Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60William Ashley, 1824–1825 Organized first trapper rendezvous July, 1825 by Burnt Fork of the Green River Jim Bridger, 1823–1824 Jedediah Smith and Thomas Fitzpatrick, 1823–1824 Benjamin Bonneville,1832 Established many parts of the OregonTrail William Ashley and Jedediah Smith (return trip), 1825 current day Montana current dayWyoming Trappers rendezvous 1823–1834 in1833 and South Pass,1824 years Rediscovered five other Jedediah Smith byWilliam Sublette trading post in 1834 Laramie), established as (later changed to Fort Fort William and direction not known not known Exact route direction known and d not n k a a not known Exact route Lewis and Clark Expedition, William Clark’s return route, 1806 Robert Stuart, 1812–1813 Astorians, 1811 John Colter, 1807–1808 Champlain, Lafargue, andWilliams, 1811–1812 George Drouillard, 1808 South Pass, first discovered 1812 Fort Raymond / Manuel's Fort, 1807–1812 current day Montana current dayWyoming Exact route 1806–1813 Early explorers and fur trappers 25 The annual trappers rendezvous was first held in Wyoming in 1825 and nine other years, ending in 1840 as demand for beaver fur began to decline. Fur trappers and Native Americans met here for trade and various competitions. Many places in Wyoming are named after Jim Bridger and other fur trappers (also called Mountain Men) such as William Sublette,Thomas Fitzpatrick, and Jedediah Smith. John Frémont, known as the Great Pathfinder for his explorations of the American West, explored Wyoming in the 1840s. Lewis and Clark were some of the first European Americans to explore the lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase (1804–1806) but stayed north of the area that became Wyoming. John Colter, a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, returned in 1807 and explored the northwestern part of Wyoming and gave the first reports of thermal springs inYellowstone. Robert Stuart and a party of six men returning from Astoria, Oregon discovered South Pass in 1812, one of the lowest points for crossing the Continental Divide. The route was later followed by emigrants on the Oregon/California/Mormon Trail. Data Go Interactive