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Show I THE TRAIL OF THE TRAPPERS r (Continued, from page 8) the arrival of the pioneers Fort Bridger continued to be the great outfitting point In western Wyoming. j In 1853 Bridger disposed of the fort : to the Mormons and Jater the government gov-ernment established a post near the same location. Pridr to the sale Bridger came to be In bad repute with his Mormon neighbors because, so It was alleged, of his too friend- I ly relations with some of the hostile tribes. ' ! He died July 17, 1881 on a farm1 at Westport, now a suburb of Kansas City. nn |