Located Highway 310, south edge of town Bridger Montana
Date:
Dedicated 1976
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Plaque on base:) JIM BRIDGER/THE QUESTING NATURE OF THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA/IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE INDEPENDENCE OF/JIM BRIDGER AND THE CONTINUING PIONEER SPIRIT./THIS STATUE IS ERECTED BY WESTCHEM, THE BRIDGER/LION'S CLUB, AND THE PEOPLE OF BRIDGER/AND THE CLARK'S FORK VALLEY AS A MONUMENT/TO THAT SPIRIT./DEDICATED JULY 25, 1976 unsigned
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Summary:
A full-length standing male figure, a portrait of mountaineer Jim Bridger. He holds a rifle in his hands. The rifle stock rests at his feet. He is dressed in fringed buckskin with a belt around his waist that has a knife attached on the proper left, front side. A pouch for black powder and balls is slung over his proper right shoulder. He wears a flat brimmed hat on his head.
