WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
JEDEDIAH STRONG SMITH
(explorer, hunter, trapper, fur trader)
BIOGRAPHY
In 1826, Jedediah Smith and his party passed through what is now Washington County. Smith and his men followed the Virgin River through the Virgin River Narrows and on to California.PHOTOS
The only known contemporary image of Jedediah Smith, drawn about 1835
REFERENCES
Wikipedia article about Jedediah SmithHistory to Go article about Jedediah Smith
The Jedediah Smith Society
Dr. E. Leo Lyman, " Historiography of the Life of Jedediah Smith"
A D/ASIA Brown Bag Lecture given on October 22, 2010.
This audio recording was made by Carl Rich of http://www.dixietoday.com.
Dr. E. Leo Lyman, " Jedediah Smith and the Southern Paiute"
A D/ASIA Brown Bag Lecture given on February 11, 2011.
This audio recording was made by Carl Rich of http://www.dixietoday.com.