Subject Guide
Mountain West
Malachite’s Big Hole
The Men:
Following is a list of Mountain Men which have come to my attention. Some of these individuals have a biographical summary attached , a picture if available and references for additional information. For a comprehensive list of individuals associated with the fur trade see “NAMES OF PEOPLE IN THE WEST DURING THE FUR TRADE,” by Mike Moore.
Albert, John David
Alvarez, Manuel
Ashley, William
Astor, John Jacob (fur trade magnate)
Autobees,
Charles
Baca, Marcelino
Baker, Able
Baker, James (Jim)
Beckwourth, Jim
Blackwell, Jefferson
Bodmer,
Karl (artist)
Bonneville, Benjamin
Branch, Francis Ziba
Bridger, Jim
Briggs, Calvin
T.
Campbell, Richard
Campbell, Robert
Carson, Kit
Carson, Moses
Cerre, Michael S.
Charbonneau,
Jean Baptiste (Son of Sacagawea)
Chardon, Francis A
Chouteau, Auguste
Chouteau, Pierre
Clermont,
August
Clyman, James
Colter, John
Craig, William
Crooks, Ramsay
Drips, Andrew
Drouillard, George
Ebberts, George
Ermatinger, Francis
Ferris, Warren
Fink, Mike
Fitzgerald, John
Fitzpatrick, Thomas
Fontenelle, Lucien
Fraeb, Henry
Gantt, John
Gardner, Johnson
Glass, Hugh
Godin, Antoine
Gervais, Jean
Ham, Zachariah
Harris, Moses “Black”
Harvey, Alexander
Hatcher, John L
Hawken, Jacob
and Samuel (Gunsmiths)
Hawken, John
Henry, Andrew
Hoback, John
Hunt, Wilson Price
Immell, Michael
Jackson, David
Johnston, John
Jones, Robert
Larpenteur, Charles
Leonard, Zenas
Leroux, Antoine
Lisa, Manuel
Long, Stephen (military
explorer)
Mackenzie, Alexander
McGaa, William (aka Jack Jones)
McKenzie, Kenneth
McLoughlin,
John
Medina, Mariano
Meek, Joe
Miller, Alfred Jacob (artist)
Montero, Antonio
Newell, Robert “Doc”
Pilcher, Joshua
Potts, Daniel
Pratte, Sylvester
Provost, Etienne
Ranne, Peter
Reznor, Jacob
Robertson, John (Jack Robinson)
Robidoux, Antoine
Robidoux,
Joseph
Robinson, Edward
Rose, Edward
Ross, Alexander
Russell, Osborne
Sarpy, Peter (Pierre)
Sarpy, John B (Jean Baptiste)
Simpson, George (Hudson’s Bay
Company)
Sinclair, Alexander
Sinclair, Prewett
Smith, Jedediah
Smith, "Blackfoot"
John S
Smith, Thomas L (Peg-Leg)
Stewart, Sir William Drummond
Sublette, Andrew
Sublette,
Milton
Sublette, William
Tevanitagon, Pierre
Tharp, William
Thompson, David
Turley, Simeon - Distiller
Vasquez, Louis
Vanderburgh, William
Walker, Joe
Weber, John H
Whitman, Marcus (missionary)
Williams, William S (Old Bill)
Wolfskill, William
Wootten, Richard L (Uncle Dick Wootten)
Wyeth, Nathaniel
Young, Ewing
Yount, George