This is Old News, our weekly rendezvous around Utah's past. Why it matters: James Beckwourth poses a cutting case study of whose memories get believed — an important question to explore as Black ...

One significant Black figure in American history was a mountain man named James Beckwourth. He was known as one of the few Black mountain men during the 19th century and also as one of the people ...

Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries History of Now Amanda Bellows - Author, The Explorers: A New History of America in Ten ...

Trapper, explorer, Indian war-chief, Army scout, barkeep, trader, horse-thief, gold miner, mounted courier, gambler, trailblazer -- the resume of African American mountain man James Pierson ...

James Pierson Beckwourth is a pioneer of the American West largely erased from history lessons. Recovering his story, however, can help us to better understand current debates over historical ...

But there’s one Black mountain man who’s earned his own chapter in the history of westward expansion: James P. Beckwourth. “Beckwourth was ... one of their peers and respected by them for ...

This week we’re featuring profiles of Mary Florence Lathrop and James Beckwourth. Mary Florence Lathrop ‒ First woman admitted to the Colorado Bar Association (1865-1951) Mary Lathrop began working at ...

When James Beckwourth headed to California during the Gold Rush, he discovered, instead of riches, a pass through the Sierra Nevada. Around the time Florence Merriam graduated from Smith College ...

Tracing a route African American pioneer James P. Beckwourth blazed over the Sierra Nevada is one way to appreciate his exploits. Right now, much of this route is snowbound. However, in late ...

Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries York, the enslaved man who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their history-making expedition ...