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
Portrait of Rose by Carleton E Watkins, c. 1880
Gillum Baley
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Gillum Baley was an American pioneer and judge. With Leonard Rose he led the ill-fated Rose–Baley Party, the first emigrant wagon train to attempt the journey from New Mexico to California via Beale's
Leonard John Rose
…set out, with 19 other young men, for California by the 35th parallel route. While traveling through Kansas, the Rose company merged with one led by Gillum Baley, forming the Rose-Baley Party. After suffering immense hardships, including "attacks by hostile Indians" according to the 1898 historical society, and…
Baley circa 1885
19th-century depiction of wagon trains entering Santa Fe, New Mexico
Ruins of Fort Miller, California in 1936. Gillum Baley and his family lived in the fort's disused buildings from 1860 to 1861