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Title
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Jim Bridger
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Description
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Photo and chapter of the book about Jim Bridger (1804-1881), "guide, mountaineer, trapper, and Indian fighter," buried in Kansas City. Illustration of his "home in Kansas City, Missouri" by "C. M. Ismert, from a description of the house by an old couple who lived adjacent to it and attended dances in it."
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Date
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1905-05-21
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Jim Bridger
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Description
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Biography of James Bridger, or Jim Bridger (1804-1881), "frontiersman," born in Richmond, Virginia. Beginning as a boy he explored the West including the Rocky Mountains. He lived intermittently at a farmhouse "only four miles away from Kansas City" starting in 1850, retiring there in about 1870.
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Date
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1905-06-07
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Fort Bridger, Wyoming: A Brief History
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Description
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Book about the history of Fort Bridger, in Wyoming, during its use on the Oregon and Mormon Trails, etc., from 1843 to 1890, and its preservation in 1929, with several illustrations, photos, and map.
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Date
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1931
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Autobiography of a Mountain Man 1805-1889
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Description
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Brief autobiography by Stephen Hall Meek written before his death in either 1884 or 1889. An introduction and notes have been included with the 2007 edition. Meek writes that he was born in Virginia in 1805 and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 25 to enter the fur trade and to explore the American west. Meek describes his interactions with various fur trading companies and prominent individuals involved with the western fur trade.
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Date
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1948
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Jim Bridger
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Description
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Photo and entry about James Bridger, or Jim Bridger (1804-1881), "[m]ountain man, fur trader, and guide" of Westport and a native of Virginia.
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Date
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1905-06-20
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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The Yellowstone National Park Historical and Descriptive
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Description
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Chapter and appendix of the book about the life of Jim Bridger, the discoverer of the later Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, first observed by him in the early 1840s and known about by him as early as 1824, with descriptions of his fantastic observations in the area. Photo and biographical sketch of him in the appendix, including Bridger Lake named for him in Yellowstone Park.
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Date
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1897
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Object Type
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Book
