Mountain Men
By Tahreek and Salman
Mountain men hunt beavers and other animals for their valuable fur. The
most famous of all the mountain men was Jim Bridger because he began
working as a trapper in the Rockies. He was probably the first white
mountain men to see Great Salt Lake and the wonders of Yellowstone. He
spent 40 years in the mountains. Then he became a scout in the U.S.
Army.
Dangerous & Lonely Lives
Mountain men lived lonely and dangerous lives because they live in the wild. Most of them might have encountered with animals and get killed. By marrying they got company like children. They also got closer to Native Americans. It was also dangerous because they traveled through wide rivers and thick forest.
Celebrations
Every
year the trappers met for a big party in the mountains to celebrate the
loads of fur they collected. They gathered in a valley, bringing the
loads of fur they had collected to sell and exchange for goods. Then
they sang, danced, drank, and laughed and sometimes had fist fights as
well. By the end of the party, they were usually penniless.
Without Mountain Men the west wouldn't have as much people like today. Native Americans were pushed of their land and were killed.
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