In the winter of 1824-1825, he earned a reputation as the first white man to see the Great Salt Lake (though that status is now in dispute). In 1841, he established Fort Bridger on the west bank of the Green River. In 1850 he discovered what would eventually be known as Bridger's Pass, looking for an alternate overland route to the South Pass he discovered in 1827. Bridger Pass would later be the path for both the Union Pacific Railroad and Interstate 80.
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