(B-027556) Harris, Burton. John Colter: His Years In The Rockies. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 180 pages. Fine in Good DJ. Maps. DJ edgeworn with light chipping and small tears, inner front flap has a corner crease and closed tear. The life of a famous American explorer (1775 -1813) . A member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1803–06) , in 1807 Colter was sent to make contact with Indian tribes in the Yellowstone River area; he became the first white man to see and describe the region. In three expeditions to the head of the Missouri River (1808–10) , he narrowly escaped death in battles with Indians. He retired to a farm on the Missouri. (Colter, John, Yellowstone Nationa)
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