[DOC] [TLE] Jim Bridger - Wikipedia [PAR] In the winter of 1824-1825, Bridger gained fame as the first European American 
to see the Great Salt Lake (though some now dispute that status in favor of... [DOC] [TLE] Mountain man - Wikipedia [PAR] A mountain man is a male trapper and explorer who lives in the wilderness. 
Mountain men ... Another popular site in the same general area was Pierre's Hole
. ... After the decline in beaver and the fur trade, with some emigrants to the West 
... road to the Great Salt Lake discovered by mountain man Jim Bridger in 1847
1848. [DOC] [TLE] Jim Bridger | American frontiersman | Britannica.com [PAR] American fur trader, frontiersman, scout, the mountain man par excellence. ... 
the ColoradoNew Mexico border, and Idaho and Utah, constantly exploring new 
... in Utah from 1825 to 1828, indicating the early importance of the area to the fur 
trade. ... trading posts included Jim Bridger, who first visited the Great Salt Lake in
... [DOC] [TLE] This is the Place Monument - DHA - Utah.gov [PAR] Joseph R. Walker in 1833-34 explored territory west of Great Salt Lake to ... 
bronze plaque 3 feet square THE TRAPPERS AND FUR TRADERS In 1822, ... 
Jim Bridger celebrated trapper and scout, met the Mormon pioneers enroute to 
the Great .... explore the valley in the vicinity surrounding the present Salt Lake 
City, 1825... [DOC] [TLE] James Bridger facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] American trapper, fur trader, and wilderness guide, James Bridger (1804-1881), 
... While trapping in late 1824, Bridger reached the Great Salt Lake, which he 
thought ... Cecil Alter, James Bridger, Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout, and Guide (
1925; rev. ed. ... credited with being the first white man to see (1825) Great Salt 
Lake. [DOC] [TLE] Jim Bridger: The man, the myth, the legend | The Olympian [PAR] Feb 6, 2016 ... Later in 1825, Bridger would become the first explorer to taste the waters of the 
Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah. ... Bridger's involvement in the fur trade 
would lead him on expeditions across the West and he ... Bridger and John 
Bozeman," Phillips said, "people that made their mark on the area early on. [DOC] [TLE] Complete List to Explorers, Trappers, Traders, and Mountain Men of ... [PAR] After the fur trade in the American Southwest declined, Baca trapped in the 
northern ... he was hired as chief scout for General William S. Harney of Fort 
Laramie, Wyoming. ... Fort in Colorado in 1833 to trade with the plains Indians 
and area trappers. .... In 1824, he was the first white man to see the Great Salt 
Lake, which he... [DOC] [TLE] California Explorers - Social Studies Fact Cards [PAR] Explored: by land the length and width of California. When the ... and exploring. 
The ad was placed by the fur trading company of William Ashley and Andrew 
Henry. ... In 1825, Smith became a partner in Ashley's fur trapping business. In 
1826 ... He started from Bear Lake, Utah, near the Great Salt Lake, with 16 
companions. [DOC] [TLE] Grand Teton NP: Campfire Tales of Jackson Hole (Chapter 2) [PAR] With the decline of the fur trade the valley became once again, and for many 
years .... In 1824 he explored the Bear River, discovering the Great Salt Lake 
which at that ... his years of wandering over the west, he repeatedly served as a 
scout for the Army, ... Bridger visited Jackson Hole for the first time in 1825, with 
Thomas... [DOC] [TLE] fur trade - Utah History Encyclopedia [PAR] Julius Remy, a visitor to Salt Lake City in 1855, wrote of having seen an 
inscription in a cave at the south end of the Great Salt Lake. ... The fur trade in the 
area that would become Utah began in earnest in 1824. ... In the spring of 1825 
extensive trapping was done in northern Utah and southwestern Wyoming, 
around the... [DOC] [TLE] The Mountain Men

Question: In 1825 this fur trader & scout explored the Great Salt Lake area
Answer: Jim Bridger