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This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen of the North American frontier, known as "Mountain Men", from 1807–1848.
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Name | Life | Years active | Country of origin | Comments | Ref. |
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James "Grizzly" Adams | 1812–1860 | 1849–1856 | ![]() |
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John Albert | 1806–1899 | 1834–1847 | ![]() |
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William Henry Ashley | 1778–1838 | 1822–1828 | ![]() |
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Jim Baker | 1818–1898 | 1839–1873 | ![]() |
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James Beckwourth | 1798–1866 | 1824–1866 | ![]() |
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Charles Bent | 1799–1847 | 1828–1846 | ![]() |
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William Bent | 1809–1869 | 1826–1869 | ![]() |
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Thomas Biggs | 1812–1855 | 1835–1855 | |||
Black Beaver | 1806–1880 | ||||
Jim Bridger | 1804–1881 | 1822–1868 | ![]() |
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Joseph Bissonet dit Bijou | 1778–1836 | 1812–1836 | ![]() |
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Joseph Bissonette | 1818–1894 | ||||
Benjamin Bonneville | 1796–1878 | 1832–1835 | ![]() |
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Kootenay Brown | 1839–1916 | 1862–1910 | ![]() |
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Robert Campbell | 1804–1879 | 1825–1835 | ![]() |
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Kit Carson | 1809–1868 | 1825–1868 | ![]() |
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Jean Baptiste Charbonneau | 1805–1866 | 1829–1866 | ![]() |
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James Clyman | 1792–1880 | 1823–1848 | ![]() |
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John Colter | 1774–1813 | 1803–1810 | ![]() |
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William Craig | 1807–1869 | ![]() |
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Alexander Culbertson | 1809–1879 | 1833–1879 | |||
Andrew Drips | 1789–1860 | ||||
George Drouillard | 1774–1810 | 1804–1810 | ![]() |
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George W. Ebbert | 1810–1890 | 1823–1836 | ![]() |
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Warren Angus Ferris | 1810–1873 | ![]() |
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Jacques Raphael "Jocko" Finlay | 1768–1828 | 1806–1828 | ![]() |
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William O. "LeGros" Fallon | d. 1848 | 1826–1848 | ![]() |
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Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick | 1799–1854 | ||||
Henry Fraeb | d. 1841 | 1829–1841 | |||
Lucien Fontenelle | 1800–1840 | 1819–1840 | |||
John Charles Fremont | 1813–1890 | 1838–1849 | ![]() |
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Andrew Garcia | ![]() |
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Hugh Glass | 1780–1833 | 1800–1833 | |||
Antoine Godin | 1805–1836 | 1817–1836 | ![]() |
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Miles Goodyear | 1817–1849 | 1836–1847 | ![]() |
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Isaac Graham | 1800–1863 | 1830–1840 | ![]() |
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Caleb Greenwood | 1763–1850 | 1810–1834 | ![]() |
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William Thomas Hamilton | 1822–1908 | [3] | |||
Moses Harris | 1800–1849 | [4] | |||
Boone Helm | 1828–1864 | 1850–1864 | ![]() |
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Major Andrew Henry | 1775–1832 | 1809–1824 | ![]() |
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Antoine Janis | 1822–1890 | 1836–1858 | |||
Seth Kinman | 1815–1888 | 1849–1864 | ![]() |
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James Kirker | 1793–1852 | 1822–1849 | ![]() |
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Zenas Leonard | 1809–1857 | 1831–1857 | ![]() |
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Antoine Leroux | 1803-1861 | 1822-1861 | ![]() |
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Liver-Eating Johnson | 1824–1900 | ![]() |
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Ben Lilly | 1856–1936 | ![]() |
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Manuel Lisa | 1772–1820 | 1789–1820 | |||
Lancaster Lupton | 1807–1885 | 1835–1844 | ![]() |
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Mariano Medina | 1812–1878 | [1] | |||
Joseph Meek | 1810–1875 | 1828–1850 | ![]() |
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Stephen Meek | 1805–1889 | 1827–1889 | ![]() |
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James "Bear" Moore | 1850–1924 | [5] | |||
Robert "Doc" Newell | 1807–1869 | 1829–1869 | |||
George Nidever | 1802–1883 | 1830–1853 | ![]() |
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Peter Skene Ogden | 1794–1854 | 1809–1847 | ![]() |
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James Ohio Pattie | 1804–1851? | 1824–1830 | ![]() |
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Etienne Provost | 1785-1850 | 1822-1830 | ![]() |
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Osborne Russell | 1814–1892 | 1834–1845 | ![]() |
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George Ruxton | 1821–1848 | ![]() |
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Rufus Sage | 1817–1893 | 1841–1844 | ![]() |
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Jedediah Smith | 1799–1831 | 1822–1831 | ![]() |
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"Blackfoot" John Smith | 1810–18?? | ||||
Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith | 1801–1866 | ![]() |
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Nat Straw | 1857–1941 | [10] | |||
Montague Stevens | 1859–1953 | ![]() |
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Ceran St. Vrain | 1802–1870 | ![]() |
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Milton Sublette | 1801–1837 | 1823–1835 | ![]() |
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William Sublette | 1799–1845 | 1823–1832 | ![]() |
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Thomas Tate Tobin | 1823–1904 | 1837–1878 | ![]() |
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Elbridge Trask | 1815–1863 | 1835–1852 | ![]() |
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Louis Vasquez | 1798–1868 | 1723–1858 | [1] | ||
Joseph R. Walker | 1798–1876 | 1832–1863 | ![]() |
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Pauline Weaver | 1797–1867 | 1830–1867 | ![]() |
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John Henry Weber | 1779–1859 | 1822–1840 | ![]() |
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William Sherley "Old Bill" Williams | 1787–1849 | 1812–1849 | ![]() |
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Dick Wooten | 1816–1893 | ![]() |
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Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth | 1802–1856 | 1832–1837 | ![]() |
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Harry Yount | 1839–1924 | 1866–1924 | ![]() |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Mariano Medina, Colorado Mountain Man, by Zethyl Gates (Paperback 093347251X), web:PS–1X.
- ^ Hafen, LeRoy R. "Joseph Bissonet dit Bijou". The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West. Vol. 9. Glendale, California: A. H. Clark Co., 1965.
- ^ "William Thomas Hamilton". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ "Harris, Moses [aka Black Moses / "Black Squire"] (1800?–1849)". BlackPast.org. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
- ^ a b Salmon, Dutch. Mountain Men of the Gila. SouthernNewMexico.com. Retrieved 2012–09–25
- ^ Thwaites, Reuben G., ed. The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1905.
- ^ Waldman, Carl and Alan Wexler. "Pattie, James Ohio". Encyclopedia of Exploration. Vol. 1. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004.
- ^ Nichols, Jeffery D., Fellow Trappers called Etienne Provost Man Of The Mountains. History Blazer, Aug 1995;Leroy R. Hafen, "Etienne Provost, Mountain Man and Utah Pioneer," Utah Historical Quarterly 36 (1968); Jack B. Tykal, Etienne Provost: Man of the Mountains (Liberty, Utah: Eagle's View Publishing Company, 1989)
- ^ Haines, Aubrey L., ed. Osborne Russell's Journal of a Trapper. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965. ISBN 0803251661
- ^ Davis, Carolyn O'Bagy. Mogollon Mountain Man Nat Straw: Grizzly Hunter and Trapper. Tucson: Sanpete Publications, 2003.
Further reading[edit]
- DeVoto, Bernard. Across the Wide Missouri. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1947. ISBN 0395924979
External links[edit]
- "Mountain Men and Life in the Rocky Mountain West". Malachite's Big Hole. Retrieved 2013-03-06.
- "Frontier Legends: Explorers, Trappers, & Traders". Legends of America. Retrieved 2013-10-01.