Fur Trade Rich for Upper Brackets Yet Meager for Indians and Free Trappers
The fur trade thrived a century and a half ago for leaders like John Jacob Astor and Kenneth McKenzie, while Indian communities and free trappers largely traded pelts for liquor and trinkets. Rendezvous fairs drew crowded trade and revelry, but producers often ended with little and risked violence, loneliness, and the dangers of wilderness life.
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John Jacob Astor
William H. Ashley
Maj
Andrew Henry
Kenneth McKenzie
General Ashley
Henry’s Fork
Green River
Utah- Wyoming
St. Louis
Joseph G. Masters
Far West
Great West
Missouri
Fort Union
McKenzie
American Fur Co
Montana
Fort Benton
McKenzie’s Fur Empire at Fort Union and Western Trade
The piece describes McKenzie and the American Fur Co. dominating Missouri commerce despite no charter, rivaled by British influence in western Canada and the Columbia River valley. It notes Fort Union’s wealth from 1807 to 1847, Audubon and Maximilian visits, and McKenzie’s autocratic, kinglike rule, with trappers and Indians seeing little of the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenzie
American Fur Co
Missouri
Hudson's Bay Co
Canada
Columbia River Valley
St. Louis
Fort Union
Nathaniel J. Wyeth
Wyeth
States
William Clark
Yellowstone Wonderland Becomes Public Playground Not Land of Mystery
Tourists flood the Yellowstone region as history and geysers gain fame. Early explorers faced ridicule while Indians and trappers doubted or feared the area. after 1872 Congress protected the upper Yellowstone as a national park, turning the land of mystery into a world wide playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Yellowstone Park
Wilbur F. Sanders
Bannack
Yellowstone
James Bridger
Bonneville
William S. Brackett
Montana Historical Records
The
Wasp
Nauvoo
Ill
Alvarez
Walter DeLacy
Yellowstone Country
David Folsom
C. W. Cook
Thomas Moran
Congress
Capitol
Washington
Canyon
Helena
Henry D. Washburn
Montana
Mount Washburn
S. T. Hauser
N. P. Langford
Truman C. Everts
Cornelius Hedges
Wonderland
Evert
Scribner's Magazine
Joseph
Andrew J. Weikert
Radersburg
Mrs. Cowan
Cowan
Bozeman
Upper
Land of Mystery
Pioneer Authorities Lauded Fighting Skill of Red Men
The piece analyzes historical views of Sioux and Plains Indian warfare, citing Benteen, Custer, Crook, King, Sherman and others. It praises horsemanship, mobility, camouflage, and marksmanship while noting leadership gaps and reluctance to storm fortified positions. It highlights the Indians as formidable light cavalry but with strategic weaknesses in open, heavy-fire battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benteen
Major Reno
Little Big Horn
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
George Crook
Dakota
Montana
Crook
United States
Charles King
Europe
Sherman
Reno
Phil Kearney
Smith
Sioux Country
Bozeman Trail
Search In Rocky Mountains for Unknown Glacier
Discovery of glacial milk in Rock Creek near Red Lodge Montana starts a search for a previously unknown glacier. Ben Greenough of the US Geological Survey reported the fine rock dust gave Rock Creek Lake a whitish hue beyond its normal crystal clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Creek
Red Lodge
Montana
Rock Creek Lake
Ben Greenough
Federal Geological Survey
Greenough
Full House. Mr. McCain Dies Suddenly
Sioux City Iowa Tribune reports the sudden death of Mr. McCain. The obituary notes his long service in the U S Navy and mentions his son Edward remaining at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCain
U. S. Navy
Edward
Sioux City
Iowa
Tribune
California boats hunt Soupfin sharks for rich vitamin A oil
About 600 fishing boats operate in California waters targeting Soupfin sharks whose liver yields an oil richer in vitamin A than cod liver oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
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North America
Maximilian
England
Larpenteur
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Pinkham
West
Story of
Bridger
Makita Teede Ceckel Sosend
Kesslers
reroLes
Reese
Nea
Kessler
Julies Kessler Distilling Co., Incorporated
Baltimore, Md
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
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