David Edward Jackson
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David Edward Jackson (1788-1837) was an American pioneer, explorer, trader, and fur trapper.
He spent his early life west of the Shenandoah Mountains, in what was then part of Virginia and is now in West Virginia: he was born in Randolph County, and his parents, Edward and Elizabeth Jackson, soon moved the family west to Lewis County, on the Cumberland Plateau.
He was one of those who opened the Oregon Trail.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming is named for him.
Further reading
- LeRor R. Hafen, editor, Mountain Men & Fur Traders of the Far West, 1965-72 (10 volumes).
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