"Regarded as one of the most important and revealing first hand accounts of fur trading in and beyond the Rockies in the early days of our nation." The Progress, Nov. 17, 1960In the spring of 1830, Leonard, a native of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, "ventured to embark in an expedition across the Rocky Mountains, in the capacity of clerk to the company. The last letter received by his parents, left him at the extreme white settlement [Independence, Missouri], w...

In the spring of 1831 a young Pennsylvanian, Zenas Leonard, embarked from St. Louis in a company of seventy men who had formed an expedition for the purpose of trapping furs and trading with the Indians in the Rocky Mountains. After four years of wandering which took him to the then strange land of Spanish California, he returned to his parental home in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, in the autumn of 1835, where he was greeted by his relatives as one returned from the dead. So great was the int...

Zenas Leonard (1809 – 1857) was an American mountain man, explorer and trader, best known for his journal Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard.Leonard was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. As a young adult, he worked for his uncle in Pittsburgh before moving to St. Louis and working as a clerk for the fur company, Gannt and Blackwell.In 1831 he went with Gant and Blackwell's company of about 70 men on a trapping and trading expedition. Living ...

Adventures of a Mountain Man: The Narrative of Zenas Leonard is a remarkable true-life adventure story, a narrative of exploration, survival, conflict, capture, torture, and an insider's account of the daily life of an 1830's fur-trader and trapper in the early American West.

Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard describes the adventures of a company of 70 men, who left St. Louis in the Spring of 1831 for fur trapping in the Rockies.

Zenas Leonard tells of his life as a Mountain Man in the 19th Century American West.

"Narrative of the Adventures of Zenas Leonard" is a journal describing the adventures of a company of 70 men, who left St. Louis in the Spring of 1831, on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains, for the purpose of trapping for Furs, and trading with the Indians. Zenas Leonard's narrative is comprised of a minute description of the incidents of the adventure, and a valuable history of this immense territory — not from maps and charts, but from personal observation. Zenas Leonard (1809 – 1857)...

The Adventures of Zenas Leonard, Fur Trader & Trapper (1831-1836) captures the rugged essence and the volatile environments of the early 19th-century American frontier. This anthology pools vivid narratives and intense personal journals, creating a mosaic of adventures and harrowing accounts of life as fur traders and trappers. The stories within this volume span across various encounters and locales, presenting a panorama of hardships and affluent trades. It distinctly highlights the econ...