Andrew Garcia: Montana’s Last Best Mountain Man
Andrew Garcia saw the curtains close on the Western frontier while he was still playing his part. He recorded his ...
Tag: Legends
Jedediah Smith: Grizzly Wrestling Champion of the World (and Legendary Explorer)
1799-1831 It seemed like the West had a grizzly bear behind every lodgepole pine in the early days. One nearly ...
John Colter: First White Explorer of Yellowstone
1774-1813 Colter's Early Life With the Lewis and Clark Expedition John Colter was as mountain man as a man could ...
John Wesley Powell: Badass Explorer of the Grand Canyon
1834-1902 Mountain Man? Maybe. Canyon Man? Absolutely. After losing his right arm at the Battle of Shiloh in the Civil ...
Marie Dorion: Tough Momma of Willamette Valley
1786-1850 A member of the Iowa tribe, Marie married Pierre Dorion as a teenager, and she accompanied him on a ...
George Drouillard—Lewis and Clark’s Backcountry Renaissance Man
He was confident, bordering on cocky, and that’s likely what caused his gruesome death.
Hugh Glass: The Mountain Man Legend Behind The Revenant
In mountain man circles, Hugh Glass was synonymous with grit long before Hollywood and Leonard DiCaprio made him a household ...
Montana Pioneer Woman Stagecoach Mary Fields
1832-1914 Drinker, brawler, former slave, baseball fan, restaurateur—the list of adjectives and occupations for Montana’s liveliest pioneer woman Stagecoach Mary ...