[DOC] [TLE] Pacific Fur Company - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pacific Fur Company (PFC) was an American fur trade venture wholly owned 
and funded by John Jacob Astor that functioned from 1810 to 1813. It was based 
in the Oregon Country, a region of the Pacific Northwest .... During this time Astor 
formally began his American Fur Company (AFC), a lasting trading concern... [DOC] [TLE] The Pacific Fur Company's first ship leaves for Oregon - Sep 08 ... [PAR] On this day in 1810, the sailing ship Tonquin leaves New York with 33 ... where 
Astor's men established the town of Astoria and began trading for furs with the ... 
a success, the American control of the Pacific Northwest fur trade did not last. ... 
Despite the loss of his first Pacific coast outpost at Astoria, Astor's profits from his
... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of the Pacific Northwest - Bureau of Land Management [PAR] All people who have lived in the Pacific Northwest over the past ... Columbia 
River, which he mistakenly believed to be only an indentation in the coastline. 9 
... search northward for the Northwest Passage but on his return voyage south, 
he sent .... William Henry Ashley founded the Rocky Mountain Fur company. He... [DOC] [TLE] The Pacific Fur Company | Native American Netroots [PAR] Aug 25, 2012 ... The Pacific Fur Company was founded in 1810 for the purpose of ... As the 
Astorians were setting up the fort, David Thompson and his North West Company 
party arrived. Thompson told them that he had already taken possession of the .... 
When Fort Spokane was taken over by the North West Company,... [DOC] [TLE] Oregon Blue Book: Oregon History: Land-based Fur Trade and ... [PAR] Jefferson turned over the journals of the leaders to Nicholas Biddle, who edited 
them in an ... He and his party crossed the Rockies and descended the Columbia
. ... The Pacific Fur Company had already established a toehold, the first 
permanent ... During the 1810s the competition between the North West 
Company and the... [DOC] [TLE] Marie Dorion and The Astoria Expedition | HistoryNet [PAR] For that position he obtained the services of Pierre Dorion Junior. ... from Hunt, 
because Astor's new Pacific Fur Company, chartered in 1810 as a subsidiary of ... 
Nine days after the Tonquin party established Astoria, Hunt's party left their winter 
.... was that the North West Company had hastened to take control over the area. [DOC] [TLE] John Jacob Astor: Wealthy Merchant and Fur Trader | HistoryNet [PAR] By 1756, the fur trade was so well established that it survived the upheaval of the 
... He gained a great advantage over his competitors in 1796 when Jay's Treaty, 
... it became possible to see the fur trade extending all the way to the Pacific coast
. ... The articles of incorporation of the Pacific Fur Company were signed in June... [DOC] [TLE] Fur Trade and Trapping - Dictionary definition of Fur Trade and ... [PAR] They exerted influence over tribes by supplying them with European trade ... and 
his sons extended from the Lake of the Woods and the Saskatchewan ... The 
Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo first reached the Pacific Northwest and California 
in 1543. ... In 1810 he founded a subsidiary, the Pacific Fur Company, that 
involved... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Pacific Northwest Oregon and ... - USGenNet [PAR] At the mouth of the Columbia river was to be established the depot and center of 
trade. ... Mr. Astor, had he not ben baffled by the treachery or cowardice of his 
agents, would have controlled the commerce ... "On the 23d of June, 1810, the 
Pacific Fur Company was formed. .... After the fight was over, the Indians went 
ashore. [DOC] [TLE] Road to Oregon - Oregon-California Trails Association [PAR] The Americans became involved in the fur trade in 1810 when John Jacob Astor, 
at the ... Tonquin's crew established Fort Astor in April of 1811 before sailing 
north to trade ... of great value to his Pacific Fur Company, and he suppressed 
word of its ... Wyeth and Jason Lee led the first people over the route of the 
Oregon Trail... [DOC] [TLE] National

Question: To extend his influence over the Pacific Northwest, he founded the Pacific Fur Company in 1810
Answer: John Jacob Astor