USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which mountain man “was the first white man to see Jackson Hole and Yellowstone Lake?”
A
Jedediah Sith
B
John Colter
C
John C. Fremont
D
Jim Bridger
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, Colter is best remembered for explorations he made during the winter of 1807–1808, when he became the first known person of European descent to enter the region which later became Yellowstone National Park and to see the Teton Mountain Range.

Detailed explanation-2: -That John Colter, a soldier with the Lewis and Clark expedition, was the first white person to visit the region now known as Yellowstone National Park seems well authenticated.

Detailed explanation-3: -So goes the life of the first mountain man to see Yellowstone: John Colter. It was 1803 when John Colter, already a skilled hunter and scout, joined the Corps of Discovery – the Lewis and Clark expedition–before it set out from St.

Detailed explanation-4: -1808-John Colter, who had traveled with Lewis and Clark, visited the area, probably the first white man to get a glimpse of Yellowstone.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the first settlers to explore Yellowstone was a man named John Colter. He was one of America’s first mountain men, living in the wilderness for months at a time, and a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find a route through the American West.

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