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A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness and makes his living from hunting and trapping.Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s (with a peak population in the early 1840s).
James Clyman was born on a farm that belonged to George Washington in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1792.Clyman's family started to migrate from place to place when Clyman was 15, moving from Virginia to Pennsylvania, and then to Ohio.
Milton was one of five men who formed the Rocky Mountain Fur Company to buy out the investment of his brother William L. Sublette, Jedediah S. Smith and Dave E. Jackson. Sublette injured his leg in an 1826 battle with Native Americans in what was then considered Mexico by Euro-Americans; it was slow to heal and repeatedly became seriously infected.
This is a list of explorers, trappers, guides, and other frontiersmen known as "Mountain Men". Mountain men are most associated with trapping for beaver from 1807 to the 1840s in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. Most moved on to other endeavors, but a few of them followed or adopted the mountain man life style into the 20th century.
Hugh Glass (c. 1783 – 1833) [1] [2] [3] was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer.He is best known for his story of survival and forgiveness after being left for dead by companions when he was mauled by a grizzly bear.
Meek as a young man The old Joe Meek, as depicted in Frances Fuller Victor's Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and a Life on the Frontier, seeks employment with William Sublette. Joseph Meek was born on February 9, 1810, to James Meek and Spica Walker in Washington County, Virginia , near the Cumberland Gap .
He has been described as a mountain man, trapper, and scout of the American West, [3] [4] living in the mountains for more than 50 years. He was given the name Wildcat Bill by Native Americans. [5] He was considered a healer among Native Americans. Also called Sign Man, he excelled in Native American sign language according to Favour. [1]
Thomas Long "Pegleg" Smith (October 10, 1801 – October 1866) was a mountain man who, serving as a guide for many early expeditions into the American Southwest, helped explore parts of present-day New Mexico. He is also known as a fur trapper, prospector, and horse thief. [1]