Massive Mountain Man Meeting Marred By Murder and Melee BY PAT HILL In the summer of 1832, white trappers and native Americans gathered in the Teton River Valley of present-day Idaho to trade beaver pelts for supplies and fun times. These gatherings, or rendezvous, as they were known, took place from 1825-1840 in the Rocky Mountain […]
Don and Dan Nichols Imposed Life Sentences on Their Victims
Stop Romanticizing Vicious Criminals as “Mountain Men” BY KARI SWENSON I am disgusted by the continued characterization of Dan and Don Nichols as “Mountain Men” by the media and the Nichols. When I think of “Mountain Men,” I am reminded of Jim Bridger or John Colter, and scores of others who were hard-working outdoorsmen able […]