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John Colter, a Virginia native, was recruited in Kentucky by Meriwether Lewis in October 1803 to serve in the Lewis & Clark Expedition. He became a valued member of the Corps of Discovery as a hunter and scout. When he asked to leave the expedition on August 15, 1806, to trap in the mountains, William Clark agreed because Colter had performed his duty so well. After several encounters with Blackfeet Indians while trapping beavers, he returned to a farm in what is now Missouri, married, and had a son, Hiram. Military records show that Private John Colter died May 7, 1812, while serving in the United States Mounted Rangers under Nathan Boone, son of Daniel Boone. His gravesite has never been located, but he is believed to have been buried several miles east of here on a bluff top overlooking the Missouri River.
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