John Colter: The FIRST Mountain Man

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  • Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
  • Considered by many to be the first Mountain Man, John Colter came west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition. When they headed back to civilization, Colter instead chose to stay behind. He’d live with the Crow tribe and go on to be the first American to cast eyes on the Teton Mountains, Colter’s Hell, and what’s now known as Yellowstone National Park. Later, as a fur trapper, Colter would survive numerous close calls with the Blackfeet. At one point, he’d be stripped naked and forced to run for his life. What was Colter’s early life like? Was he really a Ranger under Simon Kenton? And how would Colter finally go under? #history #wildwest #western
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 146

  • @wj8108
    @wj8108 Місяць тому +29

    My kids just got a John Colter history lesson instead of a bedtime story tonight. We all loved it.

    • @scottmcley5111
      @scottmcley5111 Місяць тому +1

      That's awesome

    • @rickyhurtt5568
      @rickyhurtt5568 Місяць тому +1

      I'd have sure appreciated it more myself

    • @justincase3230
      @justincase3230 Місяць тому +1

      Still remember the old man reading Robinson Crusoe to me as a kid

  • @gabfortin1976
    @gabfortin1976 Місяць тому +30

    Your channel is pure gold man. Would love to hear about French-Canadian voyageurs like Radisson. I myself am a descendant of Charles Michel de Langlade, an Ottawa war chief and French fur trader who fought for the French, then the British, then the Americans and even faced off against George Washington in the French-Indian war.

    • @wiwysova
      @wiwysova Місяць тому +1

      🤢🤢🤢

    • @wiwysova
      @wiwysova Місяць тому +1

      @@gabfortin1976 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢

  • @darlacurrey-colter3844
    @darlacurrey-colter3844 Місяць тому +7

    he was buried in the cemetary near charette mo. years later the cemetary was destroyed by railroad construction and scattered and lost. our family first settled in virginia and he made his way to kentucky. thanks for your effort to give a mostly no bs story of john colter... one of the best ive ever heard

    • @matthewoffenbacher6548
      @matthewoffenbacher6548 Місяць тому

      Amazing to hear from you his relative 💖

    • @mottthehoople693
      @mottthehoople693 29 днів тому

      Only Americans would have such a lack of class as to push a railway line straight through a cemetery

  • @aubreywilliams6153
    @aubreywilliams6153 Місяць тому +13

    Thanks josh , I’ll listen in the morning in the tractor!

  • @fatherofmimes4236
    @fatherofmimes4236 Місяць тому +8

    Josh you need not thank me for listening. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME! I can't imagine what wonders John Colter saw, also can't imagine being chased by a bunch of Blackfeet warriors! He had to be tougher than woodpecker lips. Seriously, Thanks ever so much for all you do! Entertaining as always.

  • @WVF112469
    @WVF112469 Місяць тому +5

    Man in the Wilderness was a great movie. John Huston and Richard Harris made it definitely worth watching.
    Thank you for your work!!
    Rod Steiger in Run of the Arrow depicted a white boy being chased by warriors as probably taken from Coulter's life.

    • @rickcollingwood7748
      @rickcollingwood7748 Місяць тому +2

      You are right. Man in the wilderness with Richard harris, was one of the best movies there was. I found the revenant to be an exercise in futility. I'm sorry but Leonardo DiCaprio, is not even in the same league as Richard Harris. And will never attain it.

    • @rickyhurtt5568
      @rickyhurtt5568 Місяць тому +3

      Thanks, I was trying to remember the name of that movie. I kept thinking about a man called horse

  • @odinsson204
    @odinsson204 Місяць тому +6

    Josh, imma gonna listen to this later tonight. ❤

  • @spider-man2291
    @spider-man2291 Місяць тому +9

    Eyyy, always coming in clutch, needed something to chill to
    Thanks for the effort, friend

  • @TomBombadil73
    @TomBombadil73 Місяць тому +3

    That was good. Colter was the OG Mountain Man.

  • @pamartin
    @pamartin Місяць тому +5

    Never disappointed. Keep on!

  • @322dan
    @322dan Місяць тому +5

    Another great one in the books. Thanks Josh.

  • @kravin74
    @kravin74 Місяць тому +4

    I really look forward to new episodes and during these crazy ridiculous times when entertainers are pushing their views like anyone wanted to know or cared, it's very nice having a show with content you enjoy delivered by an excellent narrator and who's humor cracks me up! Thank you again my friend.

  • @donscottvansandt4139
    @donscottvansandt4139 5 днів тому +1

    Awesome story of a great man's life. What a adventure!

  • @chaddixon5725
    @chaddixon5725 Місяць тому +5

    Love your channel. Always entertaining and informative. You have a gift for storytelling. Appreciate it.

  • @mikekirylo5357
    @mikekirylo5357 Місяць тому +2

    This just is my pleasure hearing this thank you for history and your time

  • @Bobbysixgun
    @Bobbysixgun Місяць тому +3

    Awesome story what a he man that guy was

  • @KeithUSA
    @KeithUSA Місяць тому +2

    Another awesome story! Thanks, Josh!

  • @ForlornFreddy
    @ForlornFreddy Місяць тому +1

    Colter was such a beast. The balls to look back over your shoulder at the mountains and head back into the unknown. Amazing.
    Also, I really wish we had more info on Drouillard. Ambrose’s book makes him seem indispensable.

  • @misterphonograph1893
    @misterphonograph1893 Місяць тому +5

    Loved the channel sonce Bloody Beaver.

  • @thedalailama
    @thedalailama Місяць тому +2

    I just did a cheeky lasso wave with my headphone jack when i saw this posted

  • @jasonmatthews7829
    @jasonmatthews7829 22 дні тому +1

    I don't know what kind of a person turns back west after the Lewis and Clark expedition, but all that cardio sure paid off in the long run.

  • @rustyshackleford9017
    @rustyshackleford9017 Місяць тому +1

    phenomenal, my favorite mountain man of all time

  • @dennishortonii2139
    @dennishortonii2139 Місяць тому +9

    I eagerly anticipate EVERY new episode!.....don't stop JOSH!!..👌✌️🤠

    • @WildWestExtravaganza
      @WildWestExtravaganza  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks

    • @dennishortonii2139
      @dennishortonii2139 Місяць тому +2

      @@WildWestExtravaganza what makes history SO INTERESTING is the way you tell the story! I dig the sarcasm, the random curses, the jokes!....don't change a thing!....FANTASTIC!

    • @WildWestExtravaganza
      @WildWestExtravaganza  Місяць тому +1

      Too kind!

    • @rickyhurtt5568
      @rickyhurtt5568 Місяць тому

      Myself too. One of the best on the tube

  • @gregusmc2868
    @gregusmc2868 Місяць тому +2

    Just finished re-reading ‘Undaunted Courage’ by Ambrose and as an old Jarhead with a degree in early American history, I ALWAYS find your podcasts entertaining and informative. Great work-as always brother. 👍🏼🫡

  • @Josh-jd1cg
    @Josh-jd1cg Місяць тому +3

    prime beaver country during an era that could be known as the fur rush

  • @DH-zd3de
    @DH-zd3de Місяць тому +2

    A man like that would most likely modify everything he used. I'm thinking the 54 cal ball would be appealing.

  • @Jeffrey-rq2gq
    @Jeffrey-rq2gq Місяць тому +3

    Brother Josh, please roll the rr's on 'extravaganza. It's like a trademark!

  • @Charlie.a
    @Charlie.a Місяць тому +2

    Thank you brother

  • @oregonoutback7779
    @oregonoutback7779 Місяць тому +1

    Seems like Mr. Colter could have written the training manual for the Navy Seals. That was one tough hombre !! Great story, thanks.

  • @user-bh3uv6vx9g
    @user-bh3uv6vx9g 13 днів тому +1

    There's a ghost town in the mountains in RDR2 Called Colter I always felt like it was a slick tribute to him lol

  • @leveraction3
    @leveraction3 Місяць тому +3

    not too many people mentioned mad Anthony Wayne, i was born and raised in fort Wayne

  • @EdwardAyers
    @EdwardAyers Місяць тому +3

    I love Colter's story. I'm watching now. Have you done, or do you intend to do a episode on Jedediah Smith?

  • @SerpentLord
    @SerpentLord Місяць тому +1

    The United States: "What did we just buy?" Lewis & Clark: "Idk, but let's go have a look at it."

  • @Bobbysixgun
    @Bobbysixgun Місяць тому +2

    Simon Kenton story is going to be one of NY favorites before I even hear it that was a guy that had 5he bark on him like Colter

  • @peterkirk6518
    @peterkirk6518 Місяць тому +1

    LMAO! Colter was the type of man that had zero F's for wimps.

  • @whatyaworkingontoday5018
    @whatyaworkingontoday5018 Місяць тому +1

    Boy oh boy Josh, I want you to tell my story in a few years. Not that I’m in a hurry or have done anything worth a shift. I just like the way you tell it.

  • @rialobran
    @rialobran Місяць тому +1

    I admire your research of these manifold subjects, that takes real commitment

  • @Kennylaggins
    @Kennylaggins Місяць тому +2

    So much fun!! 🎉

  • @richardlincoln8438
    @richardlincoln8438 Місяць тому +1

    Very fine storytelling Josh. You put alot of life into Your characterizations. Thanks again, Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends. I'm already eagerly looking forward to Your next episode

  • @johnnieplageman9145
    @johnnieplageman9145 Місяць тому +2

    Good evening sir, thank you for the new episode! If I may suggest a future topic for discussion; Major Robert Rodgers and his rangers.

  • @patgibson9056
    @patgibson9056 15 днів тому +1

    I recently ran across your pod cast on I heart ,binged everything that was on there, congratulations Josh, flipping epic

  • @rickyhurtt5568
    @rickyhurtt5568 Місяць тому +1

    I'm guessing this is where the scene in the movie came from with Heston hiding in the beaver lodge

  • @johnathancena5067
    @johnathancena5067 Місяць тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @michaelbailey8320
    @michaelbailey8320 Місяць тому +1

    Holy Sh*t! You said Oregon correctly!

  • @WolfStrife
    @WolfStrife Місяць тому +2

    I just read his biography, tough man!

  • @robertferguson533
    @robertferguson533 Місяць тому +1

    Nicely done. Thanks

  • @mzmann770
    @mzmann770 Місяць тому +1

    Joshhhhh, another great episode man. Fantastic job. Hands down best podcast I have listened too. I'm lazy ass and listen to a lot of them! Keep up the great work amigo.

  • @DaleMontdale-xd1mc
    @DaleMontdale-xd1mc Місяць тому +2

    Hell yes!

  • @caseyaylward8853
    @caseyaylward8853 Місяць тому +1

    3:16 That's what she said..oooo sick burn

  • @michaelwaller7365
    @michaelwaller7365 13 днів тому +1

    If you get a chance, a trip to Lolo, Montana is where you can find Traveler's Rest State Park, where the Expedition camped for a couple of days. I live in Missoula, MT along the Clark Fork River.

  • @dustinheilig3717
    @dustinheilig3717 Місяць тому +1

    Does anyone else say the “Hee Yah” part in the intro or is it just me?

  • @shack109
    @shack109 Місяць тому +1

    Another great episode Josh! Too bad Colter didn’t keep a daily journal of his trek after he split off from Corps of Discovery.

  • @jacobgill4808
    @jacobgill4808 Місяць тому +1

    It would really pay to be a great long-distance runner back then if you were in Marathon shape and the people chasing you were on foot you could get away every time

  • @joehayward2631
    @joehayward2631 Місяць тому

    At 27 min, the black feet while chasing jon reported he was yelling Feet dont fail me now.

  • @fxrmike5145
    @fxrmike5145 Місяць тому +1

    Love this channel.

  • @markpaul-ym5wg
    @markpaul-ym5wg Місяць тому +1

    Josh,you need to put that whip back on your tongue 👅 when saying your introduction.Extraveganza.😊

  • @scottmcley5111
    @scottmcley5111 Місяць тому +1

    Hiding in a beaver lodge. Crazy.

  • @fattdamon1980
    @fattdamon1980 Місяць тому +2

    nice

  • @Bobbysixgun
    @Bobbysixgun Місяць тому +1

    Evening Josh

  • @danielbourke306
    @danielbourke306 Місяць тому +1

    Awesome bro, as always...

  • @wizardofahhhs759
    @wizardofahhhs759 Місяць тому +1

    I'm thinking Coulter prolly carried an AR-15.

  • @AlexGonzalez-tt2ry
    @AlexGonzalez-tt2ry Місяць тому +1

    Love your channel man ❤

  • @ButterFadeGolf
    @ButterFadeGolf Місяць тому +1

    Hell yea man! Can't get nough. Pierre's Hole...I dunno why that always gets me lol!

  • @chetcarman3530
    @chetcarman3530 Місяць тому +1

    Love this one! Keep up the good work, research & presentation -- even if it means longer spells between. (I kinda think "Run Of The Arrow" with Rod Steiger was inspired by this story. I'll have to watch Charlton Moses as Mountain Man again, I had forgotten about it. I got to meet him once & was surprised at how ..."un-large" he was. Not so for his ego, though*)

  • @cokercreekcathey1291
    @cokercreekcathey1291 Місяць тому +2

    Just like i thought it was good thanks

  • @BumboRasKlat79
    @BumboRasKlat79 Місяць тому +1

    Im currently working on a painting. When its finished Im gonna title it "king George can suck it!"👊😂🇺🇸

  • @speakupriseup4549
    @speakupriseup4549 Місяць тому +3

    Hang on a sec, is that John Colter or English Bob?

  • @swhip897
    @swhip897 Місяць тому +1

    Colter was definitely a grad of Bloody Beaver...❤....what some men do drop my jaw😮 seems somewhat unjust that the stiff neck brits got him

  • @Idahoguy10157
    @Idahoguy10157 Місяць тому +1

    Napoleon needed fast cash. He sold a territory he had no interest, or control over

  • @morticia0815
    @morticia0815 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for a great episode! I do have a question...is the tribe called the Blackfoot or Blackfeet? I've heard both and was brutally told that it was Blackfoot...so I'm hoping you can clear that up for me...thanks bunches!

  • @davemccormickmusic
    @davemccormickmusic Місяць тому +1

    well done as always bloody beaver! lol

  • @vancejohnson2578
    @vancejohnson2578 Місяць тому +1

    Who the hell dies of jaundice? Other than John Coulter of course

  • @renanton1069
    @renanton1069 Місяць тому

    You do some great work and I love them all. Can you check on Poker Jim, that's the only name he went by, he froze to death during a blizzard in 1894 near Squaw Gap in western North Dakota.

  • @Paulftate
    @Paulftate Місяць тому +1

    👍

  • @glasair38sr
    @glasair38sr Місяць тому +1

    What….no rolling ‘R’ at intro??
    Imposter!

  • @Hookahman-rp8nq
    @Hookahman-rp8nq Місяць тому +1

    Hey man can you do an episode on Pancho Villa?

  • @thelostone6981
    @thelostone6981 Місяць тому +1

    Fun fact about beavers; the excretion of a beaver’s anal glands has been used for hundreds of years as a vanilla flavoring. No, seriously. Look it up!
    So Mr Colter may have had some good flavoring and not just good beaver pelts.

  • @bjmcmahon722
    @bjmcmahon722 Місяць тому +2

    #AmericanBadazz

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe Місяць тому

    The cost of the Louisiana purchase, all those states and land was nothing compared to Elon Musk buying Twitter. Think about that.

  • @podunkmissouri4999
    @podunkmissouri4999 Місяць тому +1

    Bloody noses from running hard happens to race horses all the time

  • @MurderHornet-mo3tm
    @MurderHornet-mo3tm Місяць тому +1

    ak-47

  • @fleadoggreen9062
    @fleadoggreen9062 Місяць тому

    So did he make a ton of money out west ?

  • @ronaldlogan9682
    @ronaldlogan9682 Місяць тому

    Not even close to the first but continue.

  • @kneeinyourface
    @kneeinyourface Місяць тому +2

    Another excellent tale, thanks!

  • @rikfroschauer1743
    @rikfroschauer1743 Місяць тому

    Great story, but please stop referring to them as ''native'' they much like the Europeans, they also came from somewhere else, early settlers, or immigrants, there were others before what became indians.