Fur Trappers and Traders
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Fur Trappers and Traders marker in Warm Springs Park
Waymark Code: WMB18Q
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2011
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Fur trappers and traders were the first white men in this locality. William H. Ashley and men arrived in the spring of 1826. The principal leaders were James Bridger, Etienne Provost, Jedediah S. Smith. James Bridger, discoverer of Great Salt Lake in 1824, trapped the streams of this region in 1824 and many subsequent years. Jedediah S. Smith, with Harrison G. Rogers and fur party passed near here in August 1826, moving Southwesterly to the Pacific. Placed in tribute to the personnel of that gallant enterprise.
Marker Name: Fur Trappers and Traders
Marker Type: Roadside
Addtional Information:
In Warm Springs Park on side of road
County: Salt Lake
City: Salt Lake City
Group Responsible for Placement: Daughters of the American Revolution
Date Dedicated: August, 1926
Marker Number: Not listed
Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed
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