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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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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.
Subjects
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