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John Colter (c.1770–1775 – May 7, 1812 or November 22, 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, Colter is best remembered for explorations he made during the winter of 1807–1808, when he became the first known person of European descent to enter the region which later became Yellowstone National ...
Private John Colter John Colter (1775–1813) was born in Kentucky. During the expedition he proved himself to be an excellent hunter and woodsman. On the return trip to St Louis in 1806, he received permission from the two captains to leave the expedition so he could join a trapping party heading back up the Missouri River.
Colter's narrow escape following capture by Blackfeet, leaving him naked and alone in the wilderness, became a legend known as "Colter's Run". George Drouillard (1774 or 1775–1810) was a hunter, interpreter, and sign-talker on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, often considered one of Lewis' two most appreciated members (with John Colter).
Image credits: Flares117 Another interesting fact about the family who couldn't sleep comes from Redditor u/Potatoe_expert.Science writer and author of the book about said family The Family That ...
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John Potts (born about 1776 in Dillenburg [1] † 1809 at the banks of the Jefferson River) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. [2] After the expedition, Potts frequently teamed up with John Colter, another former expedition member, to explore what is now Montana. In 1808, he and Potts were both injured fighting the Blackfoot tribe ...
Mike Colter has entered the beauty industry. Colter, 47, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about his and wife Iva Colter’s new haircare line, Niles + Chaz, which the couple named after their ...
In 1835, Bridger married a woman from the Flathead tribe, whom he named "Emma", [20] with whom he had three children. After she died in 1846 from fever, [21] he married the daughter of a Shoshone chief, who died in childbirth three years later. In 1850, he married Shoshone Chief Washakie's daughter Mary Washakie Bridger [22] and they raised two ...