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Jedediah Strong Smith: Trails West
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| Title | Jedediah Strong Smith: Trails West |
| Abstract | Article gives a biography of famed mountain man and early western explorer, Jedediah Smith. Describes him as a captain, explorer, geographer, entrepreneur, and hero. Includes a map of his travels in the West between 1822-1831 and photos of a monument to him and of a sculpture done by Victor Issa, both located in California. |
| Notes | Jedediah Strong Smith was born on January 6, 1799 in New York state. He joined William H. Ashley and Andrew Henry's fur company in 1822 as a hunter and trapper along the upper Missouri River. He was killed by Comanche Indians along the Cimarron River on May 27, 1831. |
| Author | Richard L. Dyer
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| Date | Autumn//1996 |
| Source | Overland Journal |
| Location | Periodical |
| Volume | 14 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page | 12-22 |
| Local Subject | Smith, Jedediah S.
Explorers
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| Illustrations | No |
| Item Type | Magazine Article
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 124082 |
| CONTENTdm number | 19339 |
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