Jim Bridger
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A trail guide, a fur tracker and hunter and a fur trader. Jim
Bridger may have been one of the best outdoorsmen of all times. James
Bridger was born on March 17, 1804. In 1812 Jim's parents moved to the
vicinity of St. Louis. He was orphaned at age 12 and became a blacksmiths
apprentice. In 1 ....
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him. Bridger's vast knowledge of many trails gave him a job as a scout and
he helped the army when fighting the Indians. Bridger strongly opposed the
Mormons and guided United State troops into Utah during a conflict that has
been called the Utah war or Mormon war. In 1865 he guided the powder river
expedition. And also became the first person to measure the bozeman trail
(600 miles) from fort laramie, Wyoming to Virginia City, Montana.
James Bridger was just about the most fam ....
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