Articles Before Lewis & Clark, Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America online exhibition (scroll down to access Exploration of the Missouri River & British Passage to the Pacific sections) After Lewis & Clark, Lewis & Clark and the Revealing of America online exhibition (scroll down to access the Fur Trade section) A Fortune Made from Fur: John Jacob Astor Inside Adams blog July 23, 2012 The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670 to 1870 by Ann M. Carlos, … [Read more...]
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Primary Source Spotlight: North American Fur Trade
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