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Legends of the Old West

MOUNTAIN MEN Ep. 1 | “Jedediah Smith: Ashley’s Hundred”

Legends of the Old West

Black Barrel Media

Arts, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In 1822, Jedediah Smith answers an advertisement to join a new fur trading company led by William Ashley and Andrew Henry. Smith and the rest of the company head into the wilds of the Upper Missouri River country and find themselves tested by the weather, the terrain, the animals, and the Native American warriors who want to stop encroachment on their territory. Join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: blackbarrel.supportingcast.fm/join Apple users join Black Barrel+ for ad-free episodes, bingeable seasons and bonus episodes. Click the Black Barrel+ banner on Apple to get started with a 3-day free trial. On YouTube, subscribe to LEGENDS+ for ad-free episodes and bingeable seasons: hit “Join” on the Legends YouTube homepage. For more details, visit our website www.blackbarrelmedia.com and check out our social media pages. We’re @OldWestPodcast on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Seeking the truth never gets old even when it hides in the shadows.

0:04.2

Immerse yourself in the world of June's journey.

0:07.2

A free-to-play hidden object game set in the roaring 20s.

0:11.0

Solve the mystery of the devious gossip spreader and celebrate our seventh anniversary

0:16.2

with exclusive events, never before seen decorations, thrilling mysteries and exciting giveaways.

0:22.4

The adventure and the gossip awaits.

0:25.2

Are you ready for the journey?

0:26.7

Download June's journey today for free on Android or iOS. And the On February 13th, 1822, an ad appeared on the second page of the Missouri Gazette newspaper.

0:54.8

In bold letters it called,

0:56.8

To enterprising young men, the subscriber wishes to engage 100 men to ascend the river Missouri to its source, there to be employed for one, two, or three years.

1:09.3

The man who placed the ad was William Ashley. He told the young men who answered that the trip up the Missouri River

1:16.0

would be difficult and the work they would do as fur trappers would be dangerous. But they could

1:21.2

expect to earn $200 for each year they were employed.

1:25.7

The men who answered the ad became known as Ashley's 100.

1:30.1

140 years later, historian Robert Glass Cleland would famously call them a reckless

1:35.7

breed of men in the title of his 1963 book about early American fur trappers.

1:42.0

As the reckless breed of men set off west to trap, hunt, and explore

1:46.1

some of the 530 million acres that the United States had purchased from France less than 20 years earlier. They could not have known that their names,

1:55.4

their adventures, and their legends would become a permanent part of the American story.

2:01.2

Among the men who answered the ad and became a part of the Ashley Henry Fere Company were

2:06.1

Jedediah Smith, Jim Bridger, William Sublet, Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Hugh Glass. The stories of the mountain men included Fitzpatrick and

2:14.2

including those in Ashley's hundred played a crucial role in shaping America's

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