From monument dedicated to his memory: Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered Great Salt Lake, 1824; the South Pass, 1827. Visited Yellow-Stone Lake and Geysers, 1830. Founded Fort Bridger, 1843. Opened Overland Route by Bridger's Pass to Great Salt Lake. Was guide for U.S. exploring expeditions, Albert Sidney Johnston's army in 1857, and G.M. Dodge in U.P. surveys and Indian campaigns, 1865-66.