[3] He sustained a long friendship with Jim Bridger, a fellow scout and mountain man.

[4] Godey's reputation as a scout led him to be hired by explorer and military officer John C.

On the Mojave Desert Spanish Trail, Godey and Kit Carson fought off a group of Native Americans, preventing an attack on the expedition and recovering stolen horses.

For a short time, Frémont put him in charge of Mission San Luis Rey.

[9] In 1848, Godey built a home in Bakersfield and became a miner, rancher, local guide, and Indian agent.

When gold was discovered for the first time in the Kern River by a group of Native Americans, they gave this to Godey.

[13] In 1870, Godey's divorce from Maria Antonia Coronel was litigated up to the California Supreme Court.