On August 21, 1841, he was among a group of twenty three trappers who were attacked by Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux on what became known as Battle Mountain. After Henry Fraeb was killed, Baker organized the trappers against the Native Americans in a multiple-day fight.

One of the most colorful figures of the Old West, Jim Baker worked as a trapper, scout, explorer, guide, soldier, rancher, and mine owner during his lifetime. He was a friend of Jim Bridger and Kit Carson and one of General John C. Fremont’s favorite scouts.

In 1855, Baker, along with several other mountain men, arrived at Fort Laramie and spent considerable time drawing maps for the military with Lieutenant Warren.

2015年1月2日 · On Aug. 21, 1841, Baker and another man were hunting across the river from Fraeb’s camp. When they saw the ominous sign of a rising cloud of dust in the mountains, they rushed to the camp. They soon became engaged in a fierce fight with Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapaho. Fraeb was one of the first killed. Baker is credited with taking charge after that.

2023年9月23日 · A young trapper named Jim Baker, freshly returned to his beloved mountain west from his home state of Illinois, had just downed a couple of buffalo cows with a fellow trapper history has recorded only as Vandusor.

Born in Illinois in 1818, Jim Baker is remembered as the last mountain man of the West. His westward adventures began in 1839 when, at the age of 21, he joined Jim Bridger as a hunter/trapper with the American Fur Company.

James Baker, usually known as Jim Baker, was a late comer to the fur trade. He is reported to have been tall and lean, in later years wearing a goatee and his reddish hair was allowed to grow long and hang in ringlets.

2024年7月26日 · On August 21, 1841, he was among a group of twenty three trappers who were attacked by Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Sioux on what became known as Battle Mountain. After Henry Fraeb was killed, Baker organized the trappers against the …

2024年6月9日 · Jim Baker was the most famous mountain man and scout in western history. He was known as "the red-headed Shoshone" and "Honest Jim Baker".. He had at least 3 wives, probably all Native Americans, and 14 children.

2016年12月5日 · Prior to these distinguished achievements, Jim was a fur trapper and mountain man. In 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass was a member of a group of fur trappers who collected beaver pelts in the South Dakota area and sold them to coat and hat makers in the United States.