Results for Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Strong Smith
Through this region passed
In May, 1827
Jedediah Strong Smith
and his mountain men. The first
recorded crossing of the
Sierra Nevada by white men.
Marker is on West Bradford Avenue west of Lower Sunset Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
Jedediah Strong Smith
Through this region passed
In May, 1827
Jedediah Strong Smith
and his mountain men. The first
recorded crossing of the
Sierra Nevada by white men.
Marker is on West Bradford Avenue west of Lower Sunset Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
Jedediah Smith
1798-1831
In 1826 he led a party of 17 men through the territory of the Mojave Indians, then west across our Great desert. During the trek, the heat became so intense that it forced him and his men to bury themselves ...