In eighteen hundred, beaver hats were worn through-out the land.
In Paris, London, and New York the pelts were in demand.
So men were sent out West to trap and trade for lots of fur.
In the Rocky Mountain streams, that’s where the beavers were.
Chorus:
Fur traders and trappers were known as mountain men.
Blazed the trails in Utah where no one else had been.
They paved the way for others to come and settle here.
Those who followed in their tracks… the Mormon Pioneers.
Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, Peter Ogden and Provost,
Are a few of these mountain men that each of us should know.
Explored the Rocky Mountains, then returned back home again.
With lots of furs and stories of places they had been.
Chorus:
Fur traders and trappers were known as mountain men.
Blazed the trails in Utah where no one else had been.
They paved the way for others to come and settle here.
Those who followed in their tracks… the Mormon Pioneers.
In eighteen hundred, beaver hats were worn through-out the land.
In Paris, London, and New York the pelts were in demand.
So men were sent out West to trap and trade for lots of fur.
In the Rocky Mountain streams, that’s where the beavers were.
Chorus:
Fur traders and trappers were known as mountain men.
Blazed the trails in Utah where no one else had been.
They paved the way for others to come and settle here.
Those who followed in their tracks… the Mormon Pioneers.
Jim Bridger, Jedediah Smith, Peter Ogden and Provost,
Are a few of these mountain men that each of us should know.
Explored the Rocky Mountains, then returned back home again.
With lots of furs and stories of places they had been.
Chorus:
Fur traders and trappers were known as mountain men.
Blazed the trails in Utah where no one else had been.
They paved the way for others to come and settle here.
Those who followed in their tracks… the Mormon Pioneers.