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Lives remembered, and the companions who shared them.
In Memory of
Bass Reeves
1838 - 1910 - Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States
Every account of Bass Reeves reaches the same number: more than three thousand arrests. It is on the statues, in the encyclopedias, and in e...
In Memory of
Clara Brown
1800 - 1885 - Denver, Colorado, United States
She was sold away from her husband and three of her children at auction, and she spent the next forty-seven years looking for one of them. ...
In Memory of
Ida Lewis
February 25, 1842 - October 24, 1911 - Newport, Rhode Island, United States
She did the lighthouse keeper's job for twenty-two years before anyone gave her the title. Idawalley Zoradia Lewis was born in Newport, Rho...
In Memory of
Mary Fields
1832 - December 5, 1914 - Cascade, Montana, United States
She was about sixty years old when she took the job, and she never missed a day. Mary Fields was born into slavery in Hickman County, Tenne...
In Memory of
Standing Bear
1829 - 1908 - Niobrara, Nebraska, United States
In 1879 a federal court in Omaha was asked to decide whether a Native American was a person. It had never been settled. Standing Bear was a...
In Memory of
The Sager Children
1844 - Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Seven children crossed the plains in 1844. In twenty-six days they lost both parents, and the wagon train raised them the rest of the way. ...
In Memory of
Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins
1849 - 1908 - Columbus, Georgia, United States
He was born blind and enslaved in Harris County, Georgia, and by the time he was eight years old other people were making money out of him. ...
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