Jim Bridger was one of the most important figures in the exploration and settlement of the American West. Known for his skills as a frontiersman, scout, and guide, Bridger played a key role in mapping ...

Gold was discovered in Montana in 1862, ushering in a flood of prospectors straight through the heart of Lakota territory on a new road called the Bozeman trail, further straining tensions between ...

In the 1850s, Jim Bridger put his extensive knowledge of the West to use by guiding wealthy adventurers, geological surveyors, and the U.S. military. Then, in 1862, the discovery of gold in Montana ...

When Jim Bridger was a young man, the entire western half of what's now the United States was for lack of a better term a wilderness. A land teeming with bison and ruled by Indigenous hunter-gatherer ...

A whiskey sour for the distilled spirits industry. Consumers are souring on drinking alcohol. And that’s one of a host of complex reasons why Jim Beam is placing its main distillery in Clermont, ...

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