Who Is Jim Bridger A Good Trapper

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Jim Bridger is an accomplished trapper. He was born March 17, 1804. When he was young he didn’t have a very good education. He was a really good trapper for several years.
He was an amazing trapper and loved being one. Jim Bridger loved to travel. He once traveled to the Great Salt Lake at age 21. He was the first white man to see it. When Jim first saw it he thought it was the Pacific Ocean. Although he was a really good trapper he started to get a little bored with it. He thought about it and decided he wanted to quit being a trapper and do something else. He began to work at Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1830. He was really good at being one and one year he sold out of fur. He met the Flathead Indian Chiefs daughter, Cora and decided

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