Mountain Men Research Power Point
Directions: Use the Internet to research at least two of these explorers, trappers, guides and other frontiersmen of the North American frontier from 1807-1848. Include in your report the biography of your men, the places they went, and their interesting adventures. Explain their influence on the history of the United States. Required 4-5 minutes of Power Point presentation length. See 8th Project Mountain Men Power Point Rubric for specific requirements. (Dates below indicate Active Years) Key phrase to use in your Google search: (Name + Mountain Man). The site www.mman.us is useful. Another useful site is “Mountain Men and Life in the Rocky Mountain West – Malachites Big Hole”.
James “Grizzly” Adams 1849-1856 ______
John Albert 1834-1847 ______
William Henry Ashley 1822-1828______
John Jacob Astor 1794-1834______
Jim Baker 1839-1873 ______
James Beckwourth 1824-1866 ______
Charles Bent 1826-1869 ______
Jim Bridger 1822-1868 ______
Benjamin Bonneville 1832-1835 ______
Robert Campbell 1825-1835 ______
Kit Carson 1825-1868 ______
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau 1829-1866 ______
James Clyman 1823-1848 ______
John Colter 1803-1810 ______
William Craig (Active? Life 1807-1869) ______
George Drouillard 1804-1810 ______
George Ebbert 1823-1836 ______
Warren Angus Ferris (Active? Life 1810-1873) ______
Jacques Raphael “Jocko” Finlay 1806-1828 ______
Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick (Active? life 1799-1854) ______
Lucien Fontenelle 1819-1840 ______
John Charles Fremont 1838-1849 ______
Andrew Garcia (?) ______
Hugh Glass 1800-1833 ______
Antoine Godin 1817-1836 ______
Miles Goodyear 1836-1847 ______
Isaac Graham 1830-1840 ______
Caleb Greenwood 1810-1834 ______
William Thomas Hamilton (Active? Life 1822-1908) ______
Boone Helm 1850-1864 ______
Major Andrew Henry 1809-1824 ______
Seth Kinman 1849-1864 ______
James Kirker 1822-1849 ______
Zenas Leonard 1831-1857 ______
Liver-Eating Johnson (Active? Life 1824-1900) ______
Ben Lilly (Active? Life 1856-1936) ______
Manuel Lisa 1782-1820 ______
Mariano Medina (Active? Life 1812-1878) ______
Joseph Meek 1820-1850 ______
Robert “Doc” Newell 1829-1869 ______
George Nidever 1830-1853 ______
Peter Skene Ogden 1809-1847 ______
James Ohio Pattie 1824-1830 ______
Osborne Russell 1834-1845 ______
George Ruxton (Active? Life 1821-1848) ______
Rufus Sage 1841-1844 ______
Jedediah Smith 1822-1831 ______
“Blackfoot” John Smith (Active? Life 1810-18??) ______
Thomas L. “Pegleg” Smith (Active? Life 1801-1866) ______
Ceran St. Vrain (Active? Life 1802-1870) ______
Milton Sublette 1823-1835 ______
William Sublette 1823-1832______
Thomas Tate Tobin 1837-1878 ______
Elbridge Trask 1835-1852 ______
Louis Vasquez 1823-1858 ______
Joseph R. Walker 1832-1863 ______
Pauline Weaver 1830-1867 ______
John Henry Weber 1822-1840 ______
William Sherley “Old Bill” Williams 1812-1849 ______
Richard “Dick” Wooten (Active? Life 1816-1893) ______
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth 1832-1837______
Harry Yount 1866-1924 ______