george davidson
U.S. Coast Survey, renowned geodesist & member National Academy of Sciences, critic of San Pedro Bay's harbor
Edward ord
U.S. Army & Coast Survey officer, triangulator of San Pedro Bay, future Civil War general & hero
Alexander dallas Bache
Eminent scientist, great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, U.S. Coast Survey superintendent, Washington, DC, insider
Manuel Domínguez
Heir to the Rancho San Pedro and its estuary lands, partner to Los Angeles's Anglo settlers & Democrats
Jefferson davis
Secretary of War, future Confederate president, proponent of a southern railway and Pacific coast harbor
John Frémont
Western explorer, land speculator, antislavery senator & Republican presidential candidate, opponent of San Pedro harbor
R. S. Williamson
Army engineer, surveyor of the Pacific railroad and San Pedro harbor
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engracia cota DOMÍNGUEZ
ferdinand hassler
william gwin
Ulysses S. grant
collis huntington
alexis godey
phineas banning
varina howell davis
john marshall harlan
william t. sherman
montgomery meigs
leland stanford
Molly thompson ord
edward h. harriman
james carleton
thomas e. gibbon
ellinor fauntleroy davidson
amos fries
stephen mallory white