Joe Meek, The Mountain Man

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Joe Meek: The Mountain Man

He was the tall Virginian. A trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy.

This friend and companion of Kit Carson and Jim Bridger was a true pioneer of Wyoming and Hot Springs County.

The Pioneers of Outlaw Country.

Cowboys, Lawmen and Outlaws… to the businessmen and women who all helped shape Thermopolis and Hot Springs County, Wyoming.

Here are their stories.
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Big Horn River Pilot, Volume 02, Number 09, May 11, 1898
Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man, A Biography by Stanley Vestal

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