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This Week in the West: Jim Bridger, Mountain Man
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🎙️ Episode 37: Jim Bridger, Mountain Man
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In this episode of This Week in The West, we explore the adventurous and often unbelievable life of Jim Bridger, one of the most iconic mountain men of the 19th century. Born in 1804 and orphaned young, Bridger’s journey into the wild began early. By 18, he had joined a fur trapping expedition that would lead him deep into the rugged, uncharted American West. His early explorations, including the discovery of the Great Salt Lake—which he mistook for the Pacific Ocean—helped define the frontier era.
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