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The West People
Who Made It Happen
William Bright
William Bright (1826-1912) was a Wyoming territorial legislator and the person most responsible for securing women the right to vote in Wyoming. Although born in Virginia, Bright served in the Unio...
Denis Kearney
Denis Kearney (1847-1907) was the leader of California's Workingmen's Party. Born in Ireland, he went to sea at age 11 as a cabin boy and rose to the rank of first mate by the time he first visited...
Henry Miller
Henry Miller (1827-1916) was a California cattle baron and a litigant in Lux v. Haggin, a seminal State Supreme Court case establishing California water law. Born Heinrich Alfred Kreiser in Germany...
John Muir
John Muir (1838-1914) was a naturalist and conservationist, and the founding president of the Sierra Club. Born in Scotland, he immigrated to America in 1849. Raised in rural Wisconsin, he enrolled...
Carl Schurz
Carl Schurz (1829-1906) was the Secretary of the Interior from 1877-1881. Born in Germany, Schurz was among the revolutionaries forced to emigrate in 1848. After living briefly in Paris and London,...
