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Wyoming in 1807 was part of the vast, largely unknown reaches of the Louisiana Territory, which President Jefferson had purchased from France in 1803. The land was a wild, forbidding place whose beautiful mountain ranges and broad prairies were inhabited by Indians and teemed with wildlife.
10) John Colter
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From the first account of "Colter's Run, " published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America's most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Unlike other legends of the era like Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, and Kit Carson, Colter has remained elusive because he left not a single letter, diary, or reminiscence. Gathering the available evidence and guiding readers through a labyrinth...
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"In 1804, John Colter set out with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the first US expedition to traverse the North American continent. During the twenty-eight month ordeal, Colter served as hunter and scout. When the journey was over, Colter spent two more years trekking alone through dangerous and unfamiliar territory. Historian David Weston Marshall crafts this captivating history from Colter's primary sources and has retraced Colter's steps--seeing...
14) Colter's Hell
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Brief history of Colter's Hell, the area near Cody discovered by famous mountain man John Colter, who scouted for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in the winter of 1807-08. The booklet helps commemorate the Colter's Hell Interpretive Trail, which was dedicated in May of 2005 in the west part of Cody near Trail Town.
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Legend tells us the Blackfeet stripped John Colter naked and told him to run for his life. Curly Bear Wagner disputes this and other ideas. Johnston shows weather data supporting the notion that Colter actually traveled during a mild winter. James Coulter describes how the spelling of his family's surname changed after John moved to Missouri.
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From 1810, when a newspaper published the first account of "Colter's Run, " to 2012, when one hundred and fourscore participants in Montana's annual John Colter Run charged up and down rugged trails - even across the waist-deep Gallatin River - interest in Colter, the alleged discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never waned. Drawing on this endless fascination with an individual often called the first American mountain man, this book offers an innovative,...