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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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Western Forts and Landmarks
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Description
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Reproductions (7 x 9.5 in.) of paintings signed by artist W. [William] H. [Henry] Jackson. Includes: (1) Fort Hall, Idaho, 1837; (2) Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1842; [Fort] Laramie from Fremont, 1842"; and (3) Independence Rock, Wyoming as seen from the old Oregon Trail. All have written on the back: "Oregon Trail Memorial Association."
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Object Type
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Archival Material
