Download or read book Fort Bridger Wyoming written by Robert Spurrier Ellison and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Bridger a Brief History written by Robert Spurrier Ellison and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Bridger Wyoming a Brief History written by Robert Spurrier Ellison and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Bridger Wyoming written by Robert Spurrier Ellison and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Bridger Wyoming written by Hunt Janin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-01-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly fifty years, Fort Bridger played a role in all major events of the 19th century Rocky Mountain frontier and westering experience. Founded in 1842 by mountain man Jim Bridger, this southwestern Wyoming post was one of the most important outfitting points for travelers on the Oregon Trail, riders of the Pony Express, the Overland Stage, and the Union Pacific Railroad. Trappers, buffalo hunters, Forty-niners, soldiers and outlaws would pass through what is now the Fort Bridger State Historic Site. This post, or fort, is used as a basis for an illustrated account of the Rocky Mountain West. The book explores reasons why American Indian behavior varied between helpfulness and aggression toward mountain men and emigrants. Also detailed are weapons of the frontier, Fort Bridger's role in the 1857 Mormon War, the 1867 Wind River Mountains gold rush, and the Great Diamond Hoax of 1872. Several appendices are presented, including a discussion of gender in the westering movement and a selected chronology of frontier history. Interesting and highly detailed excerpts are taken from such primary sources as a trapper's journal and an 1850 account of buffalo butchering.
Download or read book History of Fort Bridger written by Christopher Comstock Miner and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sent to H.H. Bancroft under cover of a letter by Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Chambers, commander of the post (in consequence of which Bancroft termed Chambers the author) Another copy is in the Fort Bridger Post Records, National Archives (in Bancroft as part of Film P-M 226) A brief history of the post since the days of the trappers, with emphasis on its military history from 1857, principally recording changes in command, "compiled from existing post records."
Download or read book Fort Bridger written by Ephriam D. Dickson III and Mark J. Nelson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Fort Bridger represents a microcosm of the development of the American West. Situated in an area initially inhabited by the Shoshone people, Fort Bridger was established during a transitional phase between the fur-trade era and the period of western migration. The fort became one of the most important supply points along the nation's western trail network. Later, the post served as a bastion of civilization as one of a number of western military posts. Soldiers at the fort protected not only the lives and property of its local citizenry but also the emerging transportation and communication advancements of a nation. Following the Army's departure, a small settlement emerged at Fort Bridger, using buildings and materials from the old military garrison. Today, the fort and town remain active, in part as a respite for travelers just as it had been more than 150 years ago.
Download or read book Jim Bridger written by Jerry Enzler and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even among iconic frontiersmen like John C. Frémont, Kit Carson, and Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger stands out. A mountain man of the American West, straddling the fur trade era and the age of exploration, he lived the life legends are made of. His adventures are fit for remaking into the tall tales Bridger himself liked to tell. Here, in a biography that finally gives this outsize character his due, Jerry Enzler takes this frontiersman’s full measure for the first time—and tells a story that would do Jim Bridger proud. Born in 1804 and orphaned at thirteen, Bridger made his first western foray in 1822, traveling up the Missouri River with Mike Fink and a hundred enterprising young men to trap beaver. At twenty he “discovered” the Great Salt Lake. At twenty-one he was the first to paddle the Bighorn River’s Bad Pass. At twenty-two he explored the wonders of Yellowstone. In the following years, he led trapping brigades into Blackfeet territory; guided expeditions of Smithsonian scientists, topographical engineers, and army leaders; and, though he could neither read nor write, mapped the tribal boundaries for the Great Indian Treaty of 1851. Enzler charts Bridger’s path from the fort he built on the Oregon Trail to the route he blazed for Montana gold miners to avert war with Red Cloud and his Lakota coalition. Along the way he married into the Flathead, Ute, and Shoshone tribes and produced seven children. Tapping sources uncovered in the six decades since the last documented Bridger biography, Enzler’s book fully conveys the drama and details of the larger-than-life history of the “King of the Mountain Men.” This is the definitive story of an extraordinary life.
Download or read book Wyoming a Guide to Its History Highways and People written by and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the famous American Guide Series of the Work Projects Administration in 1941, Wyoming: A Guide remains a distinguished survey of the state, its centers of interest, and its history. Now issued in paperback for the first time, it can introduce to new readers the geographic spectacle and pioneer history that continue to shape the character of Wyoming. A new introduction by T. A. Larson, author of History of Wyoming, updates the Guide and evaluates changes seen in the state since the book was first published. Valuable to the resident as a reference to the state's many treasures, and useful to the tourist who wants to know more than the road signs tell, Wyoming: A Guide commemorates those who passed through to the West and those who stayed to forge a state in the heart of the frontier.
Download or read book Historic Fort Bridger written by Wyoming. State Archives and Historical Department and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fort Bridger Historic Site written by Wyoming. State Archives and Historical Department and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Wyoming from the Earliest Known Discoveries written by Charles G. Coutant and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Wyoming and the Far West written by Charles G. Coutant and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Wyoming written by Ichabod Sargent Bartlett and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Meet Jim Bridger written by Laura Dahlquist and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To give the busy traveler a sketch of the history of Fort Bridger, and of James Bridger, the man who founded it" -- "Author's aim," page 2.
Download or read book History of Wyoming Second Edition written by T. A. Larson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1990-08-01 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The History of Wyoming" explains detailed information of territorial and state developments. This second edition also includes the post-World War II chapters containing discussion about the economy, society, culture and politics not included on the previous edition.
Download or read book Fort Bridger written by Ephriam D. Dickson III and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Fort Bridger represents a microcosm of the development of the American West. Situated in an area initially inhabited by the Shoshone people, Fort Bridger was established during a transitional phase between the fur-trade era and the period of western migration. The fort became one of the most important supply points along the nations western trail network. Later, the post served as a bastion of civilization as one of a number of western military posts. Soldiers at the fort protected not only the lives and property of its local citizenry but also the emerging transportation and communication advancements of a nation. Following the Armys departure, a small settlement emerged at Fort Bridger, using buildings and materials from the old military garrison. Today, the fort and town remain active, in part as a respite for travelers just as it had been more than 150 years ago.
