According to Stanley Vestal in his book Jim Bridger, Mountain Man, ... Jim Bridger died on July 17, 1881; he was 77 years old. American Primeval is available for streaming on Netflix.

Jim Bridger was born in Virginia on St. Patrick's Day, 1804. In 1812, the family migrated west to St. Louis, where they had a farm and his father, a land surveyor, put his skills to work. Before ...

Fort Bridger would be burned to the ground by Mormons in 1857 and Jim Bridger would go East to enlist the U.S. government’s help against Brigham Young and the Mormons.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — For a 19th century mountain man, Jim Bridger has been getting a lot of attention these days. Depicted in the Oscar-nominated film "The Revenant," directed by ...

BOZEMAN (AP) – For a 19th century mountain man, Jim Bridger has been getting a lot of attention these days. Depicted in the Oscar-nominated film "The Revenant," directed by Alejandro Gonzalez ...

James Felix Bridger was born on March 17, 1804, in Richmond, Virginia. His father, Patrick Henry Bridger, was a land surveyor and a farmer.