CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - a navigator and explorer who landed in the West Indies in 1492 in search of gold and other treasures and contributed to the establishment of new communities

JUAN DE ONATE - a Spanish explorer and community founder who explored the upper Rio Grande Valley in 1595, named El Paso, and created the "El Camino Real" trade route

DANIEL BOONE - a man who explored, settled, and defended communities; opened the Wilderness Road; and moved from Kentucky to Missouri in 1799

PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT - a French-born architect who was hired to design Washington, D.C. (the capital city of the United States)