Fur Trade Articles
Robert Stuart 1812–13 Return Trip
Precurser to the Oregon-California Trails
Archived: 2021
Robert Stuart was the leader of an expedition that traveled from the newly established Fort Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River to St. Louis, Missouri in 1812–13. Stuart and his party were successful in their attempt, despite their travel through scarcely known country and the need to avoid hostile tribes of Indians. Stuart’s […]
Wilson Hunt’s 1811–12 Astorian Expedition Route
Arikara Villages (South Dakota) to Fort Astoria (Oregon)
Archived: 2021
In 1811–1812, Wilson Hunt lead an expedition from the Arikara Villages, on the Missouri River in South Dakota, to the newly-established Fort Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia River. In a major sense, Hunt would be traveling a route similar to the one planned by the Gaultier brothers, almost 70 years before. The Hunt […]
Verendrye Explorations
Expedition in Search of the Pacific Ocean by Pierre and Francois Gaultier 1742-43
Archived: 2020
The Gaultier Brother’s Expedition through North and South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska in 1742–1743. Based on a journal, written by Francois Gaultier, Chevalier of the Verendrye, and his brother Pierre Gaultier, documenting an Expedition to reach the Western Sea, addressed to M. the Marquis of Beauharnois. 1742–43. Report
Ferris Map Notes
1836 Map Of The Northwest Fur Country
Archived: 2016
Notes for the 1836 Original Map of the Northwest Fur Country by Warren A. Ferris from “Life in the Rocky Mountains,” Western Literary Messenger, Buffalo, NY, (Series) 13 July 1842 – 4 May 1844.