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...
In this book, Barton Barbour presents the first comprehensive history of Fort Union, the nineteenth century s most important and longest-lived Uppe...
