Who are these guys? They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that flourished in North America from roughly 1800 to 1840. Like the better known reenactors of the Civil War ...

America’s tallest man — a 7-foot, 8-inch former Virginia ... Hafthor Bjornsson — who is famous for playing “The Mountain” in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” and who Bell has been pictured ...

THEY CALL IT the Wild West for a good reason. Netflix’s newest limited series is that of American Primeval, a bloody and ...

Mountain men roamed the wilds alone or in small groups, becoming skilled in survival, exploration, and trading furs with Native American tribes. With the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from France ...

Ogden carried out George Simpson’s “fur desert” policy by over-trapping beavers in the Snake River basin to keep out American mountain men. His annual expeditions also supplied important ...