A real-life historical figure in American Primeval is Jim Bridger, played by Shea Whigham. Whigham’s character Jim Bridger is an important one in the saga. He is a mountain man who runs Fort ...

The story of famous frontiersman Jim Bridger, who is given 40 days to cut a trail through the Rocky Mountains to the California coast and told that if he can't do it, the territory will be lost to ...

The best became legendary, like John Colter, Kit Carson, and Jim Bridger. Mountain men roamed the wilds alone or in small groups, becoming skilled in survival, exploration, and trading furs with ...