Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806134984 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Louis, and later, St. The most lucrative post on the northern plains, Fort Union affected national relations with a number of native tribes, such as the Assiniboine, Cree, Crow, Sioux, and Blackfeet. Many visiting artists and scientists produced a magnificent graphic and verbal record of events and people at the post, but the old-time world of fur traders and Indians collapsed during the Civil War when political winds shifted in favor of Lincoln’s Republican Party.In 1865 Chouteau lost his trade license and sold Fort Union to new operators, who had little interest in maintaining the post’s former culture.. Barbour explores the economic, social, legal, cultural, and political significance of the fort which was the brainchild of Kenneth McKenzie and Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and a part of John Jacob Astor’s fur trade empire.From 1830 to 1867, Fort Union symbolized the power of New York and St. Paul merchants’ capital in the West. It also influenced American interactions with Great Britain, whose powerful Hudson’s Bay Company competed for Upper Missouri furs.Barbour shows how Indians, mixed-bloods, Hispanic-, African-, Anglo-, and other Euro-Americans living at Fort Union created a system of community law that helped maintain their unique frontier society. In this book, Barton Barbour presents the first comprehensive history of Fort
Great read for anyone interested in the Fur Trade Great read for anyone interested in the Fur Trade. Fort Union was central to the trade on the Upper Missouri and this book recounts the events surrounding the post and people who passed through. It also chronicles the change in the trade from the late 1820s through the mid 1860s. It also shows how the most powerful of Fur Trade Enterpr. Local History Done Proud When I found that I would be moving to Williston, ND, (25 years ago) I checked to see what all was in the area. I was pleased to notice that the North Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park was in the next county. I also noticed that there was a National Historic Site nearby as well. The National Park is nice but I have been to t. "An impressive work of deftly presented scholarship" according to Midwest Book Review. Fort Union And The Upper Missouri Fur Trade by Barton H. Barbour (Assistant Professor of History, Boise State University), is a comprehensive history of the city of Fort Union, one of the most important and enduring fur-trading posts of the nineteenth century. Historian and author Barton Barbour transport the reader to a yesteryear tee
Barbour is Associate Professor of History at Boise State University and the author of Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade.. About the AuthorBarton H
Barton H. Barbour is Associate Professor of History at Boise State University and the author of Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade.