Hiram Scott

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Hiram Scott was a 19th-century American fur trapper and frontiersman whose death near the North Platte River became the basis for local legend and the naming of Scotts Bluff in Nebraska.

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instanceOf frontiersman
person
activeIn American West NERFINISHED
Great Plains region NERFINISHED
associatedWith Nebraska Territory NERFINISHED
North Platte River region NERFINISHED
Rocky Mountain fur trade NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath disputed
illness (legendary account)
injury (legendary account)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicGroup European American
gender male
hasLegendAssociatedWith abandonment by companions due to illness or injury
attempt to crawl back to camp before dying
hasNameMemorializedIn Scotts Bluff NERFINISHED
Scotts Bluff National Monument NERFINISHED
hasToponymicLegacy Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska NERFINISHED
city of Scottsbluff, Nebraska NERFINISHED
hasUncertain date of birth
date of death
exact circumstances of death
inspired local folklore in western Nebraska
nameVariant Hyram Scott NERFINISHED
notableFor association with Scotts Bluff legend
death near the North Platte River
occupation frontiersman
fur trapper
placeOfDeath near North Platte River
timePeriod 19th century

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