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The Rendezvous of 1832 and the Battle of Pierre’s Hole

Mountain Man Old Bill Williams by Alfred Jacob Miller.

Massive Mountain Man Meeting Marred By Murder and Melee BY PAT HILL In the summer of 1832, white trappers and native Americans gathered in the Teton River Valley of present-day Idaho to trade beaver pelts for supplies and fun times. These gatherings, or rendezvous, as they were known, took place from 1825-1840 in the Rocky Mountain region, and the Rendezvous of 1832 held … [Read more...]

Don and Dan Nichols Imposed  Life Sentences on Their Victims

Stop Romanticizing Vicious Criminals as “Mountain Men” BY KARI SWENSON I am disgusted by the continued characterization of Dan and Don Nichols as "Mountain Men" by the media and the Nichols. When I think of “Mountain Men,” I am reminded of Jim Bridger or John Colter, and scores of others who were hard-working outdoorsmen able to live and survive in the vast wilderness of … [Read more...]

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