Struggling through rough winters and challenging terrain, trapper James P. Beckworth explored the Green River area of Utah in 1825 and enjoyed plentiful beaver caches in the Cache Valley in 1826.

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Photo credit: Utah State Historical Society, all rights reserved. The Utah's African-American Voices archival photo gallery is an online adaption of the Utah Humanities Council's "Blacks in Utah History" project, created by Gary B. Peterson.