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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)

	James Pierson Beckwourth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	James Beckwourth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jim Beckwourth, James P. Beckwith) was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1798 to Sir Jennings Beckwith, a descendant of Irish and English nobility, and an African-American mulatto woman about whom little is known.
		Beckwourth eventually began ranching, mostly with stolen horses, until he was chased out by vigilantes in 1855.
		Beckwourth's death came at age 71, while guiding a military column to a Crow Tribe in Montana.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Beckwourth (618 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)

	Saddles 'n' Spurs - The Young Riders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	The Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		James Pierson Beckwourth, a trapper, Indian Chief, and maulatto army scout, had discovered Beckwourth Pass, for unknown ages a great Indian thoroughfare, to civilization, in 1850.
		Beckwourth immediately recognized its importance and went to Marysville where he presented a plan for an emigrant road by the way of the pass, to Dr. S.
		The route that he pioneered was from a point near Reno, over Beckwourth Pass elevation 5,218 feet, across Sierra Valley, then along the ridge of the Middle Fork of the Feather River to Bidwell’s Bar and into the Sacramento Valley.
	www.wplives.com /frc/canyon/index.html (668 words)

	Jim Beckwourth
		Beckwourth's role in American history was often dismissed by historians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
		But Beckwourth was a man of his times, and for the early fur trappers of the Rockies, the ability to "spin a good yarn" was a skill valued almost as highly as marksmanship or woodsmanship.
		And while Beckwourth certainly had a tendency to exaggerate numbers or to occasionally make himself the hero of events that happened to other people, later historians have discovered that much of what Beckwourth related in his autobiography actually occurred.
	www.beckwourth.org /Biography (439 words)

	James P. Beckwourth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Beckwourth became a seasoned trapper, attended the 1825 rendezvous on Henry's Fork, and returned to St. Louis with an Ashley fur party in the summer.
		Beckwourth joined Smith and Walkara for their great 1840 horse raid on California, driving of 5,000 head, half of which reached Bridger's and Bent's forts.
		Beckwourth was a man of great courage, activity and some principle; he had faults, but his good qualities in general outweighed them and his influence upon the west, though fleeting as a cloud shadow, was positive.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/biography/beckwourth.htm (421 words)

	James Pierson Beckwourth
		It is thought that James Beckwourth was born in 1798, in Virginia.
		James was apprenticed to a flsmith, but he was unhappy.
		James didn't want to be just a mountain man; he wanted to be the most famous mountain man who ever lived.
	www.edhelper.com /BiographyReadingComprehension_37_1.html (538 words)

	AFRO-AMERICAN ALMANAC - African-American History Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		James Beckwourth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on April 6, 1798, the third of thirteen children.
		On this expedition, Beckwourth made a discovery that "should forever secure him a place in Western history." Just a few miles northwest of what is now Reno, Nevada, he found an important pass through "Beckwourth Pass," followed later by thousands of pioneers and gold seekers to the fields of California.
		The Western Pacific Railway later used the "Beckwourth Pass" as a gateway to the west.
	www.toptags.com /aama/bio/men/jbeck.htm (454 words)

	James Beckwourth Mountian Club, Denver Colorado, Hiking, Camping, Mentoring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Club's mission is to preserve the legacy of James P. Beckwourth by providing experiential outdoor apprehension and appreciation to a diverse group of youth, individuals and families, while promoting a concern for the wilderness environment.
		James P. ("Jim") Beckwourth, born in 1798, was a fur trader, mountain man, frontiersman, explorer, army scout, War Chief of the Crow Indians, trading post
		The James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club, in Denver Colorado, offers a variety of activities involving outdoor/wilderness experiences designed to exhilarate, challenge and educate, as well as provide involvement in community outreach activities through our James P. Beckwourth Outdoor Education Center.
	www.beckwourthmountainclub.org /beckwourth/index2.htm (389 words)

	Adventure & Exploration
		JAMES P. James P. Beckwourth (1798 or 1800-1866) was born in Frederick County, Virginia to an African American slave mother and English father, Sir Jennings Beckwith.
		Although his father raised him as his own son, according to the law, Jim Beckwourth was still legally considered a slave, causing his father to have to appear in court on three occasions to emancipate him.
		Beckwourth was the only African American who played a major role in the early exploration and settlement of the American West to record his life story.
	www.sis.pitt.edu /resources/diversity/naa/adventure.html (514 words)

	Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California (Black Americans)
		James Beckwourth, a shrewd, enterprising Afro-American explorer, fur trader, and speculator, made major contributions to western history not yet fully recorded in historical annals.
		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.
		James P. Beckwourth died in Colorado in 1864 at the age of 66.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/5views/5views2h10.htm (610 words)

	Americas Black West, part 1
		It seems that some years back, when Beckwourth was a child, the Cheyenne attack this particular band of Crow and carried off many of their women and children.
		After a painful inspection of Jim's eyelid it was discovered that Beckwourth had a mole just where an old woman indicated he should, further proving to the lady's satisfaction that he was, indeed, her son.
		By Beckwourth's own admission, or yarning, he was later made a chief of this tribe.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/great_american_plains/106636/2 (459 words)

	Jim Beckwourth; African-American Frontiersman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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
		James P. Beckwourth led an interesting life that was full of adventure.
		Beckwourth spent some years with the Crows and enjoyed leadership and influence within their tribe.
		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)

	Book Review
		James P. Beckwourth, a mulatto born in Virginia, led an extraordinary life.
		In telling his story to Bonner, Beckwourth exaggerated his own importance in events, and could not resist stretching the truth and telling some tall tales.
		It appears that when Jim Beckwourth died in the Crow country in 1856, he was laid to rest as a Crow Indian would be, atop a platform in a tree.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/73fall/br-beckwourth.htm (381 words)

	Jim Beckwourth black American explorers
		Jim Beckwourth's advancements of leadership was also due to the fact of the high loss of life of war party leaders in battle.
		Jim Beckwourth acquired a number of Indian wives, and was given the respect of all the Crow Indians.
		Jim Beckwourth was allowed by the tribe leaders, against their better judgment, to accompany them as they visited a John Jacob Astor trading post.
	members.aol.com /bkwourth/bkwourth.htm (893 words)

	James P. Beckwourth and the Mythology of the West
		Beckwourth claimed to have been born in Virginia in 1798.
		Many historians, on reading contemporary opinions of Beckwourth and analyzing his "autobiography," have concluded that he was an audacious braggart and prevaricator.
		Beckwourth's adventurous spirit led him to participate in the Seminole War of 1837-38.
	historytogo.utah.gov /utah_chapters/trappers,_traders,_and_explorers/jamespbeckwourthandthemythologyofthewest.html (821 words)

	Trails West: Across the Plains-Last updated 01/08/02
		Beckwourth Frontier Days: Marysville, California Established to honor James P. Beckwourth, an unsung, genuine American hero who created a lower, safer passage across the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the mid-1800s.
		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.
	www.over-land.com /trwestmid.html (2422 words)

	James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club, Denver, Colorado
		Instituted in 1998, the Outdoor Education Center (OEC) is a free, year-round mentoring program that improves and enhances the lives of urban youth.
		REI and the James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club co-hosted the Beckwourth Adventures at REI on Saturday, April 23 at the REI Denver Flagship Store.
		Beckwourth Adventures consisted of two biking tours, a gear swap, free education clinics and a raffle for great prizes.
	www.beckwourthmountainclub.org (168 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.
		At least not until 1995, when the councilmen of Marysville renamed the place near the end of the trail, at the conjunction of the Feather and Yuba Rivers in Marysville, Beckwourth Riverfront Park.
	www.syix.com /yubacity/beckwourth.html (198 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		James Beckwourth (1798-1867) was born a slave, but raised free by his mulatto mother and white father.
		Later, Beckwourth served as a guide, army scout, and hunter.
		In 1856 he published "Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth," a chronicle of his frontier life.
	www.nps.gov /jeff/mountain.htm (584 words)

	James Beckwourth: Black pioneer played prominent role in early West (printable version)
		Beckwourth’s 12 years of schooling also set him apart from the other explorers in that time.
		In the early 1800s, Beckwourth’s father moved his family and 22 fls from Frederick County, Va., where he was born, to a section of land near St. Louis, Mo., which Beckwourth described in his autobiography as a “howling wilderness” regularly under attack by the “wily Indian.”
		While on a trapping expedition around 1828, Beckwourth was captured by a party of Crow warriors and spent the next six to eight years with the tribe, also called the Absaroke or Sparrowhawk people.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=33453 (854 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)

	Plumas County, California Settlement Histories
		Beckwourth, sometimes erroneously listed as “Beckwith” on early census reports, was named for James “Jim” P. Beckwourth, an unsung, genuine American hero of mixed ancestry who created a lower, safer passage across the
		Jim Beckwourth, generally considered to be an African American, played a major role in the early exploration and settlement of the American West.
		Beckwourth was a man of his times, and for the early fur trappers of the
	www.cagenweb.com /plumas/his2.htm (2168 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 Cast of Historical Characters
		James P. Beckwourth: 1800-1866, son of a slave mother and a Virginia plantation owner.
		James Stoner: One of the early settlers in Stonewall, Stoner was actually the Postmaster.
		James Autobees, James Beckwourth, William Bent, Kit Carson, Robert Ford and Mother Jones photos courtesy Colorado Historical Society.
	www.sangres.com /history/characters.htm (2522 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)

	Black History Series Featuring CU-Boulder Faculty To Air On KBDI In February And March \| News Center \| University of ...
		Keasley said he learned a lot from a segment examining the life of James Beckwourth, the African American explorer who traversed North America in the mid-19th century.
		"James Beckwourth was very involved with native peoples of this region," Keasley said.
		There's also a Beckwourth club in Denver, and one of my students here at CU-Boulder was in the club as a child.
	www.colorado.edu /news/releases/2006/36.html (315 words)

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