Forging a fur empire : expeditions in the Snake River country, 1809-1824 / by John Phillip Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, John Phillip.

Series:

Western frontiersmen series ; 36.

Western frontiersmen series ; 36

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North West Company.

Hudson's Bay Company.

Fur trade--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--History--19th century.

Fur trade.

Fur traders--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--History--19th century.

Fur traders.

Hudson's Bay Company--History--19th century.

North West Company--History--19th century.

Frontier and pioneer life--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Indians of North America--Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

History.

Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--Discovery and exploration.

Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.).

Snake River Valley (Wyo.-Wash.)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

229 pages : map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Norman, Okla. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2011.

Summary:

Alexander Ross, the pioneer recorder of the early fur trade in the far northern West, led a beaver trapping expedition in 1824 into the vast, unfamiliar territory east of trading posts in the Pacific Northwest. He and his men ventured deep into Snake River country in present-day Idaho and Montana. In this narrative, based on the accounts left by Ross and others, historian and legal scholar John Phillip Reid describes the experiences of the earliest Hudson's Bay Company fur-trapping expeditions--ventures usually overlooked by historians--and explores the interaction between the diverse cultures of the Pacific Northwest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.

ISBN:

9780870624025

0870624024

OCLC:

726620695