People in THE WEST - Denis Kearney Leader of the Workingmen's Party in California during the late 1870's. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w41...
People in THE WEST - Emmeline Wells Emmeline Wells was a leading figure in Mormon politics and in the women's suffrage movement... http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4w...
People in THE WEST - Juan Seguin Juan Seguin knew both the adulation of a Texas hero and the anguish of a tejano forced to live among his former enemies. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4s...
People in THE WEST - Oliver Otis Howard Throughout his long military career, Oliver Otis Howard gained victory by the force of his own moral convictions as often as by force of arms. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4h...
People in THE WEST - Sam Houston A sometimes volatile and often contradictory man, Sam Houston played a crucial role in the founding of Texas. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4h...
People in THE WEST - John Brown John Brown carried his hatred of slavery into action, creating a legacy of bloodshed and violence that remains at once inspiring and appalling to this day. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4b...
People in THE WEST - Levi Strauss One of the best-known beneficiaries of California's gold rush economic boom. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4s...
People in THE WEST - James H. Lane Mesmerizing on the podium and dauntless in the defense of his beliefs, James H. Lane was a principal leader of the anti-slavery forces that ultimately made Kansas free-soil. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4l...
People in THE WEST - Joseph Meek Joe Meek was a witness to the West's transformation from a wilderness for mountain men into a region where social conformity was increasingly the rule. http: //pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs400/w4m...
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