Travel with the famous explorers who made monumental discoveries that have affected life today. Learn about the missions that made these people famous, and the hardships they endured on their journeys. Born on January 6, 1799, Jedediah Smith became an important explorer and fur trader. He was the first American to cross the Sierra Nevadas and the Great Basin. He also was the first American to reach California by an overland route. His expeditions helped open the American West to thousands of emigrants.
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Travel with the famous explorers who made monumental discoveries that have affected life today. Learn about the missions that made these people famous, and the hardships they endured on their journeys. Born on January 6, 1799, Jedediah Smith became an important explorer and fur trader. He was the first American to cross the Sierra Nevadas and the Great Basin. He also was the first American to reach California by an overland route. His expeditions helped open the American West to thousands of emigrants.
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Doremus, Robert. Very Good. No Jacket. Book Small quarto, hardcover, VG ex school library copy in blue pictorial boards. Illustrated in color throughout. In 1822 Jedediah answered an ad for young men to join a party of beaver trappers. It was adventurous but very dangerous and hard. He was disillusioned. St. Louis was the fur capital of the world at that time and trappers were moving west into Lewis and Clark's northern country. 64 pp. including notes on authors.