John Udell
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John Udell was an American farmer and Baptist lay preacher who is primarily known for two detailed diaries he kept of his travels to California across the Great Plains of the United States. He travers
Udell's portrait from his 1856 diary, Incidents of Travel to California Across the Great Plains
19th-century depiction of Ashtabula County, Ohio where John and Emily Udell spent much of their married life
Inscription Rock in New Mexico where Udell carved his name on 8 July 1858 during his fourth overland journey from Missouri to California
Journal of John Udell, Kept During a Trip Across the Plains (1868 cover)
Leonard John Rose
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Leonard John Rose was a California pioneer and politician who served in the California State Senate. He was one of the leaders of the ill-fated Rose-Baley Party, the first emigrant wagon train to atte
John Udell
…a rough trail. In July the party camped near Inscription Rock (now El Morro National Monument) in New Mexico. Several members of the party, including Leonard Rose, Gillum Baley, and Udell, carved their names into the stone. Their inscriptions can still be seen today. On 30 August, as the emigrants were preparing…
Portrait of Rose by Carleton E Watkins, c. 1880