Jim Bridger
Jim Bridger James Bridger, early western fur trapper, master mountaineer, Indian frontiersman, and U. ... Nearly half of Bridger’s mountain companions succumbed to violent death; only unusual skills and uncanny luck preserved him. ... His initiative kept sharp by self-preservation impulses, Bridger came to know the Rocky Mountain region and its denizens as a farmer knows his fields and flocks. ... He originally selected the Crow Creed-Sherman-Dale Creed route over Laramie Mountains near Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Bridger’s Pass over the continental divide, which were adopted by the Union Pacific Railroad.