Donner Party
Group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–1847 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada, where some of them resorted to cannibalism to survive.
Autoped
One of the earliest motorised scooters.
Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert
Geologist, cattle breeder, an active feminist and creator of the MacRobert Trust, a charity that supports the RAF and others