Front:
JAMES BRIDGER
1804
CELEBRATED AS A HUNTER, TRAPPER,
FUR TRADER AND QUIDE, DISCOVERED
GREAT SALT LAKE 1824, THE SOUTH
PAS$ 1827. VISITED YELLOWSTONE LAKE
AND GEYSERS 1830. FOUNDED FT. BRIDGER
1843, OPENED OVERLAND ROUTE BY
BRIDGER'S PASS TO GREAT SALT LAKE
WAS GUIDE FOR U.S.EXPLORING
EXPEDITIONS ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON'S
ARMY IN 1857, AND G.M.000GE IN U.P.
CURVEYS AND INDIAN CAMPAIGNS 1836-66.
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A
TRIBUTE TO HIS PIONEER WORK BY
MAJ.GEN.G.M.DODGE
James Bridger Monument, Mt. Washington Cemetery. Kansas City, Mo.
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