ActivityPersonen zu Geografie, Heimat- und Länderkunde (19.1dp) (sswd)
Forschungsreisender (gnd)
CountryUSA
Geographic NoteUS (iso3166)
Names
HeadingBeckwourth, James Pierson used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
Variant NameBeckwith, James Pierson
Beckworth, James Pierson
Beckwourth, Jim
Medicine Calf
Sources
Found inLCAuth
James Beckwourth (1798-1866) was an American mountain man, fur trader, and explorer. An African American born into slavery in Virginia, he was freed by his father and apprenticed to a blacksmith; later he moved to the American West. [Unknown authorUnknown author / Author portrait from "THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JAMES P. BECKWOURTHMountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians.With Illustrations - Written from his own Dictation - by T. D. Bonner - NEW YORK: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square.1856." Online source: [https://user.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/beckwourth/ Library of Western Fur Trade Historical Source DocumentsDiaries, Narratives, and Letters of the Mountain Men] and James Pierson Beckwourth biography -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James Beckwourth.jpg]