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Ralph Lawrence
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Hugh Glass
I have read several articles and books detailing what is known of Hugh Glass. Of all the routh and tough Mountain Men, none can hold a candle to Hugh Glass. Some of the others, including, but not limited to, the more famous Jim Bridger, William Sublette, Jedidiah Smith, John Colter, Lewis and Clark, and whoever else, simply cannot measure up to Hugh Glass. He was without question, KING OF THE MOUNTAIN MEN. Period. And he deserves the monument dedicated to his memory. This amazing man did as much as anyone else in opening up the uncharted and largely unknown northwest.The only man who ever came even a distant second to Glass was John Colter, the discoverer of what is now Yellowstone National Park.