One of "nine young men from Kentucky" who accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their explorations of Louisiana Territory, John Colter became one of the expedition's most adept hunters. He was about thirty years old when the expedition set off in 1804, stood five feet ten inches tall, and looked out at the world through piercing blue eyes.
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Built in 1858 as the first federally funded and deliberately constructed trail, the 256-mile Lander Trail was initially created for the purpose of moving military troops to the Pacific Coast for protection of those areas.
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