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Fort Union and Forts on the Yellowstone Traded Across the Plains
The article traces the rise of fur trading posts from the early beaver trappers to Fort Union and its successors on the Missouri and Yellowstone. It covers Mackenzie and Culbertson leadership, key sites like Fort Brule Fort Lewis Fort Benton Fort Alexander and Fort Sarpy, and shows how posts evolved from wood to stone foundations, the Blackfeet conflicts, trade goods, and the shift from pelts to buffalo robes while detailing wages and post security practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Marquis
Rocky Mountain
Montana
Hudson Bay Company
Montreal
John Jacob Astor
Astoria
Ore
Rockies
England
American Fur Company
St. Louis
Manuel Lisa
Big Horn River
Lewis and Clark
Three Forks
Missouri River
Cena Gallatin
Rock
Fort Union
Yellowstone
Kenneth MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Alexander Culbertson
Fort Buford
Campbell
Sublette
Frenchman’s Point
James Kipp
Marias River
Brule Bottom
Missouri
Blackfeet
Gros Ventres
Fort Brule
F. A. Chardon
Chardon
Culbertson
Tullock
Big Horn
Fort van Buren
Stuart
Manuél Lisa
Fort Cass
The
Judith
Fort Lewis
Pablois Island
F. A
Fort Benton
Chouteau County
Fort Alexander
Lowender
Fort Sarpy
Rosebud
Big Horn Mountains
Old
Ter
American Northwest