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Title
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An Unknown Factor?: The Role of African-Americans in the Fur Trade at Fort Union
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Description
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Article that summarizes the activities of African-Americans involved with the upper-Missouri River fur trade at Fort Union. The author asserts that the proportion of African-Americans involved with the fur trade was likely equal to that of their proportion of the total population at that time.
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Date
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2007
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fighting the Smallpox Epidemic of 1837-38: The Response of the American Fur Company Traders
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Description
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Article describes the varied responses of traders working for the American Fur Company at Forts Clark and Union on the upper Missouri River during the smallpox outbreak of 1837 and 1838. A map is provided that displays the locations of the forts as well as other fur trading posts and U.S. Indian agencies.
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Date
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1983
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
