Benjamin or Ben Kelsey (1813 – February 19, 1889) was an early American pioneer of California with his brothers Andrew and Sam Kelsey. He was a founder, often with one or more of his brothers, of several settlements in California. Kelsey was born in...
Andrew Kelsey, or Andy Kelsey, was an early American pioneer of California with his brothers Samuel and Benjamin Kelsey. Originally from Kentucky, he arrived in Alta California with the Bartleson–Bidwell Party in 1841, ventured into Oregon with his...
Kelsey is an English surname. In modern times Kelsey has also become a given name for boys and girls in English-speaking countries. It may come from an Old English place name in Lincolnshire, from a word meaning "island of the ships" in Irish and...
Kelsey (formerly Kelsey's Diggings) is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Chili Bar, at an elevation of 1,923 feet (586 m). A post office operated at Kelsey from 1856...
Benjamin Scovill Kelsey (March 9, 1906 – March 3, 1981) was an American aeronautical engineer and test pilot. Serving as America's chief fighter projects officer, he helped bring success in World War II to the United States Army Air Forces by...
Nancy Kelsey (August 1, 1823, in Barren County, Kentucky – August 10, 1896, in Cuyama, California) was a member of the Bartleson–Bidwell Party. She was the first white woman to travel overland from Missouri, seeing Utah and Nevada before crossing...
Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County is a historical landmark in Kelseyville, in Lake County, California. In 1847, Californio Salvador Vallejo, General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's younger brother, sold his livestock and grazing rights in the Clear...
In 1841, the Bartleson–Bidwell Party of thirty-two men and one woman, and her baby daughter, was led by Captain John Bartleson and John Bidwell. They became the first American emigrants to succeed in a wagon crossing from Missouri to California. Of...
Sherrod Campbell Brown ( SHERR-əd; born November 9, 1952) is an American politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Ohio. Previously, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, was Ohio secretary...
