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Period: to
the great encounter
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2/2/1765
Juan Rivera crosses into into present-day Monticello, Utah -
1/1/1776
faters Dominguez and Escalante enter Utah -
beaver fur
Europeans wore tall felt hats made of beaver fur -
spanish loses
spanish loses control of North America -
trappers come to utah
Etienne Provost, Jim Bridger, and Peter Skene Ogden travel in the Utah region -
First rendezvous
the first rendezvous is held on the green river, Wyoming -
Jedidiah Smith
Jedidiah Smith lazes a trail from Utah to sourthern California -
Old Spanish Trail
the Old Spanish Trail is used for trade -
Joseph Walker
Joseph Walker stops at the valley of the Great Salt Lake -
trapping ends
The trapping era ends
