Jedediah Smith - References in Popular Culture

References in Popular Culture

  • He was featured in the 2005 TV mini-series Into the West
  • He was featured in the 2010 History Channel mini-series America the Story of Us
  • In the 1984 production of Red Dawn, the main character, Jed Eckert portrayed by Patrick Swayze, says that he was named after Smith by his father and states that he studied Smith's exploits along with other mountainmen of the era such as Jim Bridger.
  • Mentioned in the 1998 Novel by Tom Clancy called "Rainbow Six" in the chapter "The Games Continue". The character "Foster Hunnicutt" wondered what it was like to be Jim Bridger or Jedediah Smith.

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