Title: Mountain men and the fur trade
Description: This "on-line research center" features information on all aspects of mountain men, trappers, and the fur trade in the American West of 19th-century.  Traditions, history, tools, and survival techniques are addressed.  Digital library, virtual museum, bibliographic resources, period text, e-mail discussion group are available at this searchable site.
Subjects: Sources, Frontier and pioneer life, Fur trade, Trappers, Fur traders, Biography, History
Places: West (U.S.)
Time periods: 1848-1860, To 1848, 19th century