George St.John Croghan -- invented a pack saddle for mules to carry wounded men over mountain passes
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GeorgeCroghan was born in Dublin, Ireland around 1720, moved to Colonial America in 1741, and became a fur trader in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Croghan led a group of speculators, including Benjamin Franklin and his son William Franklin in land schemes in the Ohio Country, the Illinois Country and New York.
Croghan's grandson, Augustin Prevost of Cooperstown, New York was aboard the Liverpool packet Albion when it went down in the September Gale of 1822.
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