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The Life of James Beckwourth

Compared to life as a slave, life on the frontier must have seemed like been Club Med. This might help explain why this one former slave went on to become one of the most famous mountain men of the West.

by PJ DelHomme
in Legends
James Beckwourth

James Beckwourth: He's smiling on the inside

Born into slavery in Frederick County, Virginia, James Beckwourth’s mother was a slave and his father was an Englishman. Roughly 20 years later, Beckwourth received his freedom and hooked up with General William Ashely’s outfit, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Called “Ashley’s Hundred”, this group of trappers working the Rocky Mountain West was a who’s who of mountain men. Men such as Jim Bridger, Hugh Glass and Jedediah Smith were among the 100, and Beckwourth no doubt learned how to survive the frontier with the best. Beckwourth’s adventurous life is captured in the book The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians. While some of the numbers are embellished in the book, the events recounted by Beckwourth likely happened. And they may even have happened to him.

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    • Cool Story, Bro
    • Chuck Adams: Interview With the World’s Greatest Bowhunter
    • Yes, I Do Teach My Kids to Shoot Guns…Here’s Why
    • Randy Newberg: Here’s How to Hunt Elk Out West On Your Own
    • Wild Game Recipe: Venison Enchilada Meatballs
    • Seven Tips to Keep Your Wild Game Meat Clean in the Field
    • 10 Best Books on Hunting
    • The Best Rifle Caliber for All Big Game Hunting
  • Fishing
    • Your Guide to a Surviving a Family Fishing Trip 
    • How to Fish for Trout in Alpine Lakes
    • The Best Trout (and Moose) Fishing in Saskatchewan
    • Best Fishing Books and Stories Ever
    • Don’t Do This When Fishing with Kids
  • Legends
    • Marie Dorion: Tough Momma of Willamette Valley
    • The Life of James Beckwourth
    • George Drouillard—Lewis and Clark’s Backcountry Renaissance Man
    • Montana Pioneer Woman Stagecoach Mary Fields
    • Hugh Glass: The Real Revenant Badass
    • The Surly Life of Jeremiah “Livereatin’ ” Johnson
    • John Wesley Powell: Badass Explorer of the Grand Canyon
    • John Colter: First White Dude to See Yellowstone’s Hell on Earth
    • Who Was Jim Bridger?
    • The Life of James Beckwourth
  • The Wild Life
    • Off Grid
      • Five Ways to Keep Your Off-grid Cabin Secure
    • Bozeman, Montana: How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Mountain Town
    • Chef Kristy Crabtree on Cooking with Wild Game
    • Bozeman, Montana: How to Ruin a Perfectly Good Mountain Town
    • Cure Cabin Fever with…a Rental Cabin
    • #Buglife
    • Load Up With Royal Tine: Montana’s Hunting Guide School
    • Dog Sledding in Montana
  • Conservation
    • Montana’s Love Affair with Invasive Species
    • The Mission Mountain Wilderness Divide

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