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John Colter (c.1770–1775 – May 7, 1812 or November 22, 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).
Jul 9, 2018 · John Colter was a 19th-century explorer who traveled with Lewis and Clark and ventured into the uncharted West. He escaped being hunted by Blackfeet warriors by hiding in a river and became a legend of survival and adventure.
John Colter was an American trapper-explorer, the first white man to have seen and described (1807) what is now Yellowstone National Park. Colter was a member of Lewis and Clark’s company from 1803 to 1806. In 1807 he joined Manuel Lisa’s trapping party, and it was Lisa who sent him on a mission to.
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John Colter (ca. 1775–1812) was a private in the Corps of Discovery who left early and became a famous fur trapper. He explored the Yellowstone, the Three Forks of the Missouri, and the Great Falls, and was named after a creek and a falls.
Mar 20, 2021 · Learn about John Colter, a mountain man who might have been the first white man to travel through Yellowstone in 1807-08. Discover the mystery of the Colter Stone, the legend of his escape from Blackfeet Indians, and the movies inspired by his story.
So goes the life of the first mountain man to see Yellowstone: John Colter. It was 1803 when John Colter, already a skilled hunter and scout, joined the Corps of Discovery – the Lewis and Clark expedition -- before it set out from St. Louis, Missouri, in an effort to document the lands of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase.
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Dec 17, 2010 · Learn about John Colter, the first white American to travel through Yellowstone National Park in 1808, and his adventures with Lewis and Clark, Manuel Lisa, and the Blackfeet. Discover the truth behind his myths and legends, and how he influenced the history of the American West.
