Truxtun’s father, General Edward Fitzgerald Beale, was a hero of the old west. His career started out in the Navy, but he ended up as a general in the California Militia. The 1950s TV show, Death Valley Days, has two episodes that feature Beale. The first, Gold Rush in Reverse, is about him bringing news …

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