The Fur Hunters of the Far West
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780806133928
Subjects: Social history; United States - State & Local - General; History - U.S.; Western & Pacific Coast states; United States - 19th Century/Old West
First sentence: IN A WORK published by this writer a few years ago, he traced the history of the Pacific Fur Company, the first commercial association established on the waters of the Oregon or Columbia River, through all the windings of its short-lived existence: an association which promised so much and accomplished so little; like the May fly of an hour, it rose, flittered, and died.