Twelve of the famous Mountain Man Rendezvous were held in
what today is Wyoming’s south pass country. The 1835 Rendezvous may very well
be the one that opened up the west for settlers. A doctor, Dr. Marcus Whitman
and a minister, Reverend Samuel Parker were present, representing occupations
not before seen in the mountains. Whitman handed out various medicines, did
some surgeries and generally helped trappers and Indians alike. Parker made friends
with the tribes and preached from his, white man’s book of God.
Five years later the fur trade was ending, and
less than a decade after that 49ers were racing across Wyoming on their way to
the gold fields of California
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