Original upload date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:02:24 GMT
Jedediah Strong Smith was born in what is now Bainbridge New York in 1799. As a young boy he learned to hunt and fish in the forests of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania. However, Smith’s family found
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itself constantly on the move - following the steady flow of setters to the west. It was in the untamed west that Smith would become on of the nation's greatest explorers.
‘Uniquely New York’ is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Links:
Path Through History: http://paththroughhistory.iloveny.com/
WSKG’s Path Through History: http://www.wskg.org/PTH
Chenango County Historical Society : http://www.chenangohistorical.org/
Photos Courtesy of:
Chenango County Historical Society
Library of Congress
Wikimedia Commons
