DAN - MOUNTAIN MAN

The first white men to settle in the West were a hardy breed. They came west to hunt and trap and served as trackers, scouts and guides for later settlers. Facing the dangers of mountain lions, grizzlies, hostile Indians, famine, floods and freezing weather, they earned the name "mountain man." Today's West still includes huge expanses of wilderness, rock-strewn trails and barely accessible mountain passes. Mountain men like Dan Dueter, portrayed here, of Rapid City, South Dakota still travel the old trails on horseback, summer and winter.