of  Henry  Miller,  Jo  Martin  and  Charley 
Jolly  were  found  lying  on  the  plains  not  far 
from  Folsom.  Miller  had  been  foreman  for 
Head  for  twelve  years, 
twelve  years.

From  ihe  November  22,  1889,  Issue  of  The  Enterprise

Early  Pioneers

The  Men  Who  First  Opened  The 
Santa  Fe  Trail

In  the  year  1830  a party  of  young  men,  well 
known  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  left  that  city  on  a peri- 
lous journey  of  adventure  across  the  trackless 
desert  to  Mexico.  Their  names  were : Hugh 
Stephenson,  Lewis  Dutton,  Henry  Dorlew,  Lucas 
Doan,  Joshua  Sledd,  James  Kirker,  Robert  Mc- 
Knight  and  Esteven  Cushie,  a Frenchman.  The 
two  last  mentioned  were  moneyed  adventurers; 
the  others  were  vigorous  men  of  muscle  and 
resolution  to  fight  the  battle  of  life  to  the  bitter 
end.  They  were  the  first  “old  timers,”  the  ad- 
vance guard,  who  made  the  Santa  Fe  trail  and 
marked  the  route  traveled  by  thousands  in  after 
years;  all  honorable  men,  they  never  returned 
to  their  native  country ; they  were  married  here, 
raised  respectable  families  and  died  in  the  land 
of  their  adoption.