Jedediah Smith - Wikipedia
WEBJedediah Strong Smith (January 6, 1799 – May 27, 1831) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.
Comanche kill mountain man Jedediah Smith - HISTORY
WEBNov 16, 2009 · Jedediah Smith, one of the nation’s most important trapper-explorers, is killed by Comanche tribesman on the Santa Fe Trail. Smith’s role in exploring the Far West was not fully realized until...
Jedediah Smith, Facts, Life, Career, Significance, APUSH
WEBNov 18, 2023 · Jedediah “Diah” Smith was a Fur Trader, Frontiersman, and Mountain Man who explored the territory between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Coast. He is most famous for finding the South Pass through the Rocky Mountains and leading the first American expeditions into Utah, Nevada, and parts of California.
Frontiersman Jedediah Smith is born | January 6, 1799 - HISTORY
WEBNov 16, 2009 · Jedediah Strong Smith, one of America’s greatest trapper-explorers, is born in Bainbridge, New York. Smith explored a stunningly large area of the American West during his short life.
Jedediah Smith | Biography & Facts | Britannica
WEBJedediah Smith (born January 6, 1799, Bainbridge, New York, U.S.—died May 27, 1831, near the Cimarron River) was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route.
Jedediah Strong Smith (1799-1831) - The Oregon Encyclopedia
WEBJedediah Strong Smith was one of the first and, arguably, the most important of the American trappers and explorers who penetrated the interior Oregon Country in the 1820s. Prior to his arrival in 1826, almost no American trappers had scoured Oregon, and none produced maps to rival the significance of Smith’s master map, which he drafted ...
Death of A Mountain Man - True West Magazine
WEBOct 21, 2019 · On May 27, 1831, Jedediah Smith’s desperate attempt to find water for his wagon train led him off the main trail of the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail down Sand Creek, a tributary of the Cimarron River. While watering his horse, with his guard down, Smith was ambushed and killed by a small …
Jedediah Smith: The Mountain Man Who Stood Firm for God
WEBIn all his ways, this mountain man stood firmly for God. Jedediah Smith was known never to have practiced immoral behavior in all of his many travels in the Rocky Mountains. Yet no man doubted that Jedediah was a leader of men, a mighty man of true courage.
Jedediah Smith: Famous Mountain Man and Trapper
WEBJedediah Smith was one of America's first famous Mountain Men, helping others cross the great expanse of the uncharted West. He claimed many firsts, including surviving a crossing of the deadly Mojave Desert. Smith was born on Jan. 6, 1799, at Bainbridge, in New York's Susquehanna Valley.
Jedediah Strong Smith: A Classic American Mountain Man
WEBJun 27, 2017 · Among the American “mountain men”—frontiersmen, explorers and pathfinders of the early 19th Century—Jedediah Strong Smith was one of the most remarkable. By some accounts, his travels into unmapped …
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