Dressed in professional attire, Mountain Middle School students filled the halls of the La Plata County Courthouse on ...

The best became legendary, like John Colter, Kit Carson, and Jim Bridger. Mountain men roamed the wilds alone or in small groups, becoming skilled in survival, exploration, and trading furs with ...

Kit Carson was born in 1809 and left home when he was only a teenager to become a trapper in the West. He led expeditions throughout the West and became famous as a mountain man and fighter in the ...