Utah Mountain Men Explorers
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Who were Father Dominguez and Father Escalante?
Spanish priests from Mexico who explored across Utah in 1776 while looking for a route to the California coast.
What year did the Dominguez-Escalante expedition cross Utah?
1776.
Who was Bernardo Miera?
The mapmaker who accompanied Dominguez and Escalante.
What did Bernardo Miera map?
He made one of the first maps of Utah Valley and the Salt Lake Valley.
What was the Crossing of the Fathers?
The place where the Dominguez-Escalante expedition crossed the Colorado River; it is now underwater in Lake Powell.
What trail developed partly from the Dominguez-Escalante route?
The Old Spanish Trail.
What areas did the Old Spanish Trail connect?
New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Who was John C. Fremont?
An American explorer who led early expeditions and blazed major trails across Utah.
Who guided John C. Fremont?
Kit Carson.
Kit Carson guided which explorer?
John C. Fremont.
What did Kit Carson do at the Great Salt Lake?
He carved a cross on an island and established a fort.
Who surveyed the Great Salt Lake from 1849 to 1851?
Howard Stansbury.
What did Howard Stansbury study besides surveying the Great Salt Lake?
Local plants and animals.
Who took a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers in 1869?
John W. Powell.
Why did fur trappers come to Utah from the 1820s to 1840s?
To gather and sell animal pelts.
What was the most important pelt sought by Utah fur trappers?
Beaver.
What was a mountain-man rendezvous?
A large yearly meeting where trappers traded fur and other goods.
Who was William Henry Ashley?
A mountain man who led an early expedition into the Salt Lake Valley and was the first American to discover Utah Lake, according to the study guide.
Who was Jim Bridger?
One of the first Americans to lead exploration to the Great Salt Lake.
Who was Jedediah Smith?
An explorer of Utah who also discovered South Pass in Wyoming.
Why was South Pass important?
It became the main passage on the Oregon/California Trail.
Who was Peter Ogden?
A fur trader who explored the Great Salt Lake and Weber River.
Which Utah city was named after Peter Ogden?
Ogden.
Ogden was named after whom?
Peter Ogden.
Who was Etienne Provost?
A Canadian fur trader who explored central Utah.
Which Utah city was named after Etienne Provost?
Provo.
Provo was named after whom?
Etienne Provost.
Who was Benjamin Bonneville?
An army officer and fur trapper.
What Utah places were named for Benjamin Bonneville?
Lake Bonneville and the Bonneville Salt Flats.
Lake Bonneville and the Bonneville Salt Flats were named for whom?
Benjamin Bonneville.
Who was Miles Goodyear?
A fur trader and mountain man who built Fort Buenaventura in Ogden.
Who built Fort Buenaventura?
Miles Goodyear.