Hugh Glass

Deceased Person

1780 – 1833

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Who was Hugh Glass?

Hugh Glass was an American fur trapper and frontiersman noted for his exploits in the American West during the first third of the 19th century.

He was an explorer of the watershed of the Upper Missouri River in present day North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. Glass was famed, most of all, as a frontier folk hero for his legendary cross-country trek after being mauled by a grizzly bear.

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Born
1780
Pennsylvania
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
1833

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on July 23, 2013

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