho) was a writer best known for historical novels...
- female, deceased (1964)
- Josie Bassett (January 17, 1874-1964) was a female outlaw, one of two sisters known as The Bassett Girls, best known as cattle rustlers that fought...
- male, deceased (1914)
- Sherman Otis Houghton (April 10, 1828-August 31, 1914) was an American politician from California. Born in New York City, he completed preparatory...
- male, deceased (1912)
- Philip A. Marquam (1823 - 1912) was a lawyer, judge, legislator, and real estate developer in the U.S. state of Oregon. Marquam was born in...
- male, 89 years old (Truckee, California, United States)
- we took the ill fated advice of hastings and tried a new route to california; after a difficult journey we arrived in the sierras just after the...
- female
- Mildred’s mother was Mary of the Pyle family who braved great hardships traveling across the wild and beautiful American Plains by covered wagon. T...
- male
- David Fenimore David Fenimore is a noted Chautauqua performer whose previous portrayals include Zane Grey, Horace Greeley, and Donner Party...
- (Japan Society, United States)
- Dana Goodyear is a Los Angeles-based staff writer for The New Yorker as well as an accomplished poet. After four years as a senior editor at The...
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