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| | Joseph Reddeford Walker |
 | | Walker, leaving Green River July 24, 1833, embarked upon his controversial exploration trip to California, uncertain because the instructions given him by Bonneville are not precisely known, nor is the ultimate objective and motive of the expedition entirely clear. |
 | | Walker, following the demise of large-scale Rocky Mountain Fur operations, engaged in horse and mule trading trips to California, trapped and traded out of Fort Bridger, sometimes guided California-bound parties, worked for Fremont on his second expedition, and then on the first part of his third (when Walker Lake was named in Joe's honor). |
 | | Walker ranched in California for several years, was interested in railroad surveys of the west, explored the Mono Lake region of California, and in 1859 guided troops in a campaign against the Mohaves along the Colorado River, and in 1861 organized the group that would open up central Arizona. |
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