Legends of the Old West - Jim Bridger Traditional Cache

This series of geocaches is to celebrate some of the legends of the old west.  Being in Wyoming, this state has a rich history of old western legends such as gun fighters, outlaws, pioneers, Native American’s, soldiers, and other people along with historical places who helped shape the great State of Wyoming and the old west.  Please enjoy this series of caches and please enjoy a little piece of old western history.

James Felix Bridger, known as Jim Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881), was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1850, as well as mediating between native tribes and encroaching whites. He was of English ancestry, and his family had been in North America since the early colonial period.

Jim Bridger had a strong constitution that allowed him to survive the extreme conditions he encountered walking the Rocky Mountains from what would become southern Colorado to the Canadian border. He had conversational knowledge of French, Spanish and several native languages. He would come to know many of the major figures of the early west, including Brigham Young, Kit Carson, George Armstrong Custer, John Fremont, Joseph Meek, and John Sutter.

The information provided about the individual and/or events as described below are courtesy of the information presented on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bridger).