Birth location provided by F.A.G. member Kathleen Oberg Lyles #49478104.
Charles and Alexander Blue were great uncles to President Ronald Reagan on his maternal side.
The story is that Daniel Blue along with his brothers Alexander and Charles, and two others left on February 22, 1859 for the promise of gold. Daniel's account claims that within three weeks they were lost, struggled with snowstorms, illness, starvation and finally death. To survive, they had to resort to cannibalism. Of the three brothers, Daniel is the only one that survived; Alexander died first and then Charles died on April 18, 1859 as nearly as Daniel could figure. Daniel was found by an Arapaho Indian who nursed him back to life.
The bodies of the others were never found. "The History of Clyde County" 1885 records that Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation during the Pike's Peak gold excitement in 1859. Daniel is listed as still being alive as of that date (1885).
Excerpts from "Early Reagan" by Anne Edwards copyright 1987; and the story is corroborated by "REAGAN An American Journey" by Bob Spitz published 2018.
Charles and Alexander Blue were great uncles to President Ronald Reagan on his maternal side.
The story is that Daniel Blue along with his brothers Alexander and Charles, and two others left on February 22, 1859 for the promise of gold. Daniel's account claims that within three weeks they were lost, struggled with snowstorms, illness, starvation and finally death. To survive, they had to resort to cannibalism. Of the three brothers, Daniel is the only one that survived; Alexander died first and then Charles died on April 18, 1859 as nearly as Daniel could figure. Daniel was found by an Arapaho Indian who nursed him back to life.
The bodies of the others were never found. "The History of Clyde County" 1885 records that Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation during the Pike's Peak gold excitement in 1859. Daniel is listed as still being alive as of that date (1885).
Excerpts from "Early Reagan" by Anne Edwards copyright 1987; and the story is corroborated by "REAGAN An American Journey" by Bob Spitz published 2018.
Birth location provided by F.A.G. member Kathleen Oberg Lyles #49478104.
Charles and Alexander Blue were great uncles to President Ronald Reagan on his maternal side.
The story is that Daniel Blue along with his brothers Alexander and Charles, and two others left on February 22, 1859 for the promise of gold. Daniel's account claims that within three weeks they were lost, struggled with snowstorms, illness, starvation and finally death. To survive, they had to resort to cannibalism. Of the three brothers, Daniel is the only one that survived; Alexander died first and then Charles died on April 18, 1859 as nearly as Daniel could figure. Daniel was found by an Arapaho Indian who nursed him back to life.
The bodies of the others were never found. "The History of Clyde County" 1885 records that Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation during the Pike's Peak gold excitement in 1859. Daniel is listed as still being alive as of that date (1885).
Excerpts from "Early Reagan" by Anne Edwards copyright 1987; and the story is corroborated by "REAGAN An American Journey" by Bob Spitz published 2018.
Charles and Alexander Blue were great uncles to President Ronald Reagan on his maternal side.
The story is that Daniel Blue along with his brothers Alexander and Charles, and two others left on February 22, 1859 for the promise of gold. Daniel's account claims that within three weeks they were lost, struggled with snowstorms, illness, starvation and finally death. To survive, they had to resort to cannibalism. Of the three brothers, Daniel is the only one that survived; Alexander died first and then Charles died on April 18, 1859 as nearly as Daniel could figure. Daniel was found by an Arapaho Indian who nursed him back to life.
The bodies of the others were never found. "The History of Clyde County" 1885 records that Charles and Alexander died upon the plains, from starvation during the Pike's Peak gold excitement in 1859. Daniel is listed as still being alive as of that date (1885).
Excerpts from "Early Reagan" by Anne Edwards copyright 1987; and the story is corroborated by "REAGAN An American Journey" by Bob Spitz published 2018.
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