James Allen (1806-1846)


 * 1829 Graduate of US Army Academy in West Point
 * Member in the 1832 Schoolcraft expedition to find the headwaters of the Mississippi
 * Commander of Fort Sanford to patrol the Sac and Fox indian agency
 * Commander of Fort Des Moines which was then became the core of the city Des Moines
 * Organized the Mormon Battalion in 1846
 * First US Army officer to be buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery

Namesake[edit] Allens Bay on Cass Lake in the State of Minnesota is named in his honor.[2]