Jim Bridger

Jim Bridger

male, deceased (1881)
Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 - July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the... More
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Robert Stuart

Robert Stuart

male
Robert Stuart (1785-1848) was the son of David Stuart, a partner of John Jacob Astor who as one of the North West Company men, or Nor'westers,... More
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Ramsay Crooks

Ramsay Crooks

male
Ramsay Crooks (2 January 1787 - 6 June 1859) immigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1803 and he worked in a trading post on the Great Lakes. With... More
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Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden

male, deceased (1854)
Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein or Skeen), (baptised 12 February, 1790 - September 27, 1854) was a fur trapper and a Canadian explorer... More
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Pierre Chouteau Jr.

Pierre Chouteau Jr.

male, deceased (1865)
Pierre Chouteau, Jr. (January 19, 1789-September 6, 1865) (also referred to as Pierre Cadet Chouteau) was a member of the Chouteau fur trading... More
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William Beaumont

William Beaumont

male, deceased (1853)
William Beaumont (November 21, 1785 - April 25, 1853) was a surgeon in the U.S. Army who became known as the "Father of Gastric Physiology"... More
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Kenneth McKenzie

male
Kenneth McKenzie, also known as Kenneth MacKenzie, was nicknamed the “King of the Missouri”, for as a fur trader for American Fur Company in the... More
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Jim Baker

Jim Baker

male, deceased (1898)
Jim Baker (1818-1898), trapper, scout and guide was a friend of Jim Bridger and Kit Carson and one of General John C. Fremont's favorite scouts. He... More
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Norman Kittson

Norman Kittson

male, deceased (1888)
Norman Wolfred Kittson (5 March 1814 - 10 May 1888) was variously a fur trader, steamboat-line operator, and railway entrepreneur. Although born in... More
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John H. Kinzie

John H. Kinzie

male, deceased (1865)
</gallery>;John Harris Kinzie (born July 7, 1803 in Sandwich, Ontario-June 21, 1865) was the eldest son of John Kinzie, Chicago's first white... More
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