Fort Bridger was originally a 19th-century fur trading outpost established in 1842, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming...
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1861, Bridger was a guide for Edward L. Berthoud. From October 1863 until April 1864, Bridger was employed as a guide at Fort Laramie. Bridger then served...
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eponymous Fort Bridger, established in 1842, which is located within the boundaries of the CDP. Fort Bridger was established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis...
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Washakie (section Fort Bridger Treaties)
at the urging of trapper Jim Bridger, Washakie led a band of Shoshones to the council meetings of the Treaty of Fort Laramie. Essentially from that...
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Fort Bridger, Wyoming, census-designated place Bridger Mountains (Wyoming) Bridger Range (Montana) Bridger Trail, emigration trail in Wyoming Bridger...
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Emigrant Trail in Wyoming (section Fort Bridger)
the same path through most of the state. The Mormon Trail splits at Fort Bridger and enters Utah, while the Oregon and California Trails continue to Idaho...
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Indian Reservation in Wyoming, after their leader, Washakie signed the Fort Bridger Treaty in 1868. The Eastern Shoshone adopted horses much sooner than...
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Wikisource has original text related to this article: Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868 This Fort Bridger Treaty Council of 1868, was also known as the Great...
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overland fur trade was still prosperous, when Jim Bridger and Tom Fitzpatrick bought the place. The fort was located near the confluence of two rivers, so...
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Vandeveer Hayden for Fort Bridger, which had itself been named for mountain man Jim Bridger. The Bridger Wilderness covers much of the Bridger Formation's area...
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