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A bunch of fun old photos from a time when paper maps, carburetors and plaid flannel ruled the great outdoors.

In mountain man circles, Hugh Glass was synonymous with grit long before Hollywood and Leonard DiCaprio made him a household name in The Revenant. His 200-mile journey for help after being mauled by a grizzly and left for dead by his “companions” is precisely how mortal men become mythical legend. His adventures before the bear encounter were pretty hairy, too.

A former Tennessee slave who found her freedom after the Civil War, Mary Fields was a six-foot solid mass of pure force.

Compared to life as a slave, life on the frontier must have seemed like been Club Med. This might help explain why this one former slave went on to become one of the most famous mountain men of the West.

When a fisherman can’t fish, like when they’re sitting on a plane heading to the Keys to fish, they can at least read about fishing. And so, below are eight great reads to get you from one fishing hole to the next.

Books. Remember those things? You could take them with you to the woods and not worry about forgetting the charger. Good news. They’re still around and cheaper than the latest cellphone plan scam. How many have you read on this list?

Hardship is one thing. But throw a couple of kids under the age of 10 into the mix, and you get one hell of a miserable time. None of that stopped Marie Dorion.

George Drouillard helped the Corps of Discovery navigate, scout, interpret, and, of course, hunt on their exploration West and back again.