Jedediah Smith
1798-1831
In 1826 he led a party of 17 men through the territory of the Mojave Indians, then west across our Great desert. During the trek, the heat became so intense that it forced him and his men to bury themselves in the sand to keep cool. They were the first Americans to enter California overland from the east.
Marker is on East Main Street/National Trails Highway, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
