Kit Carson’s adventurous life started like many of the mountain men. Upon leaving his Kentucky home at age 17, Carson joined a trading expedition in 1826. He roamed the West as a trapper ...

West Virginians are no strangers to the stereotypes that come with living in the Appalachian region, which may include inbreeding, poor hygiene and more.

They’re American mountain men—reenactors of the fur trade that flourished in North America from roughly 1800 to 1840 ... d wear cloth and woolens. Out West, we emulate the fur trade as ...