Which of the following is a true statement about the mountain men?
A) They mostly worked as miners.
B) They farmed the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada and the Northern Rocky Mountains.
C) They used mountain meadows for grazing cattle.
D) They were notorious for robbing western settlers on highways.
E) They were explorers employed as trappers and worked as scouts for the U.S. Army.
E
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