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	Jim Beckwourth
		Jim Beckwourth was known among the mountain men as the “Gaudy Liar” a compliment within a group of men who valued the skill of story-telling, tall tales and the ability to spin out a story in any way so long as it wasn’t boring.
		Beckwourth was apprenticed to a St. Louis flsmith, a useful profession that may have brought him to the attention of General William Ashley.
		Beckwourth may have played a role in the early exploration of Wyoming's South Pass and subsequent expeditions along the Bear, Weber, and Green rivers.
	home.att.net /~mman/JBeckwourth.htm (740 words)

	Saddles 'n' Spurs - The Young Riders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		While he never became as famous as his contemporaries Jim Bridger and Kit Carson, James Beckwourth, a Virginia-born mulatto who may have been the illegitimate child of the wealthy Beckwith family, descendants of nobility, was one of the most independent and idiosyncratic mountain men of them all.
		Beckwourth joined fur trader William Henry Ashley in 1824, later working independently or in tandem with such as Pegleg Smith or Jedediah Smith, ranging as far north as the Grand Tetons and the Columbia River basin.
		After relocating first in Taos and later Pueblo, Colorado, Beckwourth returned to California and took part in the 1845 insurrection, staying on to steal horses which he drove across the mountains and sold on the Plains.
	www.angelfire.com /md/saddlesandspurs/beckwourth.html (306 words)

	Beckwourth, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Beckwourth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States.
		During the Nineteenth Century westward expansion of immigrants, Beckwourth was known as the first town west of the Rocky Mountains where an African American could buy provisions.
		Named for James P. Beckwourth (d.1867), adventurer and trapper, who discovered the gap in 1851; he also built the first house in the Sierra Valley, and operated an inn and trading post there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beckwourth,_California (563 words)

	California @ WestCoastRoads - California 70
		California 70 is former U.S. 40 Alternate, starting at its junction with California 99 east of Woodland and heading northeast through the Feather River Canyon en route to meeting U.S. 395 at Hallelujah Junction.
		California 70 reaches the southern terminus of California 284 1.5 miles west of the county line at Chilcoot.
		California 162 ends at a point just north of the suspension bridge, but Quincy Highway continues as a county-maintained highway all the way to Quincy (and Junction California 70) via Bucks Lake Road.
	www.westcoastroads.com /california/ca-070.html (1164 words)

	James Pierson Beckwourth
		Beckwourth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, to a slave mother and English father, who had thirteen children together.
		In 1828, Beckwourth claimed he was captured by the Crow Indian tribe while out on a trapping expedition; after his capture, a Crow Indian woman claimed him as her long-lost son.
		Beckwourth had developed a lot of respect and closeness with the Crows, and while he had no qualms about killing enemy warriors in battle, wholesale genocide of the people who had adopted him was certainly not his style, even if he had had a motive.
	www.gibbsmagazine.com /James.htm (1500 words)

	African Americans and the Old West
		Beckwourth was known as a daredevil and knew how to bargain with the Native Americans.
		Beckwourth traveled to Florida as a scout for the U.S. Army during the Seminole War.
		Beckwourth's mind and body caused him to take on many different jobs including the operation of a trading post, a hotel, and as a trapper of furs and a prospector of gold during the "gold rush" years.
	www.liu.edu /cwis/cwp/library/african/west/west.htm (12045 words)

	The Jim Beckwourth Trail
		James Beckwourth discovered what is now known as Beckwourth Pass in the spring of 1850, and immediately set about establishing a trail to Marysville.
		He worked on the trail in the summer and fall of 1850 and the spring of 1851, and in the late summer of that year led the first wagon train of settlers along the trail into Marysville.
		The Beckwourth Trail was used heavily until about 1855, when the railroad supplanted the wagon train as the preferred method of travelling to California.
	www.beckwourth.org /Trail (244 words)

	Trails West: Across the Plains-Last updated 01/08/02
		Beckwourth On The Santa Fe Trail Beckwourth and others set out on the Santa Fe Trail for Fort Vasquez, established in 1835 on the Platte River in what is now Colorado.
		The Beckwourth Trail The Beckwourth Trail originated from The California Trail, a system of wagon roads and pack trails used by the emigrants of 1841 and later as they forged their way to California.
		California National Historic Trail The Beckwourth Trail is a portion of this.
	www.over-land.com /trwestmid.html (2422 words)

	Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (Black Americans)
		Beckwourth and Company completed the road in 1851 at Beckwourth's expense, and brought the first immigrant party in that summer.
		Beckwourth's comments in the Marysville Herald on August 13, 1853 implied that the Marysville town government and its citizens defaulted on their pledges to Beckwourth and Company although repeated attempts were made to collect the money.
		Beckwourth settled in the valley beneath the pass by 1852, and became an innkeeper and trading post manager.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/5views/5views2h10.htm (610 words)

	James Beckwourth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His father saw to it that his son would not suffer the vicissitudes of slavery, and thrice had him manumitted at court.
		Although his activities remain largely unknown during this time Beckwourth became known as a prominent Indian fighter and guide often hired by settlers to guide wagon trains through the Sierra Nevada.
		The company's largest raid took place in 1840 when Beckwourth, in cooperation with Native Americans led by Ute Chief Wakara, over Cajon Pass successfully raiding nearly all the ranches from San Gabriel to San Bernadino of over 1,200 horses.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Beckwourth (605 words)

	Jim Beckwourth; African-American Frontiersman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Today, Jim Beckwourth is recognized as one of the great African-American pioneers in California history.
		Born in Virginia in 1798, Beckwourth escaped from the slaveholding south at his earliest opportunity and headed for the freedom of the west.
		Beckwourth came to California during the gold rush and prospected around Murderer's Bar and Rich Bar on the Feather River.
	www.californiahistory.net /6gold/beckwourth.htm (247 words)

	Your Heading Goes
		Beckwourth spent some years with the Crows and enjoyed leadership and influence within their tribe.
		Beckwourth helped establish the town of Pueblo in Colorado in 1842.
		It was published in 1856 as The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians.
	www.eureka.edu /emp/jrodrig/webpage/beckwourth.htm (284 words)

	WayBack . Gold Rush . People to Know \| PBS KIDS GO! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Although Beckwourth was born a slave, his white father eventually declared his son a "free Negro" and brought him out West.
		As a young man, Beckwourth lived among the Crow Indians, marrying (and abandoning) a number of Crow women.
		Beckwourth also served as guide and interpreter for U.S. troops during the Cheyenne War of 1864.
	pbskids.org /wayback/goldrush/peopletoknow_beckwourth.html (105 words)

	Jim Beckwourth
		James Beckwourth, a mulatto, was born at Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 26th April, 1798.
		Beckwourth became an established mountain man and trapped the upper Missouri and Columbia region.
		In 1852 Beckwourth began dictating his memoirs to the journalist Thomas Bonner.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWbeckwourth.htm (308 words)

	Beckwourth Frontier Days
		Beckwourth Frontier Days is a hands-on historical experience for young and old alike.
		A large variety of acts that range from a reenactment of the trial when Beckwourth sued Marysville, to cowboy poets, cloggers, a church revival, melodrama and much more are presented for your entertainment throughout each day.
		Beckwourth Frontier Days 1995 was dedicated to Vern Williams who portrayed James Beckwourth the first four and a half years until his untimely death in May of that year.
	www.syix.com /yubacity/beckfest.html (647 words)

	James Pierson Beckwourth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		James Beckwourth (1798-1867) was born a slave, but raised free by his mulatto mother and white father.
		In 1823, Beckwourth joined the fur-trading expeditions of William Ashley and Andrew Henry into the Rocky Mountain region of the West.
		He discovered a route through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to California that was named for him.
	klesinger.com /jbp/jbeck.html (114 words)

	Beckwourth, California Vacation Rentals
		Vacation Rentals » United States » California » Beckwourth
		Beckwourth, California offers great vacation rental by owner (VRBO) opportunities for the in-the-know traveler.
		No matter what level of comfort or value you seek in your holiday to Beckwourth, CA, there's surely a great local vacation home rental available to meet your needs.
	www.trails.com /rentals/cityna.asp?vacation=Beckwourth_California (169 words)

	Beckwourth Mountain Club References and Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It also documents Jim Beckwourth's son, Alvin Draper, by his first love "Amy," a slave belonging to the Draper family.
		It also details his life in Beckwourth Valley in California, and the writing of his book with T.D. Bonner.
		NOTE: This issue features Beckwourth on the cover, along with the article on page 3, in connection with the celebration of Jim Beckwourth's 200th Birthday.
	www.beckwourthmountainclub.org /beckwourth/BW_Reference.htm (507 words)

	James P. Beckwourth
		James P. Beckwourth, a rugged individualist, and a trail blazer, found a lower pass over the mountains that proved to be safer for emigrants than the Donner Trail.
		At a time when Marysville was just beginning to grow and people were needed to support the influx of gold seeking entrepreneurs, Beckwourth made a deal with the city fathers to bring in a wagon train of emigrants.
		There is no record of Beckwourth ever having been paid for this accomplishment.
	www.syix.com /yubacity/beckwourth.html (198 words)

	Beckwourth, California (Cities)
		Beckwourth is a small community named after James Pierson Beckwourth, a fl man, who was an early pioneer who developed an alternate trail to reach the Sacramento Valley.
		Jim Beckwourth was an African American who played a major role in the early exploration and settlement of the American West.
		Although there were people of many races and nationalities on the frontier, Beckwourth was the only African American who recorded his life story, and his adventures took him from the everglades of Florida to the Pacific Ocean and from southern Canada to northern Mexico.
	www.caohwy.com /b/beckwour.htm (167 words)

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		The state of California was named for Califia, reputedly a Black virgin queen.
		Statehood for California became inevitable after the 1836 revolt of Texas and its declaration of independence from Mexico.
		California should be that of a Territory or a State.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/statue/1032/id542_m.htm (4509 words)

	California History Trivia Questions from Dogtown Territorial Quarterly
		The following questions to California history trivia are derived from history articles that were published in the
		The best way to take each test is to read the questions and jot down your answers on a piece of paper.
		Approximately 30-35,000 Maidu Indians inhabited northern California prior to the gold rush.
	www.californiahistory.com /trivia.html (3678 words)

	Beckwourth, CA Houses, Apartments, Cars, Mortgage Status, and Residents Info
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	Ina Coolbrith
		When she arrived at the border of California as a ten-year-old, her family's wagon train had been traveling for months in the long trek from Missouri.
		Josephine D. Smith, as Ina Coolbrith was then called, was being brought to California by her mother, who in 1851 was running away (with her second husband) from the polygamy of the Mormon church.
		Five years later, in 1991, this same group sponsored a plaque in the lobby of the Main Branch of the Oakland Public Library Beckwourth Pass, a gentle depression in the high desert that joins Nevada with California, is clearly marked on U.S.Highway 70.
	www.cateweb.org /CA_Authors/Coolbrith.html (951 words)

	Information on James P. Beckwourth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Oswald's research in the 1972 reprint validates many of Beckwourth's accounts, and provides evidence that contradicts many of the false statements and controversies surrounding Bonner's book.
		"James Pierson Beckwourth, An Enigmatic Figure of the West, 1856-1866," by Nolie Mumey, Copyright 1957 by Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, Denver Colorado.
		"Jim Beckwourth - Black Mountain Man, War Chief of the Crows, Trader, Trapper, Explorer, Frontiersman, Guide, Scout, Interpreter, Adventurer and Gaudy Liar", by Elinor Wilson, Copyright 1972, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. NOTE: This is an excellent reference book on Jim Beckwourth's life and early family roots.
	www.beckwourthmountainclub.org /beckwourth/BECKWOURTH-RESOURCEINFO.html (568 words)

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