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Title
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Fort St. Vrain
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Description
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Article about the history of Fort St. Vrain, a fur trading post established on the South Platte River in Colorado by "the Bent and St. Vrain Company" as "a supplement to their famous Bent's Fort on the Arkansas" River. The article describes various operations of and operators in and around the fort, mostly fur traders and emigrants along the Oregon Trail. The fort's primary partner was Marcellin St. Vrain, and its secondary partner was William Bent. It was built in about 1837 and closed in about 1845. Also included are photos of Mr. and Mrs. St. Vrain and the dedication of a monument on its site in 1911.
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Date
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1952-10
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Fort Davy Crockett, Its Fur Men and Visitors
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Description
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Article about the history of Fort Davy Crockett, a fur trading post in northwest Colorado in the 1830s. Several fur traders, mountain men, and other visitors of the area of the fort are described from the 1820s to the 1840s, many also relating to travel west on the Oregon Trail. Independence, Missouri, is also mentioned as a jumping off point for western expeditions. The fort is described as a "primitive mart" for fur trade, owned by Philip Thompson, William Craig, and Pruett Sinclair, and abandoned by 1840.
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Date
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1952-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Bean-Sinclair Party of Rocky Mountain Trappers, 1830-32
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Description
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Historical article about trapping explorations of the early 1830s, following developments in the early 1800s by the Chouteaus and Osage Indians, among others, starting in and around Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Bean-Sinclair party, ultimately financially unsuccessful, occurred in 1830. It was led by Robert Bean, who left Fort Smith after adverising in the Little Rock Gazette for help and encountered problems with Comanches. Alexander Sinclair as a member of the party also went in 1831 and met Kit Carson's band in 1832 at a rendezvous. Sinclair was killed at the Battle of Pierre's Hole, which was written about by Washington Irving. Other expeditions mentioned are Gantt and Blackwell in 1831 and Bonneville and Wyeth in 1832.
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Date
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1954-07
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
