“Our journey on will be still more difficult, on account of food. In a few days from this place, buffalo cease entirely, and no game is to be found in the country. To remedy the evil we have to dry and pack meat here for the journey.” Henry H. Spalding’s sentiment was typical of the Mountain Men, like Kit Carson, who headed to the Rocky Mountains in 1836. They blazed trails across the American West, crossing the Rockies via South Pass, first discovered by members of John Jacob As
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