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Jim Bridger, By J. Cecil Alter
James Bridger, early western fur trapper, master mountaineer, Indian frontiersman, U. S. Army scout and guide, was a notable figure in a series of dated pursuits, each one marking a unique epoch never to occur again in American history. A blacksmith’s apprenticeship in old St. Louis disciplined him for earning a living the hard way. Nearly half of Bridger’s mountain companions succumbed to violent death; only unusual skills and uncanny luck preserved him.
“Already a classic, Jim Bridger moves into the ranks of the masterpieces of mountain men literature. Would that all of this reckless breed had been served so well by their biographers as Mr. Alter serves Jim…For everybody who is interested in the real West and the real Jim Bridger this biography…is a must.” -California Historical Society Quarterly
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Jim Bridger – By J. Cecil Alter
J. Cecil Alter tells us Jim Bridger “was among the first white men to use the Indian trail over South Pass; he was first to taste the waters of the Great Salt Lake, first to report a two-ocean stream, foremost in describing the Yellowstone Park phenomena, and the only man to run the Big Horn River rapid on a raft; and he originally selected the Crow Creek-Sherman-Dale Creek route through the Laramie Mountains and Bridger’s Pass over the Continental Divide, which were adopted by the Union Pacific Railroad.
ISBN: 978-0-8061-1509-2
358 Pages
Softback
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2”
University of Oklahoma Press, 1962