One of the most notable cast members wasShea Whigham, who played longtime mountain man Jim Bridger.
Eventually, Fitzgerald convinced the younger man to leave Glass behind and press on with the group.
According to Garst,Bridger took three wives in his lifetime, all Indigenous.
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They were married in 1835 until her death 11 years later.
They had three children.
Details on his second wife are a bit scarce.
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They had two children of their own.
This sent Bridger to Kansas City for a brief period before returning with the armed forces, specificallyCol.
Albert Sidney Johnstonand his army.
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The six-episode miniseries stars Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin.
Manyconsidered his “tall tales"to be simply that, with no amount of evidence behind them.
Yet, Bridger was the real deal.
It wasn’t by choice, per se.
His claim to Fort Bridger had lapsed, and it was soon co-opted by the U.S. Army.
According to Vestal, Bridger dreamed of the mountains.
American Primeval is a Netflix limited series that follows the lives of several men and women in the middle of the expansion of the American West. Social dynamics clash as men and women battle for a piece of the new world against rivals and each other.
“A man [can] see so much farther in that country.”
Jim Bridger died on July 17, 1881; he was 77 years old.
American Primevalis available for streaming on Netflix.
