Fort Union and the upper Missouri fur trade
By: Barton H. Barbour.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Fur trade -- North Dakota -- Fort Union Region -- History -- 19th century.; Fur trade -- Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Fort Union Region.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Missouri River Valley.; Fort Union (N.D.) -- History -- 19th century.; Fort Union Region (N.D.) -- History -- 19th century.; Missouri River Valley -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "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 affected national relations with a number of Native tribes, such as the Assiniboine, Cree, Crow, Sioux, and Blackfeet. It also influenced American interactions with Great Britain, whose powerful Hudson's Bay Company competed for Upper Missouri furs."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-292) and index.