The Epic Life of Jim Bridger: Legendary Scout & Fur Trapper COMPILATION
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- Jim Bridger would join the ranks of Ashley’s One Hundred while still a teenager and - alongside other future old west legends like Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth - head up the Missouri River in search of beaver. From present-day northern Montana all the way down to the Gulf of California, from the Mississippi on west to the Pacific Ocean, the iconic Mountain Man Bridger saw it all; discovering and blazing trails that still bear his name to this day while at the same time facing off with some of the deadliest warriors who ever strung a bow. This is a COMPILATION of a previously released series on Bridger. #history #wildwest #oldwest
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Another long compilation for you road trippers, insomniacs, and truckers
Appreciate it Josh, lol I’m starting this close to midnight and what I don’t finish tonight I’ll listen to at 4am on my almost 3 hour drive to work so I got 2/3 covered, I am gonna be driving a truck just not a 18 wheeler lol. But thanks again man, I love the long videos
Great Job Bro I listen all the time while at work overnight really good 👍
BTW you are Funny as hell lol
Thank you
And dudes ripping down sheet rock, busting out walls with sledgehammers, throwing toilets in dumpsters etc. Listening to your storytelling is a great way to get the day going. Thanks
Thanks for posting this. I was adopted as a baby in '69. 47 yrs later, because of a fluke by Google, I located my birth mom and made contact with her. The 1st night we talked for 4 hrs learning about each other's paths for the last 47 yrs. I asked about my heritage and family tree and was astonished at the similarities of my biological family and my adopted family. Mirror images of each other. At some point, my birth mom asked me if I had ever heard of Jim Bridger. I told her I had not. She began to explain who he was and what he was. I wondered why she was telling me all of this. I told her that this was a very interesting history lesson and a cool story, but what did it have to do anything? She proceeded to tell me that her family descends from Jim Bridger somehow. She couldn't tell me exactly how but told me that she possessed an old family book all about Jim and how we descend from him. She said she wanted me to have it. I had forgotten all about it until I saw this post. I am going to ask her about it later today. After 47 yrs of not knowing who or where I came from, it will be an honor to know that somehow, I'm a descendant of this amazing man. Can't wait to check out this book she has! 😁
Update?
DNA test?
What the e fuck does that have to do with Jim Bridger
Please update on this post
Bless you ❤
So awesome ❤
I’m a trapper (mainly beaver) from Oklahoma, been doing it on the side since I was 11. Your description of beaver trapping was pretty much spot on 🤙🏻
Nice, thank you
Trapped muskrat and mink when I was 12. After that live trapped pretty much everything smaller than a coyote.
trap?? There is beaver on every street these days..and you won't have to shave them
Thank you for your hard work . I realy enjoyed listening and learnt so much of a history that fascinates me. Being an exiled Limey my knowledge is mainly European and British . Ofcourse I have always had a yearning and connection for the " wild west" and it's history.
Thank you again.
Hi. I moved to Wyoming a few years ago. This history lesson was alive for me. I think your personal commentary on the motives of Jim, the Mormons, the Indians and the military was spot on. Good job soldier of history! God speed to your future success. Ken
Thanks Ken!
Found me a darn good you tube channel. Thank you Wild West Extravaganza. Jim Bridger lived a good life. Being free from the enslavement of humanity he made his own way. Walked his own path.
Great job . One of your best. By the way my grandma was a 5th cousin to kit Carson. She passed away at 93. She was 4 foot 2 and tuff as nails. She showed me what plants that are eat able in the wild. I miss her everyday.
I miss my grandma too
By far the best historical voice and character ever
Sometimes i wake to Josh's historic lectures and am comforted at my travails. Thanks Josh.
Glad you like them!
I drive an 18 wheeler and love these longer videos. Out of all the TH-cam’ers Josh your channel is my Favorite
Roll on 18 wheeler, roll on
Me too
Hello driver.
Check out this one too.
“Selva Lore.”
Keep the rubber side down.
Check your mirrors.
Great work Josh! Seriously-well done sir. I can give you an idea what pelts were worth around 78 thru 79 (that’s 1979. I’m not that old yet!) My buddy and I ran a trapline before school and we made almost 800.00 that year. We were in 9th grade. We dyed our traps with the rotting hulls of black walnuts, checked our sets every morning at 5AM, and fur prices were high in the late seventies. A really large raccoon in prime condition would fetch 40-50 dollars and muskrats brought an average of 7-9 dollars with really big ones fetching 11 or 12. (Not enough beaver to trap in our area. THANKS BRIDGER!)😂We skinned and stretched everything in my buddy’s basement and when it came time to sell them-800 dollars was a LOT to a couple 15 year olds who hated disco and needed money for the rock and roll shows coming to town! 👍🏼🫡❤️. Thanks again for all your work!
Down with disco!
Sounds like how I grew up in the early eighties...pelts are not worth the time it takes to put em up now a days in the south east...I do miss the trap lines though...have some good memories waking up and running traps with my grandpa before my bus would come in the morning going to kindergarten...ahh the good ole days...
Disco suxs!
Man, you just triggered memories of my wild, and sometimes mis-spent youth during the mid-late1970's ! Fishing for Bass/Trout, hunting Pheasants, Dove, or Valley Quail, my "Disco Sucks !" t-shirts and tickets go see Ted Nugent & Aerosmith. (before sobriety ruined them) All of that ended shortly after high school, when I decided to raise my right hand to take the oath and was sent to the Army's Infantry School, Ft. Benning Geogia's home for wayward boys. Definitely fun and interesting times !
@@jwelectrician196pelt aren't with much but trapping coons sell for 8 to 12 depending on size for the meat
Work hard everyday but realize how little you have done when you here this story, great job telling it!
A life I wish I could have witnessed.
What a story. Very few left with sand anymore. Thank you for the history.
Glad you enjoyed it
Josh this was one of your best episodes ever! Though it was three hours long I stayed for the whole program. All I can say is thank you and well done.
Thank YOU!
As a young man I was quite the beaver hunter myself…
😉😉😉😉😉😀
You never said you were successful though ... 😏
@@Steffany-ze8fg I wasn’t lol, not at all.
@@JohnnyButtons I've never hunted beaver myself, but I have heard it is an elusive creature ;) So I am sure you, in your youth, was not alone!
@@Steffany-ze8fg lol I used to use my tongue as bait...worked well
*Won't they see our legs?"
"Elk don't know how many legs a horse got!"
One of my favorite movie quotes.
Hilarious.
Love it
lol, it was a good one !
Bravo !
It's so nice to see sites that actually read & respond to the comments of their viewers.
I'm trying
I just got this on my feed. Glad it showed up. Bridger was a tough dude.
Thank you for this. Born and raised on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain not far from Donner summit. And close to the wagon route to Sacramento. I love our history and appreciate your channel. 🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it!
Appreciate your long hours of research and beautifully narrated story of Jim Bridger.
Thanks
I was born 250 years to late. I would give anything to go back in time, and live like that. thanks
Found your TH-cam earlier in the summer and now it’s turning winter , life is slowing down a bit and I am able to listen to it. Love your presentation of the American West . Thank you for taking the time to tell these stories for us.
Great to hear! Thanks for listening
Wow, what a channel. I'm an OG and really enjoy listening about our history. At 60, I don't care for too many modern podcasts or drama channels. Thanks for your time and research about the West. Definitely subscribed!!!!
Thanks for listening
Just love these long episodes and the way you tell them just takes me there riding alongside 😜
Glad to hear it!
This channel just keeps getting better.
Thanks Josh. Best Wishes.
Gracias
@@WildWestExtravaganza Say Josh, A fellow Texican here. I love your intro of how you pronounce extravaganza. Rolling those "R"s makes me think of that line in Blazing Saddles when Slim Pickins tells Harvey Korman "You use your mouth purtyer than a $20 whore".
That whole damn movie cracks me up! Keep up the good work and teach history with an open mind. For we don't need narrow minded people trying to brainwash nary soul. Take care and GOD bless Texas.
Wow, not sure how or why TH-cam decided I need to see this, but I'm glad it did. I'd heard of Jim Bridger the mountain man, but the was the full extent of my knowledge. What an incredible life he led. You have made a fan today, sir.
I’m glad too!!!
He s a real Legend we should all learn from people like him!RIP Jim B
Really great stories and well told. Here in Las Vegas, many things bear Mr. Bridger's name. Thanks very much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Jim bridger middle school 🤠
I don’t have as interesting story as some others. Just a plain THANK YOU. I love history
You're welcome. And thank YOU
Thank you for putting this together. Excellent work. My Utah heritage is connected to Jim Bridger. Apparently, Jim Bridger sold/traded my Navajo Great-Great Grandmother to a Mormon Pioneer named Aaron Daniels after the Utes killed her family and made her a slave. Her white name is Rose. She was about 14 years old and shortly thereafter, Aaron decided to make her one of his wives. He was in his 50's. I wish I could talk to her and hear her stories. Rugged resilient people...
Wow
Another amazing video. Plumber that works alone all day. You definitely help the day pass.
Remember rule number 2 of plumbing: never chew your fingernails
Skin Canoe is not the same as a Skin Flute. I'm dying lol!
I drive a semi otr and love these videos your doing as i drive across the west ii listen to these and stare out into the vast expanse and daydream of what it would have been like to be one of the pioneers and coming across on wagon train
Glad you like them!
AWESOME Podcast !! Very informative and entertaining!!
There should be more people in this world with Mr. Bridger's Moral character!
Thanks Josh !!
Wow, thank you!
Thanks Josh - heard it before, fell in love with this mans life. So I willingly sat though it again. Wow, what a life, what a legend, Thanks again man.
Thanks for listening
@@WildWestExtravaganza It’s just to easy to listen to you Josh. You have a voice that screams, Hey just sit down with me for little while, and I’ll tell the story of. . . . I Think it’s just easy listening time.
By the way : I’m really looking forward to the “Indian Wars” episode. I don’t know much about the history, but I really want to learn about it. Once again ( I seem to be saying this a lot ), thanks man, I really do hang out for “ The Wild West Extravaganza “.
Too kind, Iain
3 hours nice,My long night just got a little shorter,much appreciated sir.
Glad it helped
Hell yeah! Always look forward to episodes. Listen to Into History at work during the day also. Thanks for the great podcast from Jones County, Ga
Nice thanks! Join the discord
So, I stumbled on this book series called “making of America.” It’s cheesy, 1970/80s grocery store pulp westerns, but it’s surprisingly well written. I am currently reading The Mountain Breed, and it’s just a good, well written story. Jim here is one of the cameos.
Sounds interesting
You’ve got a hit here with this podcast brother.we appreciate the time and effort put into it….
Thank you very much
Im Mormon,
And I appreciate you talking about the 1840s and Mormons.
Love your channel and just because we're Mormon doesn't mean we don't smoke weed drink beer and ride motorcycles and listen to your channel about the wild wild West my boy
Thank you so very,very much for your narative,
also the illustrations.
A marathon of mountain man information and a great tribute to that amazing legend Jim Bridger a true American Hero.
Thanky you for this and your other posts, all with listening to.
Kind regards Josh.
Many thanks!
You are the best history teacher I've ever had, sorry I'm from White Settlement and I'm a cowboy fan butwe but we can't all be great,lol. As soon as I have a $ you will get it. Thanks so muxh for all the lonly nights that ain't so lonely anymore.
Been drinking
Thanks for listening
Love your stories. It makes me want to go back to Wyoming and re-explore Ft. Bridger!
I want to go there too
Great video❗️. I live right in front of his mountains. He’s a great legend around here.
Very cool
What a fantastic Narrator. I can see the scenes in my mind. Well done 👍
Thank you very much!
Greetings from the BIG SKY. My Bridger Hawkin has served me well these past 50 years.
Greetings!
Halfway through this, and a nurse shows up for a blood draw. It takes 2 or 3 minutes tops. She was here for 10 bc I was listening to this Bridger story. Pretty sure you'll have a New Listener tonight! ✌️🤣💨☕️
I hope you got a clean bill of health
Thank you for sharing. Keep History alive ❤❤
Thank you, I will try
I know you mentioned several other upcoming projects as well, but I can't quit looking forward to your take on the Glanton gang.
Me too
What a great American hero, thanks for this video!
I reacted with a "Dude, shyes!" when I saw the new post and then a "Duuuude, noooo WAY!!!" when I saw it'll be a long-hauler episode! Lots of trips to Denver & back up into the high country this next few weeks! 🙏🔥🙌🌲💫
Heck yeah
Be safe driving. A lot of yahoos on the road.
Just found your channel man and I'm absolutely floored I love it... stay true to yourself and keep on keepin on the rest will fall in the way the good lord wants it to be!!!!
Thanks! Welcome aboard!
Great job. You didn't miss a thing. Keep it up.
Thanks!
I live in Kansas, just an hour or so south of Kansas City. Well, Kansas City is actually two cities in two different states. Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. The cities are essentially connected but separated by the state lines. Westport is a very popular spot, and we have friends who own an antique store in Westport. I love the history of this part of the country. I went to high school in Osawatomie, Kansas, where John Brown was from.
James Clyman warned the Donner party not to take Hastings Cutoff. Yes, Bridger was making money on it. We all know the result. Clyman was one of the heroes of this tragic tale.
Loved this! I just subscribed. I came across this video by accident and the history and narration is excellent. I'll be listening to more, especially the ones about Custer. I am one of the few people, relatively speaking, who live out here in this historical region. I bet I've walked in Jim Bridger's path, as have many people who followed him. What a true American legend!
Glad to have you here!
Thanks for this! Regards, Frederick Bridger (of Montana)
Thanks for listening
I don't know if it is relevant, but this story of Jim Bridges reminded me of a proverb from the Bible 'when a man's ways are pleasing to the Lord, even his enemies are at peace with him'.(Proverbs 16:7)
Podcasts like this make my phone bill worth it!
Thank you. I have been reading Undaunted Courage, and I came across this video and found it interesting. I didn't think I would get through all 3 hours but the time passed quickly.
Glad you liked it! Since you’re reading Undaunted Courage you might like a recent series I did on the Lewis and Clark expedition
@@WildWestExtravaganza Thanks, I will take a look.
I just subscribed!
These kind off videos need be out there. I'm 46 years old and I know. The young people probably won't watch this,😂 at least most of them. But some of them will if it's not out there, none of them will. Keep doing what you do, As long as you can. History teaches us so much if we will let it. Personally, I believe the world needs a history lesson.
This is as good as it gets. 👍
Many thanks
I find the history of the old west very interesting the mountain men are impressive back in the day when times were tuff men had to be to serve
For sure
Desmot is my third great grandfather and him and Bridger work together on the G.K Warren survey in 1855. I Have some info I can share
Excellent episode as always Josh. Learned alot about Jim Bridger. I still remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old the Johnny Horton song Jim Bridger came on the radio and I asked my grandpa who Jim Bridger was. I was recently reading about Jedediah Smith on my phone and a link to an article on a man named John Turner came up I had never read of this man before so I read about him, was wondering if John Turner would be an interesting person to cover on an episode or not?
Great song, I'll have to look into mr Turner
THANK YOU! I read alot of books at sea, retired in Montana it would be great to hear the Story of David Thompson and his mapping of Montana.
From what I understand is that beaver are territorial and the castor comes from the scent gland of the beaver, A beaver would mark its territory with the castor from its own scent gland. If a beaver smelled castor from another beaver in its territory, it would swim up and pile mud on the scent to cover it. With the trap set just off shore and the castor on shore the beaver would step in the trap while putting mud on the castor bait. This was an extremely effective way of trapping beaver, which nearly eradicated them in a few decades.
Thoroughly enjoyed this lengthy video!! More please..👍👍😎
Id love to have lived back then and got to see what this country and how beautiful it was
I love history period but I really like to watch and read about the old mountain men
Kudos to you. Excellent video!
Tied together so many loose ends. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fascinating article 👍 🇬🇧 England, he looks one tough bloke..the 👀 have it..we need their ilk today 😉
What the hell TH-cam!!!!!! I didn't receive any notification from your channel. F#$@ing TH-cam!!! Thank you for all your hard work
It's ok
Iove the way you tell these stories.. great stuff
Glad you like them!
What always blew my mind was how free those early scouts wouldve felt. It mustve been something.
Very nicely researched and narrated. You have a wonderful voice and your enthusiasm shows. Thank you very much.
Thank you kindly!
It's kind of funny hearing someone talking about places I just drove past today.
Bridger Pass is about 20 south of Creston Jct.
I just got over Battle Pass where Mr Frapp died before Honest Jim Baker came in with reinforcements from Savery.
WHEN I SAW THE TITLE I BECAME ABSOLUTELY GIDDY!!!!!!!
Giddy up!
Thanks for info that was neglected in public school! John P.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to your upload. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
i am blood kin to the bear that bit jim bridgers arse.....
Excellent story. Very interesting and enjoyable, well done.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best stories on TH-cam!🤠
Thanks!
Thanks I love this
Thank you
Just stumbled on your channel. Great stuff. Detailed history but without the dry take, the delivery and pacing are awesome. You've a new sub here, can't wait to see and hear more!
Awesome, thank you!
Watched Jeremiah Johnson for the first time...won't be the last ... excellent movie
It's so good
Great job done. 3 hours was just getting me warmed up. Short videos just don't do justice to any history topic.
Thank you
Great podcast!
Thanks for listening
Hey im glad i came across youre video. Great work 👏 👍
Thank you
@@WildWestExtravaganza no thank you for providing such detailed work. You have a new subscriber now forsure!!!! Keep up the great work
Yayy!!! Glad you like it!
I think I might have liked this Man
Great job Josh!
Thanks!
Incredible episode i learned so much love it Thanks man.
Thank you!
I grew up in San Diego ca,a town called esc9 dido. I played at a park called kit Carson park,about a 20 min drive up the road,off to the side their was a building and a small field dedicated to a bunch of soldiers that got in a fight with some local Indians. The way I heard it was kit Carson crawled on his belly for miles to get help for the army patrol that was being killed. Their was a building for the soldiers that were killed and the field where they fell. A few yrs. Ago people complained about it, saying it was racist, early white power etc..etc..etc.. they took the bldg down and let it all grow over. Every time the white man won a battle, it was a massacre,every time the Indians win it’s a fight for their country. Like they were all piece loving spiritual people, that’s alot of crap. Pretty soon they’ll have something to say about this guy.
Love it Jim one of my heros
Hey Josh! im one of your dedicated podcast listeners. Didnt know youre on TH-cam too. Love the video even though I've heard a lot of this before. Good job buddy
Awesome! Thank you
I think it's fair to say "discover" can be just a personal experience, so you can use the term freely!
Sad so many American s so proud of what they did in the (Frontier) in America. It not better from the European s who also moved to the frontiers but when i grew up in Europe as a kid and youth we felt for the natives tribes we also was this storys in history class in school s but sad how much culture who lost but one thing they all had whatever Tribe or Europe n or America n they was thought as nails thats what i like about the history of western and others history but when we playd cowboy s and (indians)i would always wanna be a native but we had no firearms so it was pretty often we lost because hadde't so good skills by nature Thats the real natives had. But i wonder how the world had been if not for firearms smallcops and lies by the government. Hm something to think about. But great upload and cool to learn some history i havent heard of just some storys so thanks for your great work and uploads
Your assessment of todays people being broken by the struggles of earlier settlers, is the understatement of the year! From what ive seen, most people today, and I mean 90% wouldn't last a month on the frontier. Even If you gave them water! In my estimation, half of country people would have a chance and about 1% (or less) of city people have enough survival knowledge to make it. And thats not a slight on city people. They have skills that I don't have. I wouldnt last a month in NYC either! And idk if they have boyscout groups in cities or not, but those that do go thru the scouts, are taught how to build a fire and temporary shelter. If not how to set traps and snares. All which would give a person a chance at survival
Goiter is not from lack of salt. Its most common cause is lack of iodine, which can be obtained from iodized salt. I don't know if iodized salt was available back then. Some sea salts, not all, naturally contain some iodine.
Hey, man. Have you ever given any thought of doing a chapter on the Bent brother's? If you already have I missed it, and I apologize. It's just a thought on my part. Keep up the great work. It's truly enjoyable and informative.