Fort Union and Its Neighbors on the Upper Missouri
Fort Union led the upper Missouri fur trade for four decades after 1827, with Fort Floyd’s remnants and Fort McKenzie nearby. The piece chronicles early posts, key traders like McKenzie and Berger, steamboat arrivals, rival outfits, and disruptive events from 1830 to 1846, including smallpox, attacks, and notable figures such as de Smet, Audubon, Bridger, and Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Union
Upper
Missouri
American Fur Company
Yellowstone
Fort Floyd
Kenneth McKenzie
Joseph Renville
Daniel Lamont
William Laidlaw
Northwest Company
Montreal
Columbia Company
Columbia
Fort Garry
Northwest
Burgeois
Great Northwest Company
Berger
Hudson’s Bay Company
South
Saskatchewan
McKenzie
Marins
James Kipp
Piegan
Marias River
Fort Piegan
Montana
B. Young
St. Louis
Pierre Chateau Jr
D. D. Mitchell
Flora
Blackfeet
Mitchell
Musselshell
Butte Bottom
Fort McKenzie
Big Horn
Fort Cass
Catlin
Maximilian, Prince of Wied
St. Charles
Fort Pierre
Assiniboine
Fort Clark
Maximilian
Big Knife River
Fort Mandan
Hamilton
Rocky Mountains
Messrs
Astor
New York
General Pratte
Chateau
Cabanne
Laidlaw
Lamont
Assiniboines
Devil's Lake
Lake Winnipeg
Assiniboine River
Milk River
The
Rocky Mountain
Pierre’s Hole
Teton Basin
Sublette
Campbell
Fort
Fort William
Charles Larpentier
American Company
Augsiniboine
Sibley Island
Little Heart River
Bismark
Western Plains
F. A. Chardon
Ramsay Crooks
Pratte, Chateau & Co
Western Department
Pratte
Nquor
Red Man
Prince of
Wied
Gauche
Larchief
de Smet
St. Peters
Audubon
Mandan
Gros Ventres
Liberty
Jacob Halsey
Missouri Outfit
Halsey
Alexander Harvey
Harvey
Isadore
Pirre Jean de Smet
Flathead Country
Larpenteur
Coues
Father de Smet
Bitter Root
Oregon Trail
Green River
Independence
Nicholas Point
Gregory Mengarini
Flatheads
Fox, Livingston & Co
Crow Country
Tulloch
Yellowstone River
Cass
van Buren
Rosebud
John James Audubon
Omega
Joseph A. Sire
la Barge
Andrew Drips
Lucien Fontenelle
le Clerc
Lower Cedar Island
White River
S. D
Fox, Livingston & Company
Fort Recovery
Picotte
Chardon
Ricaree
Ashley
Heart River
Kipp
Pyrenees
Alps
William Or Mortimer
Edward T. Denig
Union
Fort Mortimer
Cotton
Kelsey
Mexico
Jim Bridger
Bridger
Fort Phil Kearney
U. S
Little Big Horn
Culbertson
Piegans
Malcolm Clark
James Lee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank B. Harper
John James Abdubon
Missouri River