Black figures throughout American history have often received little to no credit for things they accomplished during their lives. Despite facing cultural and societal challenges, many were able to ...

Trapper, explorer, Indian war-chief, Army scout, barkeep, trader, horse-thief, gold miner, mounted courier, gambler, trailblazer -- the resume of African American mountain man James Pierson Beckwourth ...

James Pierson Beckwourth is a pioneer of the American West largely erased from history lessons. Recovering his story, however, can help us to better understand current debates over historical revision ...

The story of the American West is often told through the lens of explorers, trappers, scouts and settlers of European descent. Often overlooked are the experiences of 19th-century Black Americans who ...

The James P. Beckwourth Mountain Club in Denver has a big name to live up to. Beckwourth was an educated and emancipated slave, son of a white man and black slave woman, who roamed the West making a ...

Born in 1798, James Beckwourth was a mountain man, fur trapper, explorer, frontiersman, army scout, Crow Chief and co-founder of the city of Pueblo.

Former mountain man reenactor and volunteer at the El Pueblo History Museum Mandel Reliford talks about the life of James Beckwourth, one of the founders of the El Pueblo trading post.