Like gold dust on the mining frontier, beaver pelts acted as the medium of exchange in the mountains. Unique to the Amer…
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Mountain Men The men that left an indelible mark on American and world history.
The first white men to venture “across the wide Missouri” were awed by the breathtaking sight of the majestic Rocky Moun…
The Rendezvous
Like gold dust in the mining camps, beaver fur was the medium of exchange in the mountains. In 1825 William Ashley came …
The Free Trappers
The Free Trapper was a uniquely American innovation in the fur trade and were known as the “Aristocrats” of the trade. T…
Jedidiah Smith
Life in the wilderness took a heavy toll on the health and often the lives of the mountain men. Those hardy trappers, w…