Born Wild: The REAL MOUNTAIN MEN of the American Frontier

Considered by many to be the first Mountain Man, John Colter first came west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He’d live with the Crow tribe and go on to be the first American to cast eyes on the Teton Mountains, Colter’s Hell, and what’s now known as Yellowstone National Park. Later, as a fur trapper, Colter would survive numerous close calls with the Blackfeet. Next, we’ve got Jim Bridger. He’d join the ranks of Ashley’s One Hundred while still a teenager and - alongside other future old west legends like Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth - head up the Missouri River in search of beaver. From present-day northern Montana all the way down to the Gulf of California, from the Mississippi west to the Pacific Ocean, the iconic Mountain Man Bridger saw it all, discovering and blazing trails that still bear his name to this day while at the same time facing off with some of the deadliest warriors who ever strung a bow. Also discussed are Kit Carson, Liver-Eating Johnson (aka Jeremiah Johnson), and modern-day trapper Claude Dallas. This is a compilation of previously released material for all you insomniacs, shift workers and long-haul drivers. #history #wildwest #western 0:00 – John Colter 38:11 – Jim Bridger 3:56:66 – Kit Carson 6:65:00 – Liver-Eating Johnson 7:92:00 – Claude Dallas Check out my website for more true tales from the wild and woolly West! https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Looking for the Lewis & Clark series? Start here - https://www.wildwestextra.com/lewis-c... Mountain Man: John Colter by David Marshall - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1682684423?... 11 Bang Bang on YouTube - @real11bangbang Jim Bridger Trailblazer of the American West | Jerry Enzler - https://www.amazon.com/Jim-Bridger-Tr... Hugh Glass | The Wild West Extravaganza - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bIC... Carson’s Autobiography - https://archive.org/details/kitcarson... The Never Ending Lives of Liver-Eating Johnson by D.J. Herda – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1493074423?... Crow Killer, New Edition: The Saga of Liver-Eating Johnson by Thorpe, Bunker, & Bender – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01FIYWNIY?... Mountain Man by Vardis Fisher - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0893012513?... The Avenging Fury of the Plains by Dennis J. McLelland – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08T8THVDS?... Liver-Eating Johnston: The Dust Never Settles On A Legend by Dennis J. McLelland – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1694786447?... I Buried Hickok: The Memoirs of White Eye Anderson – https://www.amazon.com/buried-Hickok-... My Life As An Indian by James W. Schultz – https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486296148?... My Sixty Years On The Plains – https://www.amazon.com/My-Sixty-Years... Liver-Eating Johnson’s Hawken Rifle and Bowie Knife - https://www.greatfallstribune.com/sto... Dorman Nelson Website - http://johnlivereatingjohnston.com/ Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce War - https://www.wildwestextra.com/chief-j... Give A Boy A Gun by Jack Olsen - https://www.amazon.com/Give-Boy-Gun-D... Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/