- Kendall Vanhook Bumpass
Kendall VanHook Bumpass (
November 6 ,1809 -1885 ) was an early hunter, who, in1865 , stepped into a boiling spring and lost a leg, in what is nowLassen Volcanic National Park . The geothermal area was later named "Bumpass Hell".References
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~bwlane/sdbumpus/L_250-74.txt Genealogy record showing DOB and YOD]
* [http://www.goworldtravel.com/ex/aspx/articleGuid.ECB280BC-F375-40A2-816A-3AA694BF9B34/xe/article.htm Hiking Bumpass Hell Nature Trail]
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