Frederick Russell Burnham

Major Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO

Burnham close-up, signed: Faithfully Yours, F. R. Burnham

Major Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO. National Portrait Gallery, London.

Burnham in Arizona, 1881.

F.R. Burnham, the American Scout serving with Lord Roberts in South Africa.

Ogden's cigarette card, featuring the Scout Burnham in the Great Generals of the Boer War series.

Ogden's Guinea Gold cigarette card: Mr. Burnham (the famous American Scout now with Lord Roberts). London, 1900.

Burnham in London, 1894.

British Army Chief of Scouts, South Africa, 1900.

Robert Baden-Powell and Frederick Russell Burnham

Burnham, Churchill, et.al, on S.S. Dunottar Castle returning from Boer War

Winston Spencer Churchill, Judd Dunning Blick, John Charles Blick, Frederick Russell Burnham, and the Earl of Kent. Egypt, 1910.

Burnham (close-up; middle) in Africa, 1893, First Matabele War.

Scouts in First Matabele War, 1893.

Burnham fishing with Charles F. Holder in Senora, Mexico, 1913.

Burnham & Armstrong After the assassination of Mlimo, Second Matabele War.

Another sketch of the Burnham & Armstrong escape after shooting Mlimo (published: Aug 16, 1896)

Sketch of Burnham by Robert Baden-Powell

British Army sketch of Burnham shooting Mlimo (published: Aug 16, 1896)

Sketch of Burnham killing Mlimo, by Robert Baden-Powell

Pearson's magazine sketch of Burnham shooting Mlimo (published: 1901)

Sketch of Frederick Burnham shooting a Matabele warrior while scouting with the Shangani Patrol (Dec 3, 1893).

Burnham's escape from the Boer (April 1900)

Frederic William Unger's sketch of Burnham on horseback (1901)

Burnham blowing-up the Boer railroad during the march to Pretoria, 1901.

Frederick Russell Burnham and his eldest son Roderick Deane Burnham

Blanche Blick Burnham in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, 1896.

Rod Burnham in Skagway, Alaska, 1900.

Rod Burnham on snowshoes, Skagway, Alaska, 1900.

Rod Burnham. University of Arizona, football team captain. c1910.

Burnham family: Fred, Blanche, Rod, Isabel, Martha (child). c1920.

Roderick Deane Burnham, Fred Burnham's eldest son. Southern California, 1921.

Rebecca Elizabeth Russell Burnham-Clapp (1843-1905). Fred Burnham's mother.

Burnham's four grandchildren: Begay Burnham Atkinson (1941- ; standing); Karen "Wren" Burnham Breedlove (1945- ); Martha "Marta" Burnham Burleigh (1910-1998); Frederick Russell Burnham II (1945- ). Dec 27, 1997.

Burnham great-grandson: Russell Adam Burnham (1979- ) - U.S. Army Soldier of the Year, 2003; U.S. Army Medical Command NCO of the Year, 2007.

Map of Scout Trail which connects Mt. Burnham to Mt. Baden-Powell. San Gabriel Mountains, California, US.

British South Africa Company medal with Rhodesia clasp. Side inscription: Scout F.R. Burnham. Victoria Column.

Fort Marquand, between Bulawayo and Mafeking, built by Major Burnham during the Second Matabele War, 1896.

Burnham, Chief of Scouts, serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War, 1900.

Second photo of Burnham, Chief of Scouts, serving in South Africa during the Second Boer War, 1900.

Burnham arrives with Lord Roberts in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, after his first capture and escape from the Boers. Published 9 June 1900.

Burnham home in Pasadena, California, 1906.

Burnham during his expedition along the Yaqui River, Mexico, 1906.

Burnham's 5,000-acre La Cuesta cattle ranch at Three Rivers, California, near the entrance to Sequoia Park. 1908.

Burnham standing next to the Esperanza Stone of Mayan origin, discovered by Burnham in Mexico in 1909.

Esperanza Stone. Burnham (left), Charles Frederick Holder (right). Yaqui Delta, Senora, Mexico, 1909.

Fred and Blanche Burnham at their home in Hollywoodland, California. 1930s.

Burnham in his office, Hollywoodland, California. 1930s.

Burnham at his home in Hollywoodland, California. 1930s.

Burnham on his eightieth birthday being honored by the Boy Scouts of America in Carlsbad Caverns, NM. 11 May 1941

Mt. Burnham: Summit and ridge