However, a different story in " The Colter Craven Story " ( season 4 ), we are told that in 1860 Adams and Hawks were partners in a lumber enterprise in Galena, Illinois, and on the eve of the Civil War, Adams headed up the 2nd Illinois Volunteers-although without a bit of military knowledge-and was given guidance by old friend " Sam ", then a resigned former captain and a civilian but subsequently General of the Army U. S. Grant, who-encountering Adams again after the battle of Shiloh-gave him a battlefield promotion from Lieutenant to Major.

Traveling first into the northeastern region of what is today Yellowstone National Park, Colter then explored the Absaroka Mountains, crossing over Togwotee Pass and entering the valley known today as Jackson Hole.

Sometime around 1780, the Colter family moved west and settled near present day Maysville, Kentucky.

Colter moved back to Arizona.

The Outlaws with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessie Colter, the first platinum country music album.

The Outlaws, recorded with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessie Colter for RCA.

In 1931, the Colter Stone, a rock carved in the shape of a head with the inscription " John Colter " on one side and the year " 1808 " on the other, was discovered in a field in Tetonia, Idaho, which is west of Teton Pass.

The enigmatic Colter Stone, with the inscription " John Colter ", was found in a field in eastern Idaho in 1931.

John Colter is widely considered the first mountain man and, like those that came to the Jackson Hole region over the next 30 years, he was there primarily for the profitable fur trapping ; the region was rich with the highly sought after pelts of beaver and other fur bearing animals.

In 1969 — the Springerville, Eagar, Vernon, Nutrioso, Greer, and Colter Schools consolidated with each other to form the Round Valley Unified School District.

Often considered as one of Lewis ' two most appreciated members with John Colter.

Lisa assigned John Colter of his party to explore the region and trade with the nearby Blackfeet tribe.

The leaders of the movement were Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, although others associated with the movement were David Allan Coe, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser, Gary Stewart and Billy Joe Shaver.

Colter officially gained full-on Outlaw status when she was featured on the compilation album, along with her husband, called Wanted!

Rick Bass's ruminations on living and hunting with a German shorthaired pointer in Montana can be found in the book Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had.

The critically acclaimed The Beginning appeared on Swamp Records in 2001, followed by Heroines, featuring several duets with female vocalists including Jessi Colter, Shelby Lynne, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, and Michelle White, on Sanctuary in 2004, and a live Austin City Limits concert, Live from Austin, TX, on New West Records in 2006.

In 1807 Weiser, along with Corps of Discovery members John Potts and John Colter, joined the party of Spanish fur trapper Manuel Lisa on the Upper Missouri River.

John Colter went back up river with trappers Hancock and Dickson provided rest of company stay with expedition all the way to St. Louis.

* Waylon Jennings — December 4, 1977, with Jessi Colter

The resulting Teewinot Formation of lakebed sediments sits directly on the Colter and consists of limestones and claystones mixed with volcanic material and fossilized clams and snails.

Colter, along with George Shannon, Patrick Gass and dog Seaman all joined the expedition while Lewis was waiting for the completion of their vessels in Pittsburgh and nearby Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.

At the confluence of the Yellowstone and Bighorn Rivers, Colter helped build Fort Raymond, and was later sent by Lisa to search out the Crow Indian tribe to investigate the opportunities of establishing trade with them.

Along with Private John Colter, he threatened John Ordway's life on March 29, 1804.

He played on several Tony Joe White albums including The Heroines in 2004 with singers Lucinda Williams, Shelby Lynne, Jessi Colter, and Emmylou Harris and 2006's Uncovered, which featured guest appearances by Eric Clapton, J. J. Cale, Michael McDonald, Mark Knopfler, and also Waylon Jennings in one of his last performances.

Don Was has earned his recognition as a record producer and has recorded with an array of artists from The Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, John Mayer, Ziggy Marley, Bob Seger, Al Green, Lucinda Williams, Garth Brooks, Ringo Starr, Iggy Pop, Lyle Lovett, Kris Kristofferson, Joe Cocker, Hootie and The Blowfish, Amos Lee and Willie Nelson to Elton John, Stevie Nicks, George Clinton, Randy Newman, The Black Crowes, Carly Simon, Travis Tritt, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne, The Barenaked Ladies, Old Crow Medicine Show, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Richie Sambora, The Presidents of the United States of America, B. B.

Jessi Colter ( born Miriam Johnson May 25, 1943 ) is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit " I'm Not Lisa ".

Colter and Jennings had one son, Waylon Albright " Shooter " Jennings ( born May 19, 1979 ).

At the funeral ceremony, on February 15, Colter sang " Storms Never Last " for the attendees, who included Jennings ' close friends and fellow musicians.

The efforts of Jennings, Nelson, Colter and Glaser were encapsulated in the 1976 album Wanted!

Jessi Colter was the wife of the Outlaw pioneer Waylon Jennings.

In 1970, Jennings and Colter sang duet on two Top 40 country chart hits which also helped Colter gain a recording contract with RCA Records the same year.

For the remainder of the decade, Colter toured with her husband Waylon Jennings and released her studio album, Miriam in 1977.

Stevie Nicks wrote the title track of the album, however after receiving word that Colter and Jennings might divorce, released her own version of the song as a duet with Don Henley, which peaked at No. 6 on Pop chart, also in 1981.

In the early 1980s, Colter and Jennings nearly divorced due to his addictions to drugs and other forms of substance abuse.

Waylon Jennings, Eric Clapton, Jessi Colter, Bernie Leadon and several other musicians appeared on this record as well.

Stevenson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Steven Fromholz ; western swing and honky tonk musicians Alvin Crow, Ray Benson ( Asleep at the Wheel ), Marcia Ball ( Freda & the Firedogs ); and Nashville-based Outlaw country musicians Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, David Allan Coe, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser.

* March 1 – In the United States, Yellowstone National Park ( once laughingly dubbed " Colter's Hell " after John Colter, of the Lewis & Clark Expedition ) is established as the world's first national park.

* April 4 – Mary Colter, American architect ( d. 1958 )

He married for the fourth and final time in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 1969 to Jessi Colter.

Colter had one daughter, Jennifer, from her previous marriage.

During their return trip from the Pacific Ocean, expedition member John Colter was given an early discharge so he could join two fur trappers who were heading west in search of beaver pelts.

Colter was later hired by Manuel Lisa to lead fur trappers and to explore the region around the Yellowstone River.

During the winter of 1807 / 08 Colter passed through Jackson Hole and was the first Caucasian to see the Teton Range.

Lewis and Clark expedition co-leader William Clark produced a map based on the previous expedition and included the explorations of John Colter in 1807, apparently based on discussions between Clark and Colter when the two met in St. Louis, Missouri in 1810.

Another map attributed to William Clark indicates John Colter entered Jackson Hole from the northeast, crossing the Continental Divide at either Togwotee Pass or Union Pass and left the region after crossing Teton Pass, following the well established Native American trails.

The Colter Stone has not been authenticated to have been created by John Colter and may have been the work of later expeditions to the region.

* Hopi House was built by Mary Jane Colter in 1905.

* Lookout Studio was built in 1914 and is another structure that was designed by Mary Colter.

Mary Colter designed the lodge and it was built by the Fred Harvey Company.