page_title: Jim Bridger
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Bridger / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Mountain Man Jim Bridger bronze sculpture by David Alan Clark, at the entrance to Ft. Bridger, Wyoming. Sculpture located at Business Loop I-80 37,000, Fort Bridger WY 82933.
context_page_description: James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was of English ancestry, and his family had been in North America since the early colonial period.
  Bridger was part of the second generation of American mountain men and pathfinders that followed the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1804 and became well known for participating in numerous early expeditions into the western interior as well as mediating between Native American tribes and westward-migrating European-American settlers. By the end of his life, he had earned a reputation as one of the foremost frontiersmen in the American Old West.
  He was described as having a strong constitution that allowed him to survive the extreme conditions he encountered while exploring the Rocky Mountains from what would become southern Colorado to the Canadian border. He had conversational knowledge of French, Spanish, and several indigenous languages.
caption: Sculpture of Bridger by David Alan Clark in Fort Bridger, Wyoming
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