Thomas Fitzpatrick Biography
- First expedition
- Life as a fur trapper
- Trusted guide to Whitman and Spalding
- The Fight for Fur
- Becomes an Indian agent
- For More Information
Born c. 1799
County Cavan, Ireland
Died February 7, 1854
Washington, D.C.
Trapper, guide, government agent
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a prominent trapper and explorer who helped blaze the trails that allowed settlers to cross the difficult Rocky Mountains. He was also a seasoned guide who helped lead some of the most important mapping and military expeditions of the 1830s and 1840s.
Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick was not your ordinary mountain man. Like his...
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