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Bookmark or Share- 6 Legendary Mountain Men of the American Frontier | HISTORYJim Bridger. In 1822, 18-year-old Jim Bridger joined up with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company on a trapping expedition along the Missouri River.
- Jim Bridger: Trailblazing Raconteur & Mountain Man of the WestSitting around evening campfires, Jim Bridger, one of the Old West’s funniest trail guides, frontiersmen, trappers, and explorers, regaled greenhorns and pioneers with stories of his exploits and the oddities of nature he witnessed on his travels — mixed in with a hefty helping of his outlandish tall tales.
- Jim Bridger - WikipediaRaynolds Expedition. James Felix "Jim" Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was known as Old Gabe in his later years. [1]
- Jim Bridger: Yellowstone’s Spinner of Tall Tales | U.S ...During his adventures in the American West, Bridger would be among one of the first European-Americans to witness the wonders of Yellowstone. Bridger was known to stretch the truth, as was made clear by many of his tales regarding the Yellowstone wilderness.
- Jim Bridger | Mountain Man, Trapper, Explorer | BritannicaJim Bridger (born March 17, 1804, Richmond, Va., U.S.—died July 17, 1881, near Kansas City, Mo.) was an American fur trader, frontiersman, scout, the “mountain man” par excellence. In 1812, Bridger’s father, a surveyor and an innkeeper, moved his family to an Illinois farm near St. Louis, Mo.
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