Eliza Nottingham
For many years and printed reports, Eliza Nottingham was known as the nine-year-old girl who while on a family outing, saved a four-year-old boy from drowning in a creek. The boy’s name was Abraham Lincoln. Eliza Nottingham went to her grave on September 12, 1880 in the Martinez, CA Alhambra Cemetery. Among her children was […]
Captain Joseph Walker
Captain Joseph Walker was a pioneer, trailblazer, explorer, and mountain man. He was honorable, kind and courageous. The love of his life was adventure and exploring unknown territories. He was born on December 13, 1798 in Knoxville, Roane County, Tennessee. Joseph Walker’s true adventures started at the age of 16 when his brother Joel, cousin […]
Don Juan Salvio Pacheco
This weathered and eroded headstone found buried near this site is believed to be the grave of Don Juan Salvio Pacheco, founder of Concord, and his wife, Juana Flores Pacheco. Don Juan Salvio Pacheco was born July 15, 1793 in Mission San Carlos de Monterey, Alta California. He was married on November 14, 1817 in […]
David Muir
David Gilrye Muir was born in Scotland on July 11, 1840. He was the brother of naturalist, John Muir. In 1849, David sailed from Scotland and came with the rest of his family to Wisconsin. In 1863, David was 22 years old and a clerk when he filled out his Civil War Draft Registration in […]