The mountains -- The Shoshone: first people in the valley -- The "Hole" story -- Pierre Tevanitagon -- John Colter and Pierre's Hole: 1807-1808 -- Andrew Henry and the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company: ...

Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many ...

The fur trade played a large role in shaping early North American economies and cultures. The North American fur trade was a key economic and cultural system linking Indigenous and European peoples, ...