James Beckwourth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

James Beckwourth

American mountain man

Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1798

Place of Birth: Frederick County, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1866

Profession: writer, businessperson, mountain man, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About James Beckwourth

  • James Pierson Beckwourth, born James Beckwith and generally known as, Jim Beckwourth (April 26, 1798 or 1800 – October 29, 1866 or 1867) was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer.
  • James was also famously known as "Bloody Arm" because of his skill as a fighter.
  • He was mixed-race and born into slavery in Virginia.
  • He was freed by his white father (and master), and apprenticed to a blacksmith so that he could learn a trade.
  • As a young man, Beckwourth moved to the American West, first making connections with fur traders in St.
  • Louis, Missouri.
  • As a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow Nation for years.
  • He is credited with the discovery of Beckwourth Pass, through the Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Mountains, between present-day Reno, Nevada, and Portola, California, during the California Gold Rush years.
  • He improved the Beckwourth Trail, which thousands of settlers followed to central California. The trapper narrated his life story to Thomas D.
  • Bonner, an itinerant justice of the peace.
  • The book was published in New York City and London in 1856 as The Life and Adventures of James P.
  • Beckwourth: Mountaineer, Scout and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians.
  • A translation was published in France in 1860.Early historians of the Old West originally considered the book little more than campfire lore.
  • It has since been reassessed as a valuable source of social history, especially for life among the Crow, although not all its details are reliable or accurate.
  • The civil rights movement of the 1960s celebrated Beckwourth as an early African-American pioneer.
  • He has since been featured as a role model in children's literature and textbooks.

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