Thomas Jefferson and the Stony Mountains: Exploring the West from Monticello

Although he did not travel farther inland than the slopes of the Appalachians, Thomas Jefferson must take his place alongside Zebulon Pike, Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, and Lewis and Clark--the men who blazed the great western trails. Donald Jackson cogently recounts Jefferson€™s fundamental role in promoting and shaping the exploration, settlement, and development of the Trans-Mississippi West.