Early Settlers
George Frazier Monroe (ca. 1844-1886)
Yosemite stagecoach driver George Frazier Monroe was born in Georgia possibly around 1844. His father, Louis Augustus Monroe, arrived from...
William Robison (1821-1899)
Image Ownership: Haggin Museum, Stockton, California California pioneer, expressman, and civil rights worker William Robison was born a slave in...
George Bush (ca. 1789-1863)
As one of the earliest permanent American settlers on Puget Sound in 1845, George Bush played a vital role in...
Green Flake (1828-1903)
Born enslaved on January 6, 1828, on the Jordan Flake Plantation in Anson County, North Carolina, Green Flake was given...
George Washington (1817-1905)
George Washington was a prominent pioneer in the state named, like he was, for America’s first president. He founded Centralia...
