Allensworth Allen
Allen Allensworth was the highest ranking Black soldier of his time, and later founded the all-Black town of Allensworth CA, which is now a state historic park.
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Anderson Ivie
Ivie Anderson was a jazz singer, best-known for her performances with Duke Ellington's orchestra. She also appeared in Day at the Races and Hit Parade of 1937.
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Armstrong Henry
Henry Jackson Jr. was a professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. Armstrong's two nicknames were Hurricane Henry and Homicide' Hank. He competed in featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight divisions, and Armstrong was the first boxer to hold world championships in three different weight divisions at the same time. The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1937, and The Boxing Writers Association of America named him Fighter of the Year in 1940. In 2007, The Ring ranked Armstrong as the second-greatest fighter of the last 80 years, and historian Bert Sugar also ranked Armstrong as the second-greatest fighter of all time, while ESPN ranked Armstrong as number 3 of the 50 greatest boxers. He later opened a nightclub, then became a minister and helped run a Boys Club. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.
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Baker Edward Lee
Edward Baker, 'Left cover and, under fire, rescued a wounded comrade from drowning' The new plaque is fairly recent.
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Banning Phineas
Phineas Banning developed much of Los Angeles harbor.
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Banning Phineas
He also co-founded the city of Wilmington and gave land to the Union army for Drum Barracks there, now a state museum.
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Banning Phineas
He also had a local stagecoach line, and the town of Banning was named in his honor, and his Wilmington mansion is a state landmark.
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Beauford Clay
Clay Beauford (born Welford Chapman Bridwell) was an American army officer, scout and frontiersman. An ex-Confederate soldier, he enlisted in the US Army during the Indian Wars against the Plains Indians. He was a guide for Lt Col George Crook in his "winter campaign" against the Apaches and received the Medal of Honor for his conduct. From 1874-77, Beauford served under indian agent John Clum as chief of scouts and captain of the San Carlos Apache Police. He and Clum are credited for the capture of Geronimo at Ojo Caliente in 1877.
He became a successful rancher and prospector in the years following his retirement. A popular pioneering figure during his lifetime, Beauford was briefly elected to Arizona's territorial legislature in 1885 to represent Graham County. Mount Buford in Maricopa County is named in his honor.
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Browning Tod
Tod Browning was a film actor and director, most famous for directing Dracula, and Freaks. Early jobs included traveling with carnivals and circuses, magician, dancer, and jockey. In 1915, he crashed his car into a moving train and passenger film actors Elmer Booth was killed and George Siegmann suffered serious injuries as did Browning.
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Burbank David
David Burbank was a dentist, but in 1867 he bought 8,600 acres for a sheep ranch.
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BurbankDavid
In 1886 he sold his land to a local developer who named the area Burbank, now headquarters for many media and entertainment companies.
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Chance Frank
Frank Chance was a Hall of Fame baseball player. As player-manager of the Chicago Cubs, he guided them to four NL championships and two World Series wins in 1907 and 1908.
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Chase Arline
She died from tuberculosis at age 25.
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Chase Arline
Arline Chase was a dancer who helped popularize 'The Shimmy' during the World War I era. She toured vaudeville and was in the Broadway hits Very Good Eddie, Leave It to Jane, and The Night Boat.
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Connell Trustrim
Corporal Trustrim Connell was an American soldier who enlisted into the 138th Pennsylvania Infantry and fought in the Civil War. Connell received the Medal of Honor for bravery during combat at the Battle of Sayler's Creek in Virginia on 6 April 1865, where he captured the enemy flag.
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