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The First Bad Man of the Northwest Fur Trade
The article chronicles Alexander Harvey a formidable fur trade figure on the Upper Missouri in the 1830s and 1840s. It details his fearless brutal conduct at Fort McKenzie and Fort Union including murders, his clashes with Sandoval and Isodoro, and his eventual return to the Upper Missouri with renewed enmity toward enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Upper
Missouri
Alexander Harvey
Harvey
American Fur Company
Fort Union
Pratte, Chouteau & Co
Alexander Culbertson
Fort Benton
Major Culbertson
Fort McKenzie
Potts
St. Louis
Chouteau
Northwest
Missouri Country
Fort Clark
Isodoro
Culbertson
Fort Laramie
Chardon
Teton
Judith River
F. A. Chardon
Fort Brule
Cracon du Nez
Cheery-Raban Syndicate