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The Rocky Mountains, it had no river running through it and they had to lead horses and carry their supplies for miles of slopes and descents.
Jeremy Irons was the last Englishman to win the Best Actor Oscar (Actor In A Leading Role). He won it in 1990 for his role as Claus Von Bulow in "Reversal of Fortune".Update: Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for There Will Be Blood (2007).In between the 2 above dates in 1991 Sir Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for best actor in The Silence of the Lambs in the lead role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
On May 22, 1966, Bill Cosby became the first African-American actor to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He won for his performances during the 1965-1966 season as pro tennis trainer/American espionage agent Alexander Scott in NBC's "I Spy." Cosby, who was the first black actor to become a primary regular on a weekly dramatic series, won the award for the 1966-1967 and 1967-1968 seasons as well.
Brigham Young lead the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley after the death of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith had prophesied that the Church would one day move to the Rocky Mountains.
Frederick Douglass was a slave in Maryland and escaped in the mid 1800's. He was a public speaker and writer that spoke against slavery. He did nothing politically however he helped shape the abolishionist movement which lead to the ending of slavery in America.