This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Western Fur Trade Pioneers and Ruxton Remembered
A reminiscence on the Louisiana Purchase era and the fur trade notes the rise of St Louis as a trading hub. It highlights free trappers like Ruxton and the trader and trapper crafts that opened western routes, contrasting them with official explorers and detailing life in St Louis among mountaineers and diverse communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Louisiana Territory
Napoleon
Mississippi
Great Britain
France
Louisiana
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Missouri
Far West
Fur Companies
Horace Kephart
Jack
George Frederick Ruxton
Her Majesty’s 89Th Regiment
Blackwood
Ruxton
Canada
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Kit Carson
Bill Williams
the Bents
Sublettes
Joe Meek
Her Majesty
89Th Regiment
Sandhurst
Spain
Lancers
Diego Leon
Isabella II
89Th
Europe
Raleign
Central
Africa
Borneo
Indian Archipelago
Aborigines Protection Society
England
Arkansa
Bayou Salade
Killbuck
la Bonte
Great Salt Lake
Coon Creeks
Pawnee
Atlantic
Prairies
Platte
Upper
West
Union of
North America
St Louis
Rocky Mountain House
Jack Tars
Gallini