The "Forrest Gump" of the Wild West 

There’s a podcast I found just a few weeks ago called “The Wild West Extravaganza” with a series that goes quite in depth on the life of Bridger, about 3 hours in total. Certainly not to discredit this video because obviously you can’t fit as much in a video less than 1/6 as long, but there’s even more pretty interesting stuff in his life that got left out and it’s worth checking out for anyone that liked this.

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Fashion changed and beaver were no longer in demand by 1860, after that they could and did still make money as trappers but it was never the same.

What's funny is your Skip Intro buttons aren't really there... I started with the Tommy Petty one and I thought you guys were just drunk but these are funny man.

Bridger was illiterate, but read an ad in the St. Louis newspaper? Love the story telling with some humor. Tell Mom hello.

It was the Donner Reid party. The names of the leader . Happened around the corner from me. The tree stumps are still about twelve feet tall. Were the cut them in the snow. And a big rock is still there where they made a shelter. We used to call it canable rock. (Sang it like fragle rock)

you’re SO real for the 2011 game 6 walk off in the intro

I believe Donner is the last name of the head guide of that party

I am one of your top 1k subscribers. Nice content well presented. Good work! I will send money soon ! Don't worry your hard work will be worth the time. Idea.... my great ×2 uncle was Sergeant Alvin C. York American hero, possibly a great topic. Go Easy 🤙✌️👍

I will attest to some of his tales being true. Case in point: he used to talk about these cauldrons of hot pots all along the Yellowstone River. Everyone said he was lying, and the river didn't have that. It's ridiculous!, They called them Bridger Pots. It never happened, they said. One year I was fishing up there on the Yellowstone, and I stepped in a hole. My leg turned bright red, almost like a lobster. Even through my waiter. Yellowstone does indeed have hot pots in it.

I'm a fan of the trappers from Cannibal! The Musical.

I work in cultural tourism near several Glass sites. I gotta tell ya, i laughed so hard at the airbud joke 😂😂😂😂 i wish! Honestly, i get a little weary of the whole thing...

Good job love your show. wrong though about the Donner party. It was only one or two instances where they fed a few older people who died to mostly children to save them. Looking forward to more episodes. Good luck . I'll subscribe for now but you gotta keep it interesting or I'm gone. Ha ha love the hate mail from Mom

Lewis and Clark went up the Missouri River.

That is awesome. 😆

Great storytelling, but can you find anything to intersperse with the painting? Maybe fold some socks?

Yeah. What does "mirth" mean? Wow.