trappers

The Pony Pals find illegal animal traps on the trails of Ms. Wiggims estate and decide they have to catch the trappers before they hurt any more animals.

Describes the adventures and trials experienced by explorers of the western United States during the eighteenth and nineteenth century.

Seventeen-year-old Francis Ross disappears the same day his mother discovers the body of his friend Laurent Jammet, sending Mrs. Ross and a half-Indian trapper named William Parkeron a journey across the frozen landscape to find the murderer, her son, and two sisters who went missing years before.

Describes the lives of the beaver trappers who were the first explorers of the American West beyond the Rocky Mountains, and some of the tall tales that made them legends.

Presents a biography of James Beckwourth, slave, scout, mountain man, Indian chief, and storyteller, and provides information on his childhood, his life as a trapper, and his sense of adventure that lead to westward expansion.

Presents the founding of the American West through the lives of explorers and settlers such as Eusebio Kino in Arizona, Junipero Serra in Spanish California, and Brigham Young in Utah.

Discusses some of the explorers and trappers who journeyed west to hunt and trade beaver pelts and other commodities during the early nineteenth century.

Describes several explorers and fur trappers who made names for themselves in the western American frontier during the early nineteenth century, including John Colter and Kit Carson.

Chronicles the history of the Rocky Mountain fur trade, discussing how it aided in the expansion of the American West.

Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century hunter, trapper, and trader.