File:At the Garden of the Gods, a spectacular public park in Colorado Springs, Colorado (a few outcroppings of which can be seen in the distance), historical re-enactor Dave Wallace portrays legendary LCCN2015633355.tif

English: Title: At the Garden of the Gods, a spectacular public park in Colorado Springs, Colorado (a few outcroppings of which can be seen in the distance), historical re-enactor Dave Wallace portrays legendary "mountain man" Jedediah Smith

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Smith was a hunter, trapper, fur trader, trailblazer, author, cartographer and explorer of the Rocky Mountains, the American West Coast and the Southwest during the 19th century. Nearly forgotten by historians was rediscovered as an American icon who was the first white man to travel over land from the Salt Lake frontier, the Colorado River, the Mojave Desert, and finally into California. Surviving three massacres and one bear mauling, Jedediah Smith helped open the American West to expansion by white settlers and cattlemen. In 1831, while searching for water off the Santa Fe Trail, Smith was mortally wounded by Comanche warriors.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.