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Fort Union and the upper Missouri fur trade
- Title
- Fort Union and the upper Missouri fur trade / Barton H. Barbour.
- Author
- Barbour, Barton H., 1951-
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2001]
- ©2001
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | F644.F6 B37 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 304 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In this book, Barton Barbour presents the first comprehensive history of Fort Union, the nineteenth century's most important and longest-lived Upper Missouri River fur trading post. 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. Louis, and later, St. Paul merchants' capital in the West. 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.
- It also influenced American interactions with Great Britain, whose powerful Hudson's Bay Company competed for Upper Missouri furs."--Jacket.
- Subject
- dfd Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site (North Dakota and Montana)
- dfd Fort Union (Williams County, North Dakota)
- 1800-1899
- Fur trade > North Dakota > Fort Union Region > History > 19th century
- Fur trade > Missouri River Valley > History > 19th century
- Frontier and pioneer life > North Dakota > Fort Union Region
- Frontier and pioneer life > Missouri River Valley
- Fourrures > Commerce > Histoire > Dakota du Nord > Fort Union, Région du > 19e siècle
- Fourrures > Commerce > Histoire > Missouri, Vallée du > 19e siècle
- Vie des pionniers > Dakota du Nord > Fort Union, Région du
- Vie des pionniers > Missouri, Vallée du
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Fur trade
- Missouri River Region > History
- Fur traders > Missouri River Region > History
- Fur trade > North Dakota
- Frontier and pioneer life > North Dakota
- Bonthandel
- Frontier
- Fort Union (N.D.) > History > 19th century
- Fort Union Region (N.D.) > History > 19th century
- Missouri River Valley > History > 19th century
- Fort Union (Dak. du N.) > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Fort Union, Région du (Dak. du N.) > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Missouri, Vallée du > Histoire > 19e siècle
- Missouri River Valley
- North Dakota > Fort Union
- North Dakota > Fort Union Region
- United States, North Dakota, Williams > History
- United States, North Dakota > History
- United States, Montana > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. The Construction of Fort Union -- Ch. 2. Artists, Scientists, Explorers, and Missionaries at Fort Union -- Ch. 3. Fort Union's Society -- Ch. 4. Fur Traders, Trade and Intercourse Laws, and Indian Policy -- Ch. 5. "Masters of the Country"? -- Ch. 6. The Decline of Fort Union.
- ISBN
- 0806132957
- 9780806132952
- LCCN
- 00056827
- OCLC
- ocm44594032
- 44594032
- SCSB-1217141
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library