Mountain man
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A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness and makes his living from hunting, fishing and trapping. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 t
Jim Bridger, one of the most famous mountain men
Fur trading at Fort Nez Percé in 1841
The Trapper's Bride shows a trapper, Francois, paying $600 in trade goods for an Indian woman to be his wife, ca. 1837, by Alfred Jacob Miller.
Seth Kinman, a notable 19th century mountain man who claimed to have hunted down around 800 grizzly bears
Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located mainly in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. The park is know
Mountain man
…of Ashley's Hundred exploring the Upper Missouri River area. He was among the first non-natives to see the geysers and other natural wonders of the Yellowstone region. He is also considered one of the first men of European descent, along with Étienne Provost, to see the Great Salt Lake, which because of its…
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Exposed rock at Obsidian Cliff
Colter's Hell near Cody, Wyoming, one of the first geothermal sites to be spotted by mountain men
Hayden Geological Survey at Yellowstone Lake. Illustration by William Henry Jackson, 1871