Mountain man Paul Wenzel participates in the annual Cowboy Symposium and Chuck Wagon Cook-off, in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
Mountain men were trappers and explorers who roamed the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 to the early 1840s. Mountain men were ethnically, socially, and religiously diverse. Most were born in Canada, the United States, or in Spanish-governed Mexican territories, although some European immigrants moved west in search of financial opportunity. Mountain men were primarily motivated by profit, trapping beaver and selling the skins, although some were more interested in exploring the West.
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Location: Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico, USA, United States, America
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