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Drive (The Cars song)
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"Drive"
A-side label of U.S. vinyl single
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side
"Stranger Eyes"
Released
July 23, 1984 (1984-07-23)
Format
7-inch single
12-inch vinyl
mini CD
Recorded
1983
Length
3:54
Label
Elektra 69706
Songwriter(s)
Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
The Cars
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"Magic"
(1984) "Drive"
(1984) "Hello Again"
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"Magic"
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"Drive" on YouTube
"Drive" is a 1984 song by The Cars, the third single from the band's Heartbeat City album released in March 1984 and their biggest international hit. Written by Ric Ocasek, the track was sung by bassist Benjamin Orr[1] and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange with the band.[2] Upon its release, "Drive" became The Cars' highest charting single in the United States, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart; on the Adult Contemporary chart, the song went to No. 1.[3] It reached No. 4 in West Germany, No. 6 in Canada, No. 5 (No. 4 on re-entry in 1985) in the UK and No. 3 (No. 5 on re-entry in 1985) in Ireland.
The song is associated with the July 1985 Live Aid event, where it was performed by Benjamin Orr during the Philadelphia event; previously, the song was used as the background music to a montage of clips depicting the contemporaneous Ethiopian famine during the London event, which was introduced by English musician David Bowie.[4][5] Following the concert it was re-released in the UK and peaked at No. 4 in August 1985. Proceeds from the sales of the re-released song raised nearly £160,000 for the Band Aid Trust: Ocasek presented the charity's trustee Midge Ure with a cheque for the amount while he was in London in November 1986 promoting his solo album This Side of Paradise.[6]
In a retrospective review of the single, AllMusic journalist Donald A. Guarisco praised the song for being "a gorgeous ballad that matches heartfelt songwriting to an alluring electronic soundscape. The music reflects the lyrical tone with a lovely melody that rises and falls in a soothing yet sad fashion."[7]
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1 Music video
2 Track listing
3 Charts
4 Certifications
5 In popular culture
6 Cover versions
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Music video[edit]
The music video was directed by actor Timothy Hutton and features model and actress Paulina Porizkova, who would later become Ric Ocasek's wife.[8]
The video alternates between shots of Orr sitting in a disused nightclub, facing mannequins posed at the bar as customers and bartender, and scenes that depict the breakdown of a relationship between the characters played by Ocasek and Porizkova. Ultimately left alone, the woman cries and laughs hysterically for a time before visiting the nightclub. She looks sadly in through a dirty window at the stage, where tuxedo-clad mannequins of the band members are posed with their instruments as if playing a show, and turns to walk away as the video ends.
Hutton later recalled that his directing the video came about because he was living next to Elliot Roberts, the manager of The Cars. They were listening to tracks from the then-unreleased album Heartbeat City and Hutton told Roberts he was particularly impressed by the track "Drive."
At that time, everybody was making videos. It was the height of MTV, and when you made a record, you were also thinking about the video. I talked to Elliott about how much I liked that song "Drive," and I started describing all the different ways I thought they could go with it, as far as the video. And he said, "You know, everything you're saying sounds really interesting. Do you mind if… Would you be up for me passing that concept along to Ric Ocasek?" I said, "Sure!" So he got back to me the next day and said, "Ric and I think you should direct the video. We love your idea, your take on it." So that's how that happened. And about a month later, I was in New York at the Astoria Studios over two days, filming the video.[9]
Hutton and Ric Ocasek became friends which led to the latter being cast in Made in Heaven.[citation needed]
Track listing[edit]
7" single
"Drive"
"Stranger Eyes"[10]
12" single
"Drive"
"My Best Friend's Girl"
"Stranger Eyes"[11]
Charts[edit]
Chart (1984–85)
Position
Australia (ARIA)[12] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[13] 8
Canada (Billboard Canada)[14] 6
France (SNEP)[15] 9
Germany (Official German Charts)[16] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[17] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 12
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[19] 5
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 15
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 13
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[23] 4
US Billboard Hot 100[24] 3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[25] 1
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[26] 9
Certifications[edit]
Region
Certification
Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[27]
Gold 500,000^
*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
In popular culture[edit]
The song was used in a 1984 episode of the American soap opera Santa Barbara and 2013 American TV series The Carrie Diaries.
The song was used in the 2007 film Transformers, playing on the radio in Sam Witwicky's car, Bumblebee.
It was also used in the series Everybody Hates Chris, in the episode " Everybody Hates the Car ".
Cover versions[edit]
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The song was covered in 1984 by British entertainer Des O'Connor on his album Des O'Connor Now.
Australian band The Paradise Motel released a cover as a single in 1999. This was used in the 2001 Noah Taylor film He Died with a Felafel in His Hand.[28]
New Zealand band Strawpeople covered the song in 2000, featuring the vocals of Bic Runga. The song peaked at number 7 on the New Zealand charts.
In 2001, the German rock band Scorpions covered the song on their live unplugged album Acoustica.[29]
A cover by Ziggy Marley of Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers was featured in the 2004 film 50 First Dates.[30]
In 2005, American band Deftones recorded an exclusive cover of the song for iTunes, which was feature in the trailer for The Stepfather
In 2010, Australian actor/singer Jason Donovan recorded a cover version of "Drive" for his covers album Soundtrack of the 80s.[31] The album went Top 20 in the UK in October 2010.[32]
The song was covered by US hard rock band Sixx:A.M. on their 2014 album Modern Vintage.[33]
My Morning Jacket covered the song live in January 2015.[34]
Britta Phillips covered the song in March 2016 for her upcoming album of covers Luck or Magic.[35]
Kirk Johnston recorded a licensed remake of "Drive" produced by Mark Younger-Smith (Billy Idol, Charmed Life) released as a single in 2015. The song was also featured on the "Full Circle" deluxe album in 2016. The song is available for download on iTunes, AmazonMusic and streaming on Spotify.
See also[edit]
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1984 (U.S.)
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Drive by The Cars Songfacts". Songfacts.com. May 12, 1984. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Ric Ocasek Rocks CBGB | Music News". Rolling Stone. September 30, 2005. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 49.
Jump up ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 13 | 1985: Was Live Aid the best rock concert ever?". BBC News. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Geldolf Live Aid". Mojo4music.com. Archived from the original on January 8, 2011.
Jump up ^ NME. London, England: IPC Media: 4. November 15, 1986. Missing or empty |title= (help)
Jump up ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Drive - The Cars | Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Video Classics: "Drive" – The Cars". CBS. February 4, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Timothy Hutton, from Ordinary People and Taps to a Cars video" By Will Harris Random Roles - AV Club Mar 10, 2015 accessed 13 March 2015
Jump up ^ "Cars, The - Drive (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Cars, The - Drive (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Australian-charts.com – Cars – Drive". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Austriancharts.at – Cars – Drive" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Top Singles - Volume 41, No. 5". RPM. October 6, 1984. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Lescharts.com – Cars – Drive" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Musicline.de – Cars Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Chart Track: Week 43, 1984". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Cars search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Charts.org.nz – Cars – Drive". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved October 17, 2016.
Jump up ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Cars – Drive". VG-lista. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Cars – Drive". Singles Top 100. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "Swisscharts.com – Cars – Drive". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ 31, 1985/7501/ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
Jump up ^ "The Cars – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for The Cars.
Jump up ^ "The Cars – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for The Cars.
Jump up ^ "The Cars – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for The Cars.
Jump up ^ "British single certifications – The Cars – Drive". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Drive in the search field and then press Enter.
Jump up ^ "'He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (Music From The Feature Film)'". Discogs. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
Jump up ^ Kritik von Martin Mengele. "Drive von Scorpions – laut.de – Song". Laut.de. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Various - 50 First Dates - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ "Jason Donovan's Drive cover of The Cars's Drive". WhoSampled. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ Fulton, Rick (October 23, 2010). "Jason Donovan reveals how becoming a dad helped him kick cocaine habit". Daily Record. Glasgow, Scotland: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved October 7, 2013.
Jump up ^ Cornell, Jeff (August 27, 2014). "Sixx: A.M. Reveal Their Cover of The Cars' Classic 'Drive'". Loudwire Network. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
Jump up ^ http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/my-morning-jacket/2015/hard-rock-hotel-riviera-maya-mexico-3cacd07.html
Jump up ^ Roberts, Christopher (March 10, 2016). "Watch: Britta Phillips (of Luna and Dean & Britta) - "Drive" Video (The Cars Cover) Luck or Magic Due Out April 29 via Double Feature Records". Under the Radar. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Awarded for
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Location
United States
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Currently held by
Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
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The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama was first awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as a separate category in 1951. Previously, there was a single award for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture" but the splitting allowed for recognition of it and the Best Actress – Comedy or Musical.
The formal title has varied since its inception. In 2005, it was officially called "Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama". As of 2013, the wording is "Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama".
It is notable for being the category in which the only three-way tie in Golden Globe history occurred, when Jodie Foster, Shirley MacLaine, and Sigourney Weaver all won the award in 1989 at the 46th Golden Globe Awards.[1]
Notes:
"†" indicates an Academy Award- winning performance.
"‡" indicates an Academy Award- nomination.
"§" indicates a Golden Globe Award- winning performance that was not nominated for an Academy Award.
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1 Winners and nominees
1.1 1940s
1.2 1950s
1.3 1960s
1.4 1970s
1.5 1980s
1.6 1990s
1.7 2000s
1.8 2010s
2 Multiple nominees
3 Multiple winners
4 See also
5 References
Winners and nominees[edit]
indicates the winner
Ingrid Bergman was nominated five times in the category, winning for Gaslight (1944), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) and for Anastasia (1956).
Olivia de Havilland won for her role in The Heiress (1949).
Audrey Hepburn won for her role in Roman Holiday (1953).
Grace Kelly won for her role in 1954's The Country Girl.
Elizabeth Taylor won once from four nominations in 1959's Suddenly, Last Summer.
Jane Fonda won three times from five nominations for her roles in Klute (1971), Julia (1978) and Coming Home (1978).
Sally Field won this award twice for her roles in 1979's Norma Rae and 1984's Places in the Heart.
Meryl Streep has received fourteen nominations in this category, winning three times for The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982) and The Iron Lady (2011).
Shirley MacLaine won twice for her roles in 1983's Terms of Endearment and 1988's Madame Sousatzka.
Marlee Matlin won for her performance in Children of a Lesser God (1986).
Jodie Foster won twice for her roles in The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Like Luise Rainer, she achieved these two wins before she turned 30 years old.
Emma Thompson won for her role in Howards End (1992).
Jessica Lange was nominated five times, winning once in 1995 for her role in Blue Sky (1994).
Cate Blanchett won twice for her roles in Elizabeth (1998) Blue Jasmine (2013).
Hilary Swank won this award twice for her roles in Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Julia Roberts won for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich (2000).
Nicole Kidman won once from five nominations for playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours (2002).
Helen Mirren won for portraying Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006).
Kate Winslet won for her role in Revolutionary Road (2008).
Sandra Bullock won for her role in The Blind Side (2009).
Natalie Portman won for her role in Black Swan (2010).
Julianne Moore won for her role in Still Alice (2014).
Brie Larson won for her role in Room (2015).
Frances McDormand won for her performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
1940s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1943 Jennifer Jones Bernadette Soubirous The Song of Bernadette †
1944 Ingrid Bergman Paula Alquist Anton Gaslight †
1945 Ingrid Bergman Sister Mary Benedict The Bells of St. Mary's ‡
1946 Rosalind Russell Sister Elizabeth Kenny Sister Kenny ‡
1947 Rosalind Russell Lavinia Mannon Mourning Becomes Electra ‡
1948 Jane Wyman Belinda MacDonald Johnny Belinda †
1949 Olivia de Havilland Catherine Sloper The Heiress †
1950s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1950 Gloria Swanson Norma Desmond Sunset Boulevard ‡
Bette Davis Margo Channing All About Eve ‡
Judy Holliday Billie Dawn Born Yesterday †
1951 Jane Wyman LouLou Mason The Blue Veil ‡
Vivien Leigh Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire †
Shelley Winters Alice Tripp A Place in the Sun ‡
1952 Shirley Booth Lola Delaney Come Back, Little Sheba †
Joan Crawford Myra Hudson Sudden Fear ‡
Olivia de Havilland Rachel Sangalletti Ashley My Cousin Rachel
1953 Audrey Hepburn Princess Ann ("Anya Smith") Roman Holiday †
1954 Grace Kelly Georgie Elgin The Country Girl †
1955 Anna Magnani Serafina Delle Rose The Rose Tattoo †
1956 Ingrid Bergman Anna Koreff ("Anastasia") Anastasia †
Carroll Baker Baby Doll Meighan Baby Doll ‡
Helen Hayes Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna Anastasia
Audrey Hepburn Natasha Rostova War and Peace
Katharine Hepburn Lizzie Curry The Rainmaker ‡
1957 Joanne Woodward Eve White / Eve Black / Jane The Three Faces of Eve †
Marlene Dietrich Christine Vole/Helm Witness for the Prosecution
Deborah Kerr Sister Angela Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison ‡
Anna Magnani Gioia Wild is the Wind ‡
Eva Marie Saint Celia Pope A Hatful of Rain
1958 Susan Hayward Barbara Graham I Want to Live! †
Ingrid Bergman Gladys Aylward The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Deborah Kerr Sibyl Railton-Bell Separate Tables ‡
Shirley MacLaine Ginny Moorehead Some Came Running ‡
Jean Simmons Charlotte Bronn Home Before Dark
1959 Elizabeth Taylor Catherine Holly Suddenly, Last Summer ‡
Audrey Hepburn Sister Luke The Nun's Story ‡
Katharine Hepburn Violet Venable Suddenly, Last Summer ‡
Lee Remick Laura Manion Anatomy of a Murder
Simone Signoret Alice Aisgill Room at the Top †
1960s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1960 Greer Garson Eleanor Roosevelt Sunrise at Campobello ‡
Doris Day Kit Preston Midnight Lace
Nancy Kwan Suzie Wong The World of Suzie Wong
Jean Simmons Sharon Falconer Elmer Gantry
Elizabeth Taylor Gloria Wandrous Butterfield 8 †
1961 Geraldine Page Alma Winemiller Summer and Smoke ‡
Leslie Caron Fanny Fanny
Shirley MacLaine Martha Dobie The Children's Hour
Claudia McNeil Lena Younger A Raisin in the Sun
Natalie Wood Deanie Loomis Splendor in the Grass ‡
1962 Geraldine Page Alexandra Del Lago Sweet Bird of Youth ‡
Anne Bancroft Annie Sullivan The Miracle Worker †
Bette Davis Jane Hudson What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? ‡
Katharine Hepburn Mary Tyrone Long Day's Journey Into Night ‡
Glynis Johns Teresa Harnish The Chapman Report
Melina Mercouri Phaedra Phaedra
Lee Remick Kirsten Arnesen Clay Days of Wine and Roses ‡
Susan Strasberg Rosanna Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Shelley Winters Charlotte Haze-Humbert Lolita
Susannah York Cecily Koertner Freud
1963 Leslie Caron Jane Fosset The L-Shaped Room ‡
Polly Bergen Lorna Medford The Caretakers
Geraldine Page Carrie Berniers Toys in the Attic
Rachel Roberts Margaret Hammond This Sporting Life ‡
Romy Schneider Annemarie von Hartman The Cardinal
Alida Valli La Italiana The Paper Man
Marina Vlady Regina The Conjugal Bed
Natalie Wood Angie Rossini Love with the Proper Stranger ‡
1964 Anne Bancroft Jo Armitage The Pumpkin Eater ‡
Ava Gardner Maxine Faulk The Night of the Iguana
Rita Hayworth Lili Alfredo Circus World
Geraldine Page Evie Jackson Dear Heart
Jean Seberg Lilith Arthur Lilith
1965 Samantha Eggar Miranda Grey The Collector ‡
Julie Christie Diana Scott Darling †
Elizabeth Hartman Selina D'Arcey A Patch of Blue ‡
Simone Signoret La Condesa Ship of Fools ‡
Maggie Smith
nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Desdemona Othello ‡
1966 Anouk Aimée Anne Gauthier A Man and a Woman ‡
Ida Kaminska Rozalie Lautmann The Shop on Main Street ‡
Virginia McKenna Joy Born Free
Elizabeth Taylor Martha Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? †
Natalie Wood Alva Starr This Property Is Condemned
1967 Edith Evans Maggie Ross The Whisperers ‡
Faye Dunaway Bonnie Parker Bonnie and Clyde ‡
Audrey Hepburn Susy Hendrix Wait Until Dark ‡
Katharine Hepburn Christina Drayton Guess Who's Coming to Dinner †
Anne Heywood Ellen March The Fox
1968 Joanne Woodward Rachel Cameron Rachel, Rachel ‡
Mia Farrow Rosemary Woodhouse Rosemary's Baby
Katharine Hepburn Eleanor of Aquitaine The Lion in Winter †
Vanessa Redgrave Isadora Duncan Isadora ‡
Beryl Reid June "George" Buckridge The Killing of Sister George
1969 Geneviève Bujold Anne Boleyn Anne of the Thousand Days ‡
Jane Fonda Gloria Beatty They Shoot Horses, Don't They? ‡
Liza Minnelli Pookie Adams The Sterile Cuckoo ‡
Jean Simmons Mary Wilson The Happy Ending ‡
Maggie Smith Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie †
1970s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1970 Ali MacGraw Jennifer Cavalleri Love Story ‡
Faye Dunaway Lou Andreas Sand Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Glenda Jackson Gudrun Brangwen Women in Love †
Melina Mercouri Nina Kacew Promise at Dawn
Sarah Miles Rosy Ryan Ryan's Daughter ‡
1971 Jane Fonda Bree Daniels Klute †
Dyan Cannon Julie Messinger Such Good Friends
Glenda Jackson Elizabeth I of England Mary, Queen of Scots
Vanessa Redgrave Mary, Queen of Scots Mary, Queen of Scots ‡
Jessica Walter Evelyn Draper Play Misty For Me
1972 Liv Ullmann Kristina The Emigrants ‡
Diana Ross Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues ‡
Cicely Tyson Rebecca Morgan Sounder ‡
Trish Van Devere Aimee Brower One is a Lonely Number
Tuesday Weld Maria Wyeth Play It as It Lays
Joanne Woodward Beatrice Hunsdorfer The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1973 Marsha Mason Maggie Paul Cinderella Liberty ‡
Ellen Burstyn Chris MacNeil The Exorcist ‡
Barbra Streisand Kate Morosky The Way We Were ‡
Elizabeth Taylor Barbara Sawyer Ash Wednesday
Joanne Woodward Rita Walden Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams ‡
1974 Gena Rowlands Mabel Longhetti A Woman Under the Influence ‡
Ellen Burstyn Alice Hyatt Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore †
Faye Dunaway Evelyn Cross Mulwray Chinatown ‡
Valerie Perrine Honey Bruce Lenny ‡
Liv Ullmann Marianne Scenes From a Marriage
1975 Louise Fletcher Nurse Ratched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest †
Karen Black Faye Greener The Day of the Locust
Faye Dunaway Kathy Hale Three Days of the Condor
Marilyn Hassett Jill Kinmont The Other Side of the Mountain
Glenda Jackson Hedda Gabler Hedda ‡
1976 Faye Dunaway Diana Christensen Network †
Glenda Jackson Sarah Bernhardt The Incredible Sarah
Sarah Miles Anne Osbourne The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
Talia Shire Adrian Pennino Rocky ‡
Liv Ullmann Dr. Jenny Isaksson Face to Face ‡
1977 Jane Fonda Lillian Hellman Julia ‡
Anne Bancroft Emma Jacklin The Turning Point ‡
Diane Keaton Theresa Dunn Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Kathleen Quinlan Deborah Blake I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Gena Rowlands Myrtle Gordon Opening Night
1978 Jane Fonda Sally Hyde Coming Home †
Ingrid Bergman Charlotte Andergast Autumn Sonata ‡
Jill Clayburgh Erica An Unmarried Woman ‡
Glenda Jackson Stevie Smith Stevie
Geraldine Page Eve Interiors ‡
1979 Sally Field Norma Rae Webster Norma Rae †
Jill Clayburgh Caterina Silveri La Luna
Lisa Eichhorn Jean Moreton Yanks
Jane Fonda Kimberly Wells The China Syndrome ‡
Marsha Mason Dr. Alexandra Kendall Promises in the Dark
1980s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1980 Mary Tyler Moore Beth Jarrett Ordinary People ‡
Ellen Burstyn Edna Mae McCauley Resurrection ‡
Nastassja Kinski Tess Durbeyfield Tess
Deborah Raffin Lena Canada Touched by Love
Gena Rowlands Gloria Swenson Gloria ‡
1981 Meryl Streep Sarah Woodruff / Anna The French Lieutenant's Woman ‡
Sally Field Megan Carter Absence of Malice
Katharine Hepburn Ethel Thayer On Golden Pond †
Diane Keaton Louise Bryant Reds ‡
Sissy Spacek Nita Longley Raggedy Man
1982 Meryl Streep Sophie Zawistowska Sophie's Choice †
Diane Keaton Faith Dunlap Shoot the Moon
Jessica Lange Frances Farmer Frances ‡
Sissy Spacek Beth Horman Missing ‡
Debra Winger Paula Pokrifki An Officer and a Gentleman ‡
1983 Shirley MacLaine Aurora Greenway Terms of Endearment †
Jane Alexander Carol Amen Testament ‡
Bonnie Bedelia Shirley Roque Heart Like a Wheel
Meryl Streep Karen Silkwood Silkwood ‡
Debra Winger Emma Greenway Horton Terms of Endearment ‡
1984 Sally Field Edna Spalding Places in the Heart †
Diane Keaton Kate Soffel Mrs. Soffel
Jessica Lange Jewell Ivy Country ‡
Vanessa Redgrave Olive Chancellor The Bostonians ‡
Sissy Spacek Mae Garvey The River ‡
1985 Whoopi Goldberg Celie Johnson The Color Purple ‡
Anne Bancroft Miriam Ruth Agnes of God ‡
Cher Florence "Rusty" Dennis Mask
Geraldine Page Carrie Watts The Trip to Bountiful †
Meryl Streep Karen Blixen Out of Africa ‡
1986 Marlee Matlin Sarah Norman Children of a Lesser God †
Julie Andrews Stephanie Anderson Duet for One
Anne Bancroft Thelma Cates 'night, Mother
Farrah Fawcett Marjorie Extremities
Sigourney Weaver Ellen Ripley Aliens ‡
1987 Sally Kirkland Anna Anna ‡
Rachel Chagall Gaby Gaby: A True Story
Glenn Close Alex Forrest Fatal Attraction ‡
Faye Dunaway Wanda Wilcox Barfly
Barbra Streisand Claudia Draper Nuts
1988 Jodie Foster Sarah Tobias The Accused †
Shirley MacLaine Yuvline Sousatzka Madame Sousatzka §
Sigourney Weaver Dian Fossey Gorillas in the Mist ‡
Christine Lahti Annie Pope/Cynthia Manfield Running on Empty
Meryl Streep Lindy Chamberlain A Cry in the Dark ‡
1989 Michelle Pfeiffer Susie Diamond The Fabulous Baker Boys ‡
Sally Field M'Lynn Eatenton Steel Magnolias
Jessica Lange Ann Talbot Music Box ‡
Andie MacDowell Ann Bishop Mullany Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Liv Ullmann Gabriele The Rose Garden
1990s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
1990 Kathy Bates Annie Wilkes Misery †
Anjelica Huston Lilly Dillon The Grifters ‡
Michelle Pfeiffer Katya Orlova The Russia House
Susan Sarandon Nora Baker White Palace
Joanne Woodward India Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ‡
1991 Jodie Foster Clarice Starling The Silence of the Lambs †
Annette Bening Virginia Hill Bugsy
Geena Davis Thelma Dickinson Thelma & Louise ‡
Laura Dern Rose Rambling Rose ‡
Susan Sarandon Louise Sawyer Thelma & Louise ‡
1992 Emma Thompson Margaret Schlegel Howards End †
Mary McDonnell May-Alice Culhane Passion Fish ‡
Michelle Pfeiffer Lurene Hallett Love Field ‡
Susan Sarandon Michaela Odone Lorenzo's Oil ‡
Sharon Stone Catherine Tramell Basic Instinct
1993 Holly Hunter Ada McGrath The Piano †
Juliette Binoche Julie de Courcy Three Colors: Blue
Michelle Pfeiffer Ellen Olenska The Age of Innocence
Emma Thompson Sally Kenton The Remains of the Day ‡
Debra Winger Martha Horgan A Dangerous Woman
1994 Jessica Lange Carly Marshall Blue Sky †
Jodie Foster Nell Kellty Nell ‡
Jennifer Jason Leigh Dorothy Parker Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Miranda Richardson Vivienne Haigh-Wood Tom & Viv ‡
Meryl Streep Gail Hartman The River Wild
1995 Sharon Stone Ginger McKenna Casino ‡
Susan Sarandon Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking †
Elisabeth Shue Sera Leaving Las Vegas ‡
Meryl Streep Francesca Johnson The Bridges of Madison County ‡
Emma Thompson Elinor Dashwood Sense and Sensibility ‡
1996 Brenda Blethyn Cynthia Rose Purley Secrets & Lies ‡
Courtney Love Althea Leasure The People vs. Larry Flynt
Kristin Scott Thomas Katharine Clifton The English Patient ‡
Meryl Streep Lee Marvin's Room
Emily Watson Bess McNeill Breaking the Waves ‡
1997 Judi Dench Queen Victoria Mrs Brown ‡
Helena Bonham Carter Kate Croy The Wings of the Dove ‡
Jodie Foster Eleanor Arroway Contact
Jessica Lange Ginny Cook Smith A Thousand Acres
Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater Titanic ‡
1998 Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth I Elizabeth ‡
Fernanda Montenegro Dora Central Station ‡
Susan Sarandon Jackie Harrison Stepmom
Meryl Streep Kate Gulden One True Thing ‡
Emily Watson Jacqueline du Pré Hilary and Jackie ‡
1999 Hilary Swank Brandon Teena Boys Don't Cry †
Annette Bening Carolyn Burnham American Beauty ‡
Julianne Moore Sarah Myles The End of the Affair ‡
Meryl Streep Roberta Guaspari Music of the Heart ‡
Sigourney Weaver Alice Goodwin A Map of the World
2000s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
2000 Julia Roberts Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich †
Joan Allen Laine Hanson The Contender ‡
Björk Selma Ježková Dancer in the Dark
Ellen Burstyn Sara Goldfarb Requiem for a Dream ‡
Laura Linney Samantha "Sammy" Prescott You Can Count On Me ‡
2001 Sissy Spacek Ruth Fowler In the Bedroom ‡
Halle Berry Leticia Musgrove Monster's Ball †
Judi Dench Iris Murdoch Iris ‡
Nicole Kidman Grace Stewart The Others
Tilda Swinton Margaret Hall The Deep End
2002 Nicole Kidman † Virginia Woolf The Hours †
Salma Hayek Frida Kahlo Frida ‡
Diane Lane Connie Summer Unfaithful ‡
Julianne Moore Cathy Whitaker Far from Heaven ‡
Meryl Streep Clarissa Vaughan The Hours
2003 Charlize Theron Aileen Wuornos Monster †
Cate Blanchett Veronica Guerin Veronica Guerin
Scarlett Johansson Griet Huller Girl with a Pearl Earring
Nicole Kidman Ada Monroe Cold Mountain
Uma Thurman The Bride Kill Bill: Volume 1
Evan Rachel Wood Tracy Freeland Thirteen
2004 Hilary Swank Maggie Fitzgerald Million Dollar Baby †
Scarlett Johansson Pursy Will A Love Song for Bobby Long
Nicole Kidman Anna Wicker Birth
Imelda Staunton Vera Drake Vera Drake ‡
Uma Thurman Beatrix Kiddo (The Bride) Kill Bill: Volume 2
2005 Felicity Huffman Bree Osbourne Transamerica ‡
Maria Bello Edie Stall A History of Violence
Gwyneth Paltrow Catherine Posey Proof
Charlize Theron Josey Aimes North Country ‡
Ziyi Zhang Chiyo Sakamoto/Sayuri Nitta Memoirs of a Geisha
2006 Helen Mirren Elizabeth II The Queen †
Penélope Cruz Raimunda Paula Volver ‡
Judi Dench Barbara Covett Notes on a Scandal ‡
Maggie Gyllenhaal Sherry Swanson Sherrybaby
Kate Winslet Sarah Pierce Little Children ‡
2007 Julie Christie Fiona Anderson Away from Her ‡
Cate Blanchett Elizabeth I Elizabeth: The Golden Age ‡
Jodie Foster Erica Bain The Brave One
Angelina Jolie Mariane Pearl A Mighty Heart
Keira Knightley Cecilia Tallis Atonement
2008 Kate Winslet April Wheeler Revolutionary Road §
Anne Hathaway Kym Bachman Rachel Getting Married ‡
Angelina Jolie Christine Collins Changeling ‡
Kristin Scott Thomas Juliette Fontaine I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep Sister Aloysius Beauvier Doubt ‡
2009 Sandra Bullock Leigh Anne Tuohy The Blind Side †
Emily Blunt Queen Victoria The Young Victoria
Helen Mirren Sofya Tolstoy The Last Station ‡
Carey Mulligan Jenny Mellor An Education ‡
Gabourey Sidibe Claireece "Precious" Jones Precious ‡
2010s[edit]
Year
Actress
Character
Film
2010 Natalie Portman Nina Sayers Black Swan †
Halle Berry Frankie / Genius / Alice Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman Becca Corbett Rabbit Hole ‡
Jennifer Lawrence Ree Dolly Winter's Bone ‡
Michelle Williams Cindy Hiller Blue Valentine ‡
2011 Meryl Streep Margaret Thatcher The Iron Lady †
Glenn Close Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs ‡
Viola Davis Aibileen Clark The Help ‡
Rooney Mara Lisbeth Salander The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ‡
Tilda Swinton Eva Khatchadourian We Need to Talk About Kevin
2012 Jessica Chastain Maya Zero Dark Thirty ‡
Marion Cotillard Stéphanie Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren Alma Reville Hitchcock
Naomi Watts Maria Bennett The Impossible ‡
Rachel Weisz Hester Collyer The Deep Blue Sea
2013 Cate Blanchett Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis Blue Jasmine †
Sandra Bullock Ryan Stone Gravity ‡
Judi Dench Philomena Lee Philomena ‡
Emma Thompson P. L. Travers Saving Mr. Banks
Kate Winslet Adele Wheeler Labor Day
2014 Julianne Moore Alice Daly-Howland Still Alice †
Jennifer Aniston Claire Bennett Cake
Felicity Jones Jane Hawking The Theory of Everything ‡
Rosamund Pike Amy Elliott-Dunne Gone Girl ‡
Reese Witherspoon Cheryl Strayed Wild ‡
2015 Brie Larson Joy Newsome Room †
Cate Blanchett Carol Aird Carol ‡
Rooney Mara
nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Therese Belivet Carol ‡
Saoirse Ronan Eilis Lacey Brooklyn ‡
Alicia Vikander
won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Gerda Wegener The Danish Girl †
2016 Isabelle Huppert Michèle Leblanc Elle ‡
Amy Adams Dr. Louise Banks Arrival
Jessica Chastain Elizabeth Sloane Miss Sloane
Ruth Negga Mildred Loving Loving ‡
Natalie Portman Jackie Kennedy Jackie ‡
2017 Frances McDormand Mildred Hayes Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jessica Chastain Molly Bloom Molly's Game
Sally Hawkins Elisa Esposito The Shape of Water
Meryl Streep Kay Graham The Post
Michelle Williams Gail Harris All the Money in the World
Multiple nominees[edit]
14 nominations
Meryl Streep
6 nominations
Faye Dunaway
Katharine Hepburn
Geraldine Page
5 nominations
Anne Bancroft
Ingrid Bergman
Cate Blanchett
Jane Fonda
Jodie Foster
Glenda Jackson
Nicole Kidman
Jessica Lange
Susan Sarandon
Joanne Woodward
4 nominations
Ellen Burstyn
Judi Dench
Sally Field
Audrey Hepburn
Diane Keaton
Shirley MacLaine
Michelle Pfeiffer
Sissy Spacek
Elizabeth Taylor
Emma Thompson
Liv Ullmann
Kate Winslet
3 nominations
Jessica Chastain
Helen Mirren
Julianne Moore
Vanessa Redgrave
Gena Rowlands
Jean Simmons
Sigourney Weaver
Debra Winger
Natalie Wood
2 nominations
Annette Bening
Halle Berry
Sandra Bullock
Leslie Caron
Julie Christie
Jill Clayburgh
Glenn Close
Bette Davis
Olivia de Havilland
Scarlett Johansson
Angelina Jolie
Deborah Kerr
Anna Magnani
Rooney Mara
Marsha Mason
Melina Mercouri
Sarah Miles
Natalie Portman
Lee Remick
Rosalind Russell
Kristin Scott Thomas
Simone Signoret
Maggie Smith
Sharon Stone
Barbra Streisand
Hilary Swank
Tilda Swinton
Charlize Theron
Uma Thurman
Emily Watson
Michelle Williams
Shelley Winters
Jane Wyman
Multiple winners[edit]
3 wins
Ingrid Bergman (2 consecutive)
Jane Fonda (2 consecutive)
Meryl Streep (2 consecutive)
2 wins
Cate Blanchett
Sally Field
Jodie Foster
Shirley MacLaine
Geraldine Page (consecutive)
Rosalind Russell (consecutive)
Hilary Swank
Joanne Woodward
Jane Wyman
See also[edit]
Academy Award for Best Actress
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress
Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
References[edit]
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1940s
Jennifer Jones (1943)
Ingrid Bergman (1944)
Ingrid Bergman (1945)
Rosalind Russell (1946)
Rosalind Russell (1947)
Jane Wyman (1948)
Olivia de Havilland (1949)
1950s
Gloria Swanson (1950)
Jane Wyman (1951)
Shirley Booth (1952)
Audrey Hepburn (1953)
Grace Kelly (1954)
Anna Magnani (1955)
Ingrid Bergman (1956)
Joanne Woodward (1957)
Susan Hayward (1958)
Elizabeth Taylor (1959)
1960s
Greer Garson (1960)
Geraldine Page (1961)
Geraldine Page (1962)
Leslie Caron (1963)
Anne Bancroft (1964)
Samantha Eggar (1965)
Anouk Aimée (1966)
Edith Evans (1967)
Joanne Woodward (1968)
Geneviève Bujold (1969)
1970s
Ali MacGraw (1970)
Jane Fonda (1971)
Liv Ullmann (1972)
Marsha Mason (1973)
Gena Rowlands (1974)
Louise Fletcher (1975)
Faye Dunaway (1976)
Jane Fonda (1977)
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1980s
Mary Tyler Moore (1980)
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Shirley MacLaine (1983)
Sally Field (1984)
Whoopi Goldberg (1985)
Marlee Matlin (1986)
Sally Kirkland (1987)
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1990s
Kathy Bates (1990)
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Emma Thompson (1992)
Holly Hunter (1993)
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Brenda Blethyn (1996)
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2000s
Julia Roberts (2000)
Sissy Spacek (2001)
Nicole Kidman (2002)
Charlize Theron (2003)
Hilary Swank (2004)
Felicity Huffman (2005)
Helen Mirren (2006)
Julie Christie (2007)
Kate Winslet (2008)
Sandra Bullock (2009)
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Natalie Portman (2010)
Meryl Streep (2011)
Jessica Chastain (2012)
Cate Blanchett (2013)
Julianne Moore (2014)
Brie Larson (2015)
Isabelle Huppert (2016)
Frances McDormand (2017)
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Death Valley '49ers
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"Lost 49ers" and "Lost Forty-niners" redirect here. For the book by William Lewis Manly, see Death Valley in '49.
The monument in Burnt Wagons, California, marking the site where the group killed their oxen and burned their wagons
The Death Valley '49ers were a group of pioneers from the Eastern United States that endured a long and difficult journey during the late 1840s California Gold Rush to prospect in the Sutter's Fort area of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada in California. Their route from Utah went through the Great Basin Desert in Nevada, and Death Valley and the Mojave Desert in Southern California, in attempting to reach the Gold Country.
Contents
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1 The Gold Rush
2 The start
3 The parties split up
4 Lost pioneers in Death Valley
5 See also
6 Citations
7 References
8 External links
The Gold Rush[edit]
Main article: California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall and his crew found gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. This discovery would lure tens of thousands of people from the United States and foreign nations. People packed their belongings and began to travel by covered wagon to what they hoped would be new and better life. Since the first great influx of these pioneers began in 1849, they are generally referred to as 49ers.[1]
The start[edit]
California Trail
In the Fall of 1846, the Donner Party had pioneered the Hastings Cutoff of the California Trail through what would become, the next year, Salt Lake City. Blazing the new route had slowed the group, who reached the Sierra Nevada late in the fall. A storm trapped them in the mountains, a disastrous event.[2] The stories of the Donner Party were still fresh on everyone's mind when a group of wagons arrived at Salt Lake City in early fall, 1849. This was too late to reach the Sierra Nevada in time to cross the mountains without risk of being similarly trapped, so it appeared the group would have to wait out the winter in Salt Lake City. They heard about the Old Spanish Trail, a route that went around the south end of the Sierras and was safe to travel in the winter. It was not certain if wagons could take the route, but some had recently headed for the trail to try, so the group found a guide by name of Jefferson Hunt who had previously traveled the route and agreed to lead them. These individuals would become part of a story of human suffering in a place which they named Death Valley.[1]
The first several days of travel from their gathering point near Provo, Utah went well at first. They traveled south along the present course of Interstate 15 to reach the Spanish Trail, which intersects I-15 at about present day Parowan, Utah but upon reaching the Beaver River about 30 miles north of Parowan, Hunt tried a route along which he had never personally traveled. He had previously traveled up the Spanish Trail from California with Porter Rockwell, and Rockwell had left the trail some miles west of where it intersected the I-15 corridor and taken a different route,[3] presumably cutting off several miles from the trip. The party traveled west down the Beaver River, to present day Minersville, Utah, where they camped for two nights to rest and prepare for a long stretch with no water. They then turned south and traveled twelves miles and made a dry camp, from which Hunt continued southwest across the Escalante Desert to find the Spanish Trail and locate a water source along it, to which he could lead the train directly from their present position. While the group waited for Hunt, they ended up driving their stock back to the river for water. Hunt ultimately could not find water, he almost died from thirst trying, and the party ended up turning back.[4] and continued down the I-15 corridor over the difficult Beaver Ridge to the Parowan Valley, where they camped near Little Salt Lake. The attempted shortcut had cost them seven days, which would strain their provisions for the rest of the trip.
The parties split up[edit]
1849 Map depicting the Spanish Trail and Walker Pass.
The group's confidence in Hunt was diminished by the gaff at the Beaver River, and while in camp, a man by the name of Orson K. Smith rode in with a group taking a pack train and showed some of the people a map made by Elijah Barney Ward, a former trapper who had trailed stolen horses from California over Walker Pass.[5] The map showed a route from the Escalante Desert to the pass. After Smith and the pack train had left with the map, intending to take the trail themselves, discussion continued. Everyone agreed that the Ward route would cut off 500 miles from their journey so most of the 107 wagons decided to follow Smith. The party proceeded to the Spanish Trail and turned west, and when, at the end of October, they reached a point near present-day Enterprise, Utah, where the Jefferson Hunt Monument has been constructed to commemorate this historic event,[3] most of the wagons continued west while a handful turned south to follow the Spanish Trail with Hunt. Those that struck out on Ward route soon found themselves confronted with the precipitous obstacle of Beaver Dam Wash, a gaping canyon on the present-day Utah–Nevada state line (Beaver Dam State Park, Nevada). Smith and the pack train had been able to traverse the canyon, but the wagons could not.[5]
Most of the people became discouraged and turned back to join Jefferson Hunt, all but about 20 wagons decided to continue on. Despite the fact that the group didn't have a reliable map, they decided to continue on thinking that all they had to do was go west and they would eventually find the pass. It took several days to find a route for the wagons around the canyon, after which the group passed through the area of present-day Panaca, Nevada,[1] and crossed over "Bennetts Pass" to Del Mar Valley. Here they started having difficulty finding water but eventually found their way to Crystal Springs in the Pahranagat Valley. They continued over Hancock Summit into Tikaboo Valley[citation needed] and then on to Groom Lake, now encompassed by Area 51. At Groom Lake they got into a dispute on which way to go. One group—the Bennett-Arcan party—wanted to head south toward the distant, snow-clad Mt. Charleston in hopes of finding a good water source. The other group—the Jayhawkers—wanted to stay with the original plan of traveling west. The group eventually split and went their separate ways but they both were to have two things in common. They were both saved from dying of thirst by a snow storm and they both ended up meeting again[1] at Ash Meadows in the Amargosa Desert of the Amargosa Valley located east of Death Valley. From here they continued on, following the Amargosa River bed[citation needed] to present-day Death Valley Junction, California, and then along the same route followed by current California State Route 190 past the Funeral Mountains.[1]
Lost pioneers in Death Valley[edit]
On Christmas Eve of 1849, the group arrived at Travertine Springs in the west-facing canyon of the Amargosa Range, located about a mile from Furnace Creek Wash in Death Valley itself.[1]
The lost pioneers had now been traveling across the desert for about two months since leaving the Old Spanish Trail. Their oxen were weak from lack of forage and their wagons were in poor shape. They too were weary and discouraged but their worst problem was not the valley that lay before them. It was the towering Panamint Range mountains to the west that stood like an impenetrable wall as far as could be seen in both directions.
They decided to head toward what appeared to be a pass to the north near present-day Stovepipe Wells, but after discovering this was also impassable, decided they were going to have to leave their wagons and belongings behind and walk to civilization. They slaughtered several oxen and used the wood of their wagons to cook the meat and make jerky. The place where they did this is today referred to as "Burned Wagons Camp", present day Burnt Wagons, and is located near the sand dunes of Death Valley. From here, they began climbing toward Towne Pass and then turned south over Emigrant Pass to Wildrose Canyon in the Panamint Range.[1] After crossing the mountains and dropping down into Panamint Valley, they turned south and climbed a small pass into Searles Valley, with Searles Lake, before making their way into Indian Wells Valley near present-day Ridgecrest. It was here that they finally got their first look at the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They turned south, probably following a trail and traveled across Fremont Valley, close to the same route followed by current California State Route 14. Ironically, they walked right by Walker Pass, present-day California State Route 178 to Lake Isabella, the mountain pass they had set out to look for almost three months earlier. [1]
Passing by Walker Pass, they entered into what was to become the worst part of their journey, across the Mojave Desert and its Antelope Valley. This is a region with very few water sources to be found. The only things that saved them from dying of thirst were a few puddles of water and ice from a recent storm. Eventually they found their way over a pass in the Sierra Pelona Mountains near Palmdale, and, following the Santa Clara River, were finally discovered and rescued by Mexican Californios cowboys from Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando, located near present-day Santa Clarita Valley.[6]
See also[edit]
Death Valley
Death Valley National Park
Geology of the Death Valley area
Places of interest in the Death Valley area
History of California through 1899
William L. Manly
John Haney Rogers
Citations[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "The Lost '49ers". National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
Jump up ^ Chalfant, p. 18
^ Jump up to: a b http://www.utahsdixie.info/hs/l03-hunt.html
Jump up ^ Lyman, Edward Leo (2004). The Overland Journey. Reno and Las Vegas: University of Nevada Press. p. 63. ISBN 0874177529.
^ Jump up to: a b Lingenfelter, Richard E. (1988). Death Valley and the Amargosa: A Land of Illusion. University of California Press,. p. 34.
Jump up ^ Reynolds, Jerry. "Paradise Found". Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
References[edit]
Chalfant, Willie Arthur (1953). Death Valley The Facts. Stanford University Press.
External links[edit]
Death_Valley_49ers-org: Nonprofit group commemorating The Death Valley '49ers
Death Valley in '49 by William Lewis Manly
Map of the Gold Regions of California, Showing the Routes via Chagres and Panama, Cape Horn, &c.
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