Sallie Fox
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Sarah Estelle Fox Allen was a California pioneer and a member of the ill-fated Rose–Baley Party, the first emigrant wagon train to attempt the journey from New Mexico to California via Beale's Wagon R
Sallie Fox in her wedding dress, 1873
Inscription Rock in New Mexico where Sallie Fox carved her name on 8 July 1858
Sallie Fox's mother Mary in her later years. She died in 1899 at the age of 75.
Edward O. Smith, who brought Sallie Fox and her family to California. As she had promised in 1858, she named her first son after him.
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
Sallie Fox
…one of whom was an invalid. Mary and Alpha Brown had two more children of their own, a daughter Julia and a son Orrin. In 1858, the Brown's neighbor Leonard Rose, a wealthy businessman, formed an emigrant party to travel to California. As Rose later wrote: ... some miners who had just returned from California…
Portrait of Rose by Carleton E Watkins, c. 1880