Everett Ruess, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934)
Everett Ruess (March 28, 1914 – circa November 1934) was an American artist, poet, and writer. He carried out solo explorations of the High Sierra, the California coast, and the deserts of the American Southwest. In 1934, he disappeared while traveling through a remote area of Utah; his fate remains unknown.