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    Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (French pronunciation: [bɛ̃ʒamɛ̃ lwi ølali də bɔnvil]; April 14, 1796 – June 12, 1878) was an American officer in...
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    seat and largest city is Idaho Falls. Bonneville County was established in 1911 and named after Benjamin Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in...
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    generated at Bonneville is distributed by the Bonneville Power Administration. Bonneville Dam is named for Army Capt. Benjamin Bonneville, an early explorer...
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  • Broadcast House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Bonneville's name alludes to Benjamin Bonneville and the prehistoric Lake Bonneville that once covered much of modern-day...
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    officer Benjamin Bonneville. The Bonneville name first appeared in 1954 on a pair of bubble-topped GM Motorama concept cars called the Bonneville Special...
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    Lake Bonneville was the largest Late Pleistocene paleolake in the Great Basin of western North America. It was a pluvial lake that formed in response to...
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    common table salt. Geologist Grove Karl Gilbert named the area after Benjamin Bonneville, a U.S. Army officer who explored the Intermountain West in the 1830s...
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  • Marguerite Brazier Bonneville (1767 – 1846) was a Parisian woman, the wife of author Nicholas Bonneville, mother of explorer Benjamin Bonneville, and companion...
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    surrounding terrain. Bonneville is named after Benjamin Bonneville and Lake Bonneville, an ancient lake in Utah. The strata into which Bonneville formed is thought...
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  • Bonneville may refer to: Benjamin Bonneville (1796–1878), French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West...
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    the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada to the Gulf of California. Benjamin Bonneville explored the northeast portion during an 1832 expedition. The United...
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    Bonneville railroad station was named for explorer Benjamin Bonneville. The name "Bonneville" did not appear on maps until the late 1880s. Bonneville...
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    architecture, the house is historically significant as the home of explorer Benjamin Bonneville. The house has been restored and is available for event rentals....
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  • Nicholas Bonneville (French pronunciation: [nikɔla bɔnvil]; born Nicolas de Bonneville; 13 March 1760 – 9 November 1828) was a French bookseller, printer...
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    Bonneville Speedway (also known as the Bonneville Salt Flats Race Track) is an area of the Bonneville Salt Flats northeast of Wendover, Utah, that is...
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    in 1857 at the beginning of the Chiricahua Apache Wars. Colonel Benjamin Bonneville, Lieutenant Colonel Dixon S. Miles, and Colonel William W. Loring...
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  • total vertical drop of 2,911 ft (887 m). The mountain is named after Benjamin Bonneville, a U.S. Army officer who explored the Intermountain West in the 1830s...
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    Fitzpatrick, Andrew Henry, and Jedediah Smith. On July 24, 1832, Benjamin Bonneville led the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using South...
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    Taylor General Matthew Ridgway General James Van Fleet Major General Benjamin Bonneville Major General Harry J. Collins Major General George W. Getty Major...
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    Oregon Trail and wrote extensively about their explorations. Captain Benjamin Bonneville on his expedition of 1832 to 1834 explored much of the Oregon trail...
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    in 1826, becoming their supplier.: 53–77 : 158  In 1832 Captain Benjamin Bonneville, aided by Michel Cerre and Joseph R. Walker, blazed a wagon road...
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    expedition in 1776 William H. Ashley and American Fur Company Trappers Benjamin Bonneville John Brown Isaac Perry Decker John C. Fremont Hugh Glass Heber C...
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    expedition to California. Other members of the expedition included Benjamin Bonneville, Joseph Meek, Alexis Godey, Antoine Janis, William Craig, George...
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    Fort Bonneville was a fortified winter camp and fur trading post near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming established in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville. Bonneville's...
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    Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest Benjamin Bonneville American 19th Oregon Country, Great Basin Daniel Boone American 18th...
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    of the Indians, trails, and rivers in the west. In 1832, Captain Benjamin Bonneville, a United States Military Academy graduate on temporary leave, followed...
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    of companies. Meek joined an expedition with Benjamin Bonneville in 1831 as a trapper while Bonneville was exploring the Great Salt Lake. From 1833 to...
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    York. During an extended stay at Astor's home, Irving met explorer Benjamin Bonneville and was intrigued with his maps and stories of the territories beyond...
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    River. 52,547 1,738 sq mi (4,501 km2) Bonneville County 019 Idaho Falls 1911 Bingham County 8B Benjamin Bonneville (1796-1878), a French-born explorer of...
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    Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth of Cambridge, Massachusetts and explorer Captain Benjamin Bonneville (Irving, Chapter VI) made their first appearance at rendezvous that...
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