Jedediah Smith was the one
WHO . . . .
- was discoverer of the central route from the Stony Mountains to the wide Pacific shore
- was leader of the party which made effective discovery of the South Pass, later followed by countless thousands of gold-hunters and settlers
- was the first white man to cross the high desert region later to enter the union as the state of Nevada
- was the first to traverse Utah from north to south and from west to east
- was the first white man to scale the shining mountains of the High Sierras
- was the first to trace a route from the inland valley through the Humboldt-Trinity Alps range to the Pacific (Smith River) GO!
- was the first to explore the Pacific hinterland from San Diego to the banks of the Columbia
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