James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, fur trader and explorer. He discovered one of the easier routes (later called the Beckwourth Pass) across the Sierra Navadas, from the Truckee to the Yuba River.
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton, Maurine Wilson, Hal Erickson, Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)
L-R: Boulder City (Nevada) News writer and local historian Virginia "Teddy" Fenton with Maurine Wilson, UNLV Library Director Hal Erickson and curator and Las Vegas civic leader Anna Dean Kepper, at the Mormon Fort site in Las Vegas, Nevada. Site Name: Las Vegas Mormon Fort (Las Vegas, Nev.)