THE DRAMATIC HISTORY AND LORE OF THE FIRST FRONTIERSMEN
January 16th, 2010 TerryFor the fur trapper, the land beyond the Mississippi was filled with mystery. Stories of the hazards and the rewards of traveling there filtered back, but the only way a man could know the secrets of the plains and the mountains beyond was to go and see. The West sang a siren’s song. Once the trapper tasted the wine of freedom, he could never erase the memories of the wilderness from his mind.
