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Isaac Graham (September 1, 1800 – November 3, 1863) was a fur trader, mountain man, and land grant owner in 19th century California. 〔Nunis, Doyce Blackman. ''The Trials of Isaac Graham'', Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. OCLC: 1016212.〕 〔Bancroft, Hubert Howe. ''History of the Pacific States of North America'', Vol. XVI: ''(California, Vol. IV: 1840-1845. )''; The History Company, San Francisco; 1886. (retrieved 4 Mar 2010).〕 In 1830, he joined a hunting and trapping party at Fort Smith, Arkansas that included George Nidever. Graham attended the Rendezvous at Pierre's Hole and took part in the battle of Pierre's Hole, in present day Idaho. From there, Graham's path to California is unclear. He may have joined Joseph R. Walker's party, 〔(Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard )〕 or joined one of the groups led by Ewing Young. His son later claimed that Graham came by way of Oregon, while his daughter said he took a southern route through Chihuahua, Mexico. ==California== The next positive evidence finds him at Natividad on the Rancho La Natividad, northeast of present day Salinas, in Mexican Alta California, where he established a distillery.〔(Captain Isaac Graham. )〕 In 1836, he led a group of American and European immigrants who supported Juan Bautista Alvarado and José Castro in a coup against Mexican Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez. Later, Alvarado turned against Graham and had him arrested, among a group of about 100 foreigners, in 1840. This action led to a diplomatic crisis, involving Mexico, the United States and the United Kingdom, that became known as the "Graham Affair". With the help of a recent arrival in Monterey, Thomas J. Farnham, Graham and the others were released. Farnham later wrote a romanticized account of these events. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isaac Graham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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