History
Mode of Living
Notable Figures
Fur Trade
General Information
100
How many mountain men ranged the mountains between 1820 and 1840?
Approximately 3,000 mountain men
100
What type of rife and knife did the stereotypical mountain man often carry?
A hawken rifle and a Bowie knife
100
Which company did Jim Beckwourth work with?
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
100
The fur trade in North America attracted competition from which countries?
The French, British, Spanish, and Russians.
100
Mountain men were _______ and _______ who roamed the North American Rocky Mountains.
Trappers and explorers
200
When did Donald Mackenziehold a Rendezvous in the Boise River Valley?
1819
200
What type of animal was essential for every mountain man?
Horses, for carrying supplies and furs.
200
Who was among the first non-natives to see the geysers and other natural wonders of the Yellowstone region?
Jim Bridger
200
When did the fur trade start collapsing?
Mid 1800's
200
What were mountain men primarily motivated by?
Profit
300
By 1841 the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and what other company was in ruins?
American Fur Company
300
What did mountain men often wear?
Moccasins
300
What expedition was John Colter a member of?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
300
What did Mountain Men first come to the Rocky Mountains in search of?
Pelts of beavers
300
What is the historical reenactment of the dress and lifestyle of a moutain man often known as?
Buckskinning
400
After the short-lived American Pacific Fur Company was sold, who controlled the fur trade in the Pacific Northwest? What companies did they control it under?
The British, they controlled it under the Northwest Company and the Hudson's Bay Company
400
What were some of the dangers of Mountain men?
Bears and hostile tribes
400
Who explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains.
Kit Carson
400
What summer event became the most interesting and typical institution of fur-trading days?
The summer rendezvous
400
What were the trails the Mountain Men were instrumental in opening?
Emigrant Trails
500
After 1825, why did few American trappers worked west of the Rocky Mountains?
They found it unprofitable.
500
What were the three senses mountain had to use to keep themselves alive?
Hearing, sight, smell.
500
Jedediah Smith is considered the first man of European descent to cross the future state of ________.
Nevada
500
What did fur companies from Missouri bring out during the summer rendezvous?
Supplies and goods
500
Who were the most experienced nonnative fur gatherers?
French traders
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