Last modified: September 8, 2022

Utah Explorers

Benjamin Bonneville

• Benjamin Bonneville Wikipedia
• The Adventures of Captain Bonneville
• Rendezvous From Wyoming Tales and Trails(scroll down)
• http://www.fortsmithhistory.org/archive/May2007/BenBonneville.html 
• https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bonneville_benjamin/#.XIsXvi3Mx0I 
• Benjamin Bonneville – Exploring & Defending the American West
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Louis-Eulalie-de-Bonneville 
• http://sfcompanion.blogspot.com/2018/04/army-leader-and-western-explorer.html
• https://prabook.com/web/benjamin.bonneville/3728155

Etienne Provost

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/p/PROVOST_ETIENNE.shtml 
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/etienneprovost.html (Nichols)
• http://www.utah.com/culture/provo.htm 
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/places/olympic_locations/historyofprovo.html (Balls)
• Étienne Provost (Wikipedia)
• Provo: History
• Etienne Provost History Pictures Maps
• https://www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/185
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Étienne-Provost
• Fellow trappers called Etienne Provost, The man of the mountains

Jedediah Smith

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/s/SMITH_JEDEDIAH.shtml 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith
• http://www.jedsmithlegacy.com/ 
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/jedediahssmith.html 
• Diary of Jedediah Strong Smith The Crossing of the Great Salt Lake Desert
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/HNS/Mtmen/jedesmith.html 
• Jedediah Smith Mountain Man … Desert Man(Katz)
• Jedediah Smith – Blazing the Rockies
• BIOGRAPHY OF JED SMITH FOR STUDENTS
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/commanche-kill-mountain-man-jedediah-smith (Death)

Jim Bridger

• BRIDGER, JAMES
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/jamesbridger.html 
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/jimbrid.html 
• Jim Bridger (Wikipedia)
• http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0808905.html
• http://www.over-land.com/jimbridger.html
• http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/btrail/jimbridger.html
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h316.html
• http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1249919
• World’s largest gravesite collection.(Grave)
• http://www.mendonutah.net/history/cache_county/03.htm 
• Bridger, James (encyclopedia.com)
• Jim Bridger – Quintessential Guide of the Rocky Mountains
• https://mountainmanjimbridger.weebly.com/about.html 
• Jim Bridger: The man, the myth, the legend

John C. Fremont

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/f/FREMONT_JOHN.shtml 
• http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0819639.html
• http://www.civilwarstlouis.com/Bios/Fremont.htm
• http://www.civilwaronthewesternborder.org/encyclopedia/fr%C3%A9mont-john-c
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2615/john-charles-fremont
• http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ga_jcf.htm
• http://www.sonofthesouth.net/mexican-war/john-c-fremont.htm
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-c-fr%C3%A9mont
• http://www.longcamp.com/ 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Fremont (Check links on left)
• http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h714.html
• http://www.civilwarhome.com/fremontbio.htm 
• Frémont, John Charles
• John C. Fremont
• John Charles Fremont
• A bio of John Charles Fremont
• http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/12gal.html
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-C-Fremont
• https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-c-frémont 
• https://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/biographies/john_fremont.html 
• Frémont, John C.
• John Charles Frémont (Encyclopedia.com)
• https://www.thoughtco.com/john-c-fremont-biography-1773598
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-c-fremont-reaches-the-great-salt-lake 
• John Charles Fremont (1813-1890) – Find A Grave Memorial

Pictures Gallery

• Captain John Charles Fremont and the Bear Flag Revolt (Nice Picture)
• http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/july/general-john-fremont.htm 
• http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/jfremont.htm
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jan31.html

John Colter

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Colter
• http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-johncolter.html
• http://www.lewisandclarkinkentucky.org/people/colter_bio.shtml 
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/mtmen/johncol.html
• http://lewis-clark.org/content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2613
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3554 
• http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/jcolt.html 
• John Colter | American explorer | Britannica
• John Colter – legendary mountain man of Montana – Historical articles and illustrationsHistorical articles and illustrations | Look and Learn
• http://www.lookandlearn.com/blog/15053/john-colter-trekker-and-intrepid-legend-of-americas-far-west/
• http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/hns/mtmen/johncol.html 
• John Colter – The Mystery of the Stone and the Legend of the Run – My Yellowstone Park

John Henry Weber

• WEBER, JOHN HENRY (Utah History Encyclopedia)
• John Henry Weber – Wikipedia
• http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1792 
• Capt. John Henry Weber
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/johnweber.html (Gowens)

John Wesley Powell

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/p/POWELL_JOHN.shtml 
• http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/johnwesleypowell.html (Bearnson)
• John Wesley Powell – DesertUSA
• http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2003/aug/water/part1.html 
• http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jwpowell.htm 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Powell
• http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=JW_Powell
• http://www.nndb.com/people/335/000105020/ 
• https://www.mygrandcanyonpark.com/park/john-wesley-powell 
• https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/702jsb/john_wesley_powell_american_explorer_geologist/
• https://www.adventure-journal.com/2016/03/historical-badass-john-wesley-powell/
• John Wesley Powell Biography – Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline

John Williams Gunnison

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/g/GUNNISON_JOHN.shtml
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Gunnison 
• http://www.nps.gov/cure/historyculture/explorer_gunnison.htm 
• Benjamin Bonneville Soldier Explorer 1796 1878 : Helen Markley miller : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
• http://www.forttours.com/pages/hmutnw.asp (death)
• http://1857massacre.com/MMM/Gunnison.htm

Family

• Captain John Williams Gunnison | History Grand Rapids

Miles Goodyear

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/g/GOODYEAR_MILES.shtml 
• http://www.go-utah.com/Pioneer-Museum-and-the-Miles-Goodyear-Cabin
• http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2MQW
• http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/goodyear.htm 
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Goodyear
• http://utahhikes.net/oldogden/oldogden.shtml 
• https://www.revolvy.com/page/Miles-Goodyear 
• A history of the Miles Goodyear Cabin

Peter Skene Ogden

• https://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/o/OGDEN_PETER.shtml 
• Peter Skene Ogden’s Snake Country Journals
• Peter Skene Ogden – Wikipedia
• Cascades Volcano Observatory, History – HISTORICAL TIMELINE: Cascade Range Volcanoes in Early Journals, Publications, and Newspapers, Dates, etc.
• http://www.3rd1000.com/history3/biography/ogden.htm 
• Peter Skene Ogden Biography
• http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2GGA
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6414

William Ashley

• William H. Ashley’s 1825 Rocky Mountain Papers
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress – Retro Search
• http://lasersol.com/history/Green_River/grr_wec.html(map) 
• William Henry Ashley – Wikipedia
• Ashley, William Henry | Infoplease
• http://www.nndb.com/people/835/000082589/
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Ashley-W.html
• http://www.3rd1000.com/history3/biography/whashley.htm 
• http://traditionalmuzzleloader.com/index.php/what-is-a-rendezvous 
• William Henry Ashley (1778 – 1838) – Genealogy