Jedediah Strong Smith ( – ) was an American clerk, transcontinental pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author, cartographer, mountain man and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the Western United States, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.
Jedediah Smith (born , Bainbridge, New York, U.S.—died , near the Cimarron River) was a trader and explorer who was the first American to enter California from the east and return from it using an overland route.
Jedediah Smith is important to United States history because he explored the region between the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast more than any other person. Smith documented his journeys, which led to the creation of a map of the American West that played a significant role in Westward Expansion.
Jedediah Strong Smith (1798-1831) was a fur trapper and explorer credited for being one of the first white men to explore much of what is now Utah. Jedediah S. Smith was a trailblazer, brigade leader, and partner in two fur-trading companies whose travels took him throughout Utah and the West.
Jedediah Strong Smith was one of the most famous fur trappers and explorers of the American West. He was born in Jericho, New York, in 1799. Around 1810, he and his large family relocated to Erie County, Pennsylvania and then on to Green Township in Ohio by 1817.
Jedediah Strong Smith was a mountain man, explorer, and trailblazer who explored the Rocky Mountains, the American West, and the Southwest during the early 19th century.
Jedediah Smith was one of the premier frontiersmen of his day. In his short life he became the first white man to traverse Utah, Nevada, and parts of California. He also helped find a new route over the continental divide to the western side of the Rocky Mountains through South Pass in Wyoming.