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 ...

A new book by Phil Tinline recounts the history of a 1967 hoax and its ongoing influence as source code for antigovernment ...

They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that ... Hayward founded the AMM with six other avid outdoorsmen and history buffs. Today it’s a nationwide organization, with ...