Life in the Rocky Mountains From 1830-1835

"In 1831 Ferris was with a trapping party on the upper Snake River...had trouble with a band of rival Hudson Bay trappers." -Beaver County News, Jan. 2, 1941 "One of the earliest explorers to visit the Yellowstone...first one to have put into print a trustworthy description of it." -Spokesman-Review, Jun. 30, 1940 "Ferris had many...narrow escapes from death...with the American Fur company." -Brady Vindicator, Jan. 2, 1941 "Ferris...met Jim Bridger, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Robert Campbell...Milton S