James Pierson Beckwourth
1798-1866?
African-American fur trader and mountain man who discovered a popular trail for gold miners through the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Today, that trail is ...
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Beckwourth, James P.
Born c. 1800
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Died September 25, 1866
Near Denver, Colorado
Fur trapper, Indian chief, and mountain man
James P. Beckwourth. (© Hulton Getty/Liais...
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Jim Beckwourth
Born 1798, Near Fredericksburg, Virginia Died September 1867 In the American West
Ambitious and restless, Jim Beckwourth was never able to settle down in one place for long. He lived ...
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Jim Beckwourth (ca. 1800-1866) was the son of a wealthy Virginian landowner and his slave. Freed from slavery as a young man, Beckwourth is known for his tall tale adventures of Indian battles, fur tr...
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James Pierson Beckwourth
Beckwourth, James P.
Jim Beckwourth
Jim Beckwourth