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Bridger the Frontiersman who Discovered the Great Salt Lake
A long profile recalls James Bridger born 1804 in Richmond Virginia and his rise from a blacksmith apprentice to a famed frontiersman with Andrew Henry and William Ashley. The article details the Rocky Mountain Fur Company expedition of 1822, the group’s explorations from Missouri to the Pacific, and Bridger’s pivotal role in discovering and mapping western routes and the Great Salt Lake.
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Bridger
Mot
Great Salt Lake
Far West
Missouri Republican
St. Louis
Rocky Mountain
James Bridger
Andrew Henry
William Ashley
Ashley and
Henry
Europe
Lewis and Clark
Richmond
Mississippi
Misouri
Missouri
Yellowstone River
Young Bridger
Missouri Fur Company
Manuel Lisa
Three Forks
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Edward Rose
Crow Country
Louis Vasquez
William L. Sublette
Hugh Glass
Thomas Fitzpatrick
David Jackson
Jackson’s Hole
Yellowstone Park
Jedediah 8. Smith
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Canada
Chihuahua
Ashley
Sublette
Green River
Wyoming
Interior Basin
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Columbia
Colorado River
Gulf of California
Weber
Bear Rivers
Bear River
Virginia City
Mont
Pacific Ocean
Salt Lake
Ashley-Henry
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Fitzpatrick
Platte
Green
Yellowstone
Snake Rivers
South Pass
Colter
Yellowstone Wonderland
California
Sierras
Utah
Nevada
San Francisco
Columbia River
Fort
Black’s Fork
West
Westport
Kansas City