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Injustice accused over Bridger portrayal in The Covered Wagon
Virginia Bridger Hahn, sole child of Bridger’s second wife, sues Famous Players Lasky and Paramount Pictures in Kansas court for 1 million dollars over Jim Bridger’s screen depiction in Emerson Hough’s The Covered Wagon. The suit questions polygamy claims and notes Dodge’s 1905 biography states Bridger had three wives, with the second wife alive during the 1848 Oregon expedition.
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Jim Bridger
Montana
Virginia Bridger Hahn
Kansas City
Kan
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Emerson Hough
Bridger
Montana Historical Society
Oregon
Hough
Grenville M. Dodge
Dodge
Robert Campbell
St. Louis
Josephine
Santa Fe
Fort Bridger
Mary
Indian Territory
William
Boone
Waldo
Station
Plains
Missouri
General Dodge
Virginia K. Washman
Salt Lake
Great Salt Lake