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His correct name is Joseph Rutherford Walker. The links below give detailed information. He help found and name Independence Missouri He was perhaps the single most successful expedition leader in the West, Famous for never losing a man. He discovered and mapped Walker Pass He was the first White man to discover Yosemite valley, in Nov of 1833. It is believed that some of his expeditions were covers for gathering military intelligence on Spanish Holdings and dispositions in the west.

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