Old Fort Union and Its Neighbors on the Upper Missouri
A graphic chronicle by Frank B Harper recounts the fur trade era on the Upper Missouri before the railroad. It covers Fort Union’s role, key figures like James Bridger and Culbertson, and the rise of trading posts from 1810 to 1860s, including post clashes, steamboat navigation, and surveys backing later rail routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Fort Union
Upper
Missouri
Fort Union
Frank B. Harper
Great Northern Railway
Lewis and Clark
Montana
Mr. Harler
St. Louis
Culbertson
Jim Bridger
Yellowstone
Kipp
Columbia Company
Big Knife River
Mandan
Major Pilcher
Missouri Fur Company
Fox
Pilcher
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Platte
Sweetwater
South Pass
Wyoming
Green River
Fort Colville
Columbia
David Thompson
Athabasca Pass
Jasper House
Fort Edmonton
Saskatchewan River
Forts Pitt
Carlton House
Cumberland House
Moose Lake
Selkirk
Red River
Assiniboine
Brandon House
American Fur Company
Kenneth McKenzie
Daniel Lamont
Cleveland
Prince Paul of
Missouri Company
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Isaac I. Stevens
Coast Survey Office
Washington Territory
St. Paul
Mississippi
Great Bend
Saskatchewan
Stevens
Puget Sound
St. Mary's Village
Bridger
James Bridger
George
Marcy
Washington, D. C
Ashley’s Fur Trading Company
Mountains
Big Horn Country
Green River Valley
Salt Lake Basin
Snake River
Colorado
Utah
United States
Europe
Rockies
Robert Campbell
Poplar River
Pierre
Benton
Fidels
Lander
49Th Parallel
River of the Lakes
Fort Benton
de Smet
Oregon
Assiniboines
Coteau du Missouri
Sir George Gore
Sir George
Sligo
Montana Historical Society
Fort Laramie
Powder River
Tongue River
Gore
Fur Company
Fort Berthold
Wind River
Blackfeet
Union Pacific
Derver
Westport
Guide
Union
Fort Stewart
Fort Kipp
Poplar Fort
Fort Galpin
Dauphin
Campbell's Houses
Fort Barge
Frost, Todd & Co
Fort Steward
Larpenteur
Poplar Post
Malcolm Clark
Great Northern Railroad
Poplar Station
Fort Charles
Little Dry
Elk Prairie Creek
Wolf Point Station
Great Northern
Milk River
Galpin, la Farge & Co
Owen McKenzie
Matthews
Galpin
Kentucky
Dakota
Fort Rice
Grand River
F. W. Hayden
Missouri Valley
Hubble, Hawley & Co
Northwest Fur Company
Fort Buford
Rankin
Northwest
el Paso
Kanesville
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Poplar Creek
The
Sioux City
Yellowstone River
Fort McKenzie
Key West
Robert Cambell
Joseph la Barge
Trath
Tobwasden
North America
Radisson
Three Rivers
Canada
Quebec
Hudson's Bay Company
Cuthbertsons
MacKenzies
Charles M. Russell
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George B. McClellan
Corps of Engineers
Army of the Potomac
Lieut
Saxton
Rocky Mountain
F. W. Lander
Cuvieur Grover
John Mullen
Walla Walla
A. W
St. Ange
Quartermaster’s Department
Everett
Washington
Stanley
Overas
Lieut. Donelson
Cypress Mountains
Lieut. Grover
Big Muddy
Donelson
Grover
Evans
Mauvaises Torres