Trapping has long history in Vernon County

Saturday, April 4, 2009

So, you want to join likes of John Colter, Jim Bridger and Kit Carson and become a trapper? The name of Jedediah Smith and men like him conjures up a romantic image of the lone mountain man trekking the wilderness clad only in animal skins and eking out a living by fighting off Indians with his Hawken rifle and pulling money from the forests and icy mountain streams in the form of fur.

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