"One-eye Charley Parkhurst,” working as a driver for stage lines came to California seeking fortune in the gold fields until around 1860. Charley was small, slim and wiry. When he spoke it was in an oddly high-pitched voice. Charley died 1879 in a . . . — — Map (db m62585) HM
The first ballot by a woman in an American presidential election was cast on this site November 3, 1868 by Charlotte (Charlie) Parkhurst, who masqueraded as a man for much of her life. She was a stagecoach driver in the Mother Lode Country during . . . — — Map (db m63489) HM