CSPAN3 American History TV August 16, 2014
Pass, whether youre going through the great salt lake, whether youre going to the oregon territory for free land, or whether youre going to california for gold. This represents some of the early explorers. The bestknown explorer in wyoming is none other than jim bridger. He wasnt that well traveled, but he did a great amount of documentation in his diary. He was the first white man, we believe, to have discovered the great salt lake. Its his diaries that the mormons will later follow to the great salt lake. When you compare jim bridger to another very famous explorer, john c. Free mount, when ...