Who are these guys? They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that flourished in North America from roughly 1800 to 1840. Like the better known reenactors of the Civil War ...

The lake's salinity convinced the mountain men that the lake must be an arm of the Pacific Ocean. Bridger's "discovery" recalled to their minds the Buenaventura River, an old myth of the American West ...

They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that flourished in North America from roughly 1800 to 1840. Like the better known reenactors of the Civil War, they’re dentists or ...

The Green River Mountain Men is a nonprofit organization of men and women dedicated to educating the community about the pre-1840s fur trade era. For more information, contact Vickie Shurr at ...

But during its brief life, many famous mountain men visited, people like Joe Meek ... All had been involved in the fur trade for several years. It’s not clear where Sinclair hailed from ...

Mountain men roamed the wilds alone or in small groups ... Also, the insatiable fur trade demand in Europe and the East Coast drew men West, especially for beaver pelts. Wiped out in Europe ...

including talks on the early Rocky Mountain fur trade, videos on the lives of mountain men and various rivertowns, and touch tables with pelts common during that period. The goal of Saturday's ...

Author Guthne’s mountain men—buffalo hunters ... The Big Sky belongs with George Caleb Bingham’s painting, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, as a work of art worthy of the artless ...