The Mountain Man Jim Bridger. Bridger was part of the second generation of. Died july 17 1881.
Mountain man trapper guide only a man with extraordinary and relentless powers of observation only a man with an utterly reliable memory could possibly gain and retain exact knowledge of the mighty welter of mountains the endless tangle of streams and valleys which formed bridger s vast hunting grounds. This is a picture of jim bridger to the left. He was born march 17 1804 in richmond va.
He was of english ancestry and his family had been in north america since the early colonial period 1 bridger.
He was of english ancestry and his family had been in north america since the early colonial period 1 bridger. He and a guy made a little trading post called fort bridger. Jim bridger american fur trader frontiersman scout the mountain man par excellence. The son of a surveyor and an innkeeper bridger.