A fur trapper. A mountaineer. A Crow Chief. Beckwourth's pioneering spirit helped shape the American West. Born to a mother who endured slavery...
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Beckwourth was a rare Black witness to the Seminole Nation and runaway slaves in Florida. He participated in the second of three wars from 1835...
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Back in the 1970s, the Utah Historical Society put together and published a book called "The Peoples of Utah."
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Inspired by all he achieved, the James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club formed to encourage Black people to live his legacy by exploring the...
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According to the Dana Adobe website, Beckwourth was a "trapper, explorer, Indian war-chief, Army scout, barkeep, trader, horse-thief,...
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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COLORADO VIRTUAL LIBRARY Born into slavery in Virginia in 1798, James Pierson Beckwourth was the son of his family's...
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Highway 395 north from Reno to the California line was a trail constructed by James Beckwourth, who is played by RJ Cyler in “The Harder...
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A Colorado Panorama: Mary Lathrop and James Beckwourth · Mary Florence Lathrop ‒ First woman admitted to the Colorado Bar Association (1865-1951).
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Former mountain man reenactor and volunteer at the El Pueblo History Museum Mandel Reliford talks about the life of James Beckwourth,...
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Beckwourth was known as a mountain man, explorer, and fur trader. As a fur trapper he was captured by the Crow Indians where he married into the tribe and later...
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