Can someone tell me about Jim Bridger?

Jim Bridger was a well known fur trapper who left for the mountains in 1822. He was only 18 years old when he first became a trapper. He set up a trading post near what is now Evanston, Wyoming. Fort Bridger became a stopping place for people traveling on the Oregon Trail

James Felix Bridger was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout, and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century. He was from the Bridger family of Virginia, English immigrants that had been in North America since the early colonial period

James Felix Bridge(March 17, 1804-July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, trapper,Army scout and wilderness guide who explored and trapped in the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century . He was from the Bridger family of Virginia,English immigrants that had been in North America since the early colonial period.

north east because it has more forest