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 ...