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Tag Archives: sierra chapter
Monument #: 52
Sponsor/Year: Sierra Chapter - 1993  Location: Carson Pass, California The United States Board of Geographic Names, in October, 1993, named a 9,763-foot peak in the Sierra Nevada mountains in honor of Melissa Coray, the wife of Mormon Battalion Sergeant William Coray. Sergeant Coray was among the 45 Battalion men who blazed the “highway” through Carson pass, about 50 miles southwest...
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Sponsor/Year: Sierra Chapter - 1977  Location: Coloma Pioneer Cemetery, Coloma, CA Born in 1823, Nathan Hawk was a member of Co. B of the U.S. Mormon Battalion and was known as a “Rider of the California Star Express.” He carried the message of the “Gold strike” to the east where it eventually spread around the world. He died in 1910... |
