Stephen H. Long Frontier Explorer

Most famous for leading 20 men in an expedition in 1820 from St. Louis to the Rocky Mountains when the area was uncharted and largely unknown territory. Long led his men through dire conditions on the trail, sometimes without fresh water and with little food, to map and explore what he called `the Great American desert.¿ He was also a brilliant railroad engineer and an inventor. His long life was full of adventure and accomplishments.