Lansford Hastings

Lansford Hastings
Born
Lansford Warren Hastings

1819 (1819)
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Died1870 (1871) (aged 51)
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Occupation(s)lawyer, writer and adventurer
Known fordeveloper of the Hastings Cutoff
SpouseCharlotte Toler

Lansford Warren Hastings (1819–1870) was an American explorer and Confederate soldier. He is best remembered as the developer of Hastings Cutoff, a claimed shortcut to California across what is now the state of Utah, a factor in the ill-fated Donner Party of 1846. He was a Major in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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