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Hace 6 días · Some men and women, like the mountain man James Beckwourth, would try their luck in the gold fields of California’s Mother Lode country, while others would seek prosperity elsewhere as farmers, ranchers, or entrepreneurs. Article continues below. Muir’s father was driven to immigrate not by a desire for earthly riches but for religious freedom.
3 de jun. de 2024 · Clearly the map needs more diversity, but what about the likes of James Beckwourth? A Sierra Nevada pass and mountain honor the biracial American from Virginia who survived slavery and moved west. Yet, he brags in his autobiography about killing Indians and striking his wife with an axe.
Hace 4 días · When James Beckwourth headed to California during the Gold Rush, he discovered, instead of riches, a pass through the Sierra Nevada.
29 de may. de 2024 · From James Beckwourth—a formerly enslaved person who became a fur trapper, trade liaison, and one of the first settlers at Bent’s Old Fort in La Junta —to Madam Walker, the first American woman...
31 de may. de 2024 · James Beckwourth, a daring mountain man, carved a legendary path through the untamed wilderness of the American West. His remarkable exploits and his role as a trailblazer in the fur trade industry solidified his place in the annals of Western history.
4 de jun. de 2024 · Born into slavery, James Beckwourth found freedom as a mountain man and became one of the great entrepreneurs of Gold Rush California. Matthew Henson, the son of African American sharecroppers, left rural Maryland behind to seek the North Pole.
23 de may. de 2024 · Jedediah 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. Smith probably made his first trip west while still in his teens.
