The Museum of the Mountain Man, in partnership with art collector Tim Peterson, is pleased to present one of the largest collections of original contemporary art of the mountain men. The exhibit will be on display for the 2024 season, May through October. It is titled “One Wi...
In 1853, Louis Vasquez a good friend and business partner of Jim Bridger, had this 40 caliber half-stock rifle engraved J. Bridger 1853, and presented it to Jim for reasons still unknown. Perhaps it had something to do with their long business association or possibly it was due...
Permanent Exhibit Upper Gallery This exhibit offers a broad overview of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains and specifically the Green River Valley between 1820 and 1840. Displays include trappers’ equipment on loan from the American Mountain Men Association, a diorama of a Re...
Permanent Exhibit Upper Gallery In life, Hugh Glass became a mountain man. In history, Hugh Glass evolved into a legend of the Rocky Mountain fur trade. In Hollywood’s film, The Revenant, Hugh Glass emerged as a larger-than-life character of the American West. As such, Glas...
The most powerful short bow of the Native American horse culture, sheephorn bows were backed and wrapped with sinew for increased strength and recoil. Such a bow was a prized possession. ...
One of the highlights of the Museum of the Mountain Man is the full-scale replica of American Horse’s tipi, which stands in the center rotunda of the museum’s main exhibit gallery. The 20′ diameter, brain-tanned buffalo hide tipi is one of the few buffalo-hide tipis in...
Permanent Exhibit Upper Gallery Theater The Winchester Arms Collectors Association introduced its first commemorative repeating rifles in 1964, coinciding with the Wyoming Diamond Jubilee. Each commemorative specifically honors a significant person, group, event, or institution i...
