Image / James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, explorer, fur trader, circa 1856

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Title: James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, explorer, fur trader, circa 1856
Alternative Title: James P. Beckwourth, mountain man, explorer, fur trader
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa 1856]
1856
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Studio portrait of James P. Beckwourth, wearing a 3-piece suit with a striped vest.
James Beckwourth, of mixed-race, and was born into slavery in Virginia. His father was the plantation master, and his mother was an enslaved African American. Beckwourth became a trapper and explorer in California, where he lived with the Crow Nation for several years and married Crow women. He guided migrants to California and discovered the “Beckwourth Pass” through the mountains between Reno, Nevada and Portola, California.
Photo label: James P. Beckwourth
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b01_f07_001a.tif
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Subject: Fur traders
Explorers
Beckwourth, James Pierson, 1798-1866
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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