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When Jim Bridger was a young man, the entire western half of what's now the United States was,

for lack of a better term, a wilderness, a land teeming

with bison and ruled by indigenous hunter-gatherer societies, untamed, untouched, and unsullied.

Bridger would join the ranks of Ashley's 100 while still a teenager and, alongside other

future legends like Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckworth,

head up the Missouri River in search of Beaver, from present-day northern Montana all the way

down to the Gulf of California. From the Mississippi on west to the Pacific Ocean, Bridger saw

at all, discovering and blazing trails that still bear his name to this day, while at the same time

facing off with some of the deadliest warriors who ever strung a bow. Ah, but the shining times

wouldn't last forever. By Jim's 35th birthday, the Beaver Trade done petered out. The West he

called home was quickly being overrun by so-called civilization, and he found himself yet again adapting

to a new way of life. Nevertheless, over four decades after first coming west, Bridger was still

riding the prairie, scouting for the U.S. Army at 64 years of age. This series covers it all.

From the rise and decline of the mountain men to Fort Bridger, the Utah War, the Donner Party,

Jim's time as a guide for rich adventurers and government explorers, all the way up to Red Cloud's War and the Fetterman Massacre.

From Ashley's 100 to the 100 in hand, we're taking a look at who Bridger really was as a person, his family, and finally his legacy.

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