IMMEDIATE FAMILY
Jedidiah Smith, he was born in New York on May 27, 1779 along with 11 other siblings. He had brown hair, blue eyes, and grew to be 6 feet tall. His dad’s name was also Jedidiah Strong Smith and his mother’s name was Sally Smith. He had a son named Gordon Smith. He grew up in Wyoming on a farm with his mom and dad, and his siblings.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Jedidiah was the very first to travel across the Great Basin and he went to California twice, the first time in 1826-1827 and the second in 1827-1828. He was the most skillful mountain man even though most of his accomplishments were only recognized recently. When he traveled across the Sierras, he left all of his furs to some of his