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James P. Beckwourth, born in Virginia as the son of a Southern planter and a negro slave, was a trapper, scout, and mountain man who explored the West with Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, and Peter Lassen. He discovered Beckwourth Pass, explored the Feather River to Marysville, and built this cabin in 1852.
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