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... Daniel Boone and James Bridger were two of these young men that found an opportunity to go west and explore the unknown. ... Daniel Boone was born in Exeter, Pennsylvania (near Reading today) November 2, 1734. ... This was the case with the Boone family. Boone’s father was a literate and educated man and was not seen as a frontiersman but Boone somehow through his youth acquired a talent for hunting, trapping, and other woodsman type skills. ... Boone may have learned his outdoor skills from his relationships with friendly Indians in the forests. ... He met John Finley who began to tell him stories of the Wild West and set Boone to dreaming of going there. ... In 1767 Boone began his career as a frontiersman and an explorer. ... On May 1, 1769 Boone started out on this adventure. ... Colonel Richard Henderson of the Transylvania Company hired Boone as his agent in 1775. Boone led a part of thirty settlers to the Kentucky and on the way blazed the Wilderness Road (using old warrior paths) through the Cumberland Gap. ... Boone left Kentucky in 1788 and moved into the West Virginia area. ... Jim Bridger was born in Virginia 17 March 1804 in Richmond, Virginia. ... He died shortly after getting there as well as Bridger’s mother and brothers. Bridger was raised much by himself and his sister. ... In 1822 an ad was put in the paper and Bridger overheard someone speaking of it. ... Bridger had no associations or family to keep him back and with an adventurous heart he was a perfect employee for Ashley and Henry. ... Bridger met up with other famous frontiersman while on this expedition which helped promote his name. ... Jedediah gave Bridger his nickname of “Old Gabe” because Bridger, with his self-assured manner, reminded him of the angel Gabriel spreading the word of God (even though Bridger was atheist and believed more in Indian folklore than Christian religion). The party traveled about 1,800 miles up the Yellowstone River in keelboats and with Bridger’s canoe. Jim received his education as he found out how to survive on the land, fight Indians, and trap beaver. ... Jim Bridger loved what he was doing and would rarely be found in the civilized world again. ... One of Bridger’s most notable highlights of his life and to which his name is always attributed is the discovery of the Great Salt Lake City. ... In 1842 Bridger and his fellow trapper friend Louis Vasquez set about building a settlement on Black’s Fork of the Green River along the Overland Trail in response to the fast depleting trapping business. They later called it Fort Bridger and hoped that it would be a supplying station for those going further west. The travelers found in Bridger an excellent host (when he was there and not out wandering the wilderness). |
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