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_______________ _______ were fur trappers and explorers who opened the west by discovering trails through the Rocky Mountains.
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Mountain Men
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____________ ___________, the most famous of the mountain men, was attacked by a bear while traveling. His face was shredded and his ear almost torn off.
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Jedediah Smith
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To obtain ________ to sell to easterners, mountain men roamed the Great Plains and that Far West - between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.
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fur
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William Henry Ashley created the _________ __________ for fur-trappers and trades to meet. This took place every summer from 1825 - 1840, until silk hats became the new fashion.
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rendezvous system
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The _____________ ______ was a wide valley through the Rockies, in present-day Wyoming. The South Pass was side and less steep than the northern passes so wagon trails could run through it.
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South Pass
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