CROCKETT, DAVID. Born at Limestone, Tennessee, August 17, 1786; member
of Congress, 1827-33; served in Texan war, 1835-36; killed at The Alamo,
San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, March 6, 1836.
BOWIE, JAMES. Born in Burke County, Georgia, about 1790; notorious in
duel of 1827; went to Texas, 1835; made colonel of Texan army, 1835;
killed at the Alamo, March 6, 1836.
TRAVIS, WILLIAM BARRETT. Born in Conecuh County, Alabama, 1811; admitted
to the bar, 1830; went to Texas, 1832; killed at the Alamo, March 6,
1836.
WHITMAN, MARCUS. Born in Rushville, Ontario County, New York, September
4, 1802; appointed missionary to Oregon, 1834; reached Fort Walla Walla,
September 2, 1836; started on ride across continent, October 3, 1842;
reached Washington, March 3, 1843; took great train of emigrants back to
Oregon, 1843; killed by Indians at Wauelatpu, Oregon, November 29, 1847.
SUTTER, JOHN AUGUSTUS. Born in Kandern, Baden, February 15, 1803;
graduated at military college at Berne, Switzerland, 1823; served in
Swiss Guard through Spanish campaign, 1823-24; emigrated to America and
settled at St. Louis, 1834; crossed Rocky Mountains, 1838; settled in
California, 1839; built fort on present site of Sacramento, 1841; gold
discovered on his ranch, January 18, 1848; homestead burned, 1864;
removed to Litiz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1873; died at
Washington, D.
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