Mountain Men

The Mountain Men lived a very interesting life. They were rugged individualists who were crisscrossing the West in search of valuable furs. Who were these Mountain Men, how did they live and what legacy did they leave for us?

The Wild, Wild West!

In the video you watched in class today the narrator expressed how the "Corps of Discovery" was stupified by what they saw once they arrived West of the Mississippi. Why do you think they were astonished by what they saw? Why did they document so many animals and plants in this part of the journey?