Old Fort Bridger

Old Fort Bridger was established about 1842 by Jim Bridger, discoverer of Great Salt Lake and a notable pioneer, trapper, fur trader, scout, and guide. Bridger was born at Richmond, Virginia, March 17, 1804, and died at Westport, Missouri, July 17, 1881. His unerring judgement regarding problems of trappers, traders, soldiers, emigrants, and gold-seekers bordered on the miraculous, and his advice was universally in demand in the early history of this state. He has been prominently recognized as America's greatest frontiersman and the west's most gifted scout.

Fort Bridger, Wyoming · United States