USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -At the age of 21, Bridger became the first Anglo definitely known to have seen the Great Salt Lake, though he mistakenly thought it was the Pacific Ocean at the time. He was adept at learning Indigenous dialects and culture, and he had a tremendous memory for geographical detail.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bridger was among the first mountain men to explore the natural wonders of the Yellowstone region. In the fall of 1824, Bridger explored the Great Salt Lake region, reaching it by bull boat. He was one of the first European people to explore Yellowstone’s springs and geysers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jim Bridger, byname of James Bridger, (born March 17, 1804, Richmond, Va., U.S.-died July 17, 1881, near Kansas City, Mo.), American fur trader, frontiersman, scout, the “mountain man” par excellence. In 1812, Bridger’s father, a surveyor and an innkeeper, moved his family to an Illinois farm near St. Louis, Mo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bridger’s experience had few limits. He quit the dying fur trade in 1842 and in 1843, with his partner Louis Vasquez, established a trading post along the Blacks Fork of the Green River in what is now Wyoming and in what then was still a corner of Mexico.