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Old Fort Benton Montana
Fairfield, Washington YE Galleon Press 1997 0-87770-144-X / 9780877701446 Stiff Wraps New
32 pages. This booklet details early history of Fort Benton, once head of navigation on the Missouri River and a trading post for Blackfoot Indians.
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15.00 USD
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(Benton, Thomas, Calhoun) Messages From The President On The State Of The Fur Trade 1824 - 1832
Fairfield, Washington YE Galleon Press 1985 0-87770-334-5 / 9780877703341 Hard Cover New
133 pages, pictorial endpapers, A reprint of two old U.S. government reports on the fur trade, 1824 and 1832. Letters and Reports on the fur trade. Reports from, William Clark, Joshua Pilcher, Henry Schoolcraft, A. P. Chouteau, John Jacob Astor, Felix St. Vrain and others.
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35.00 USD
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Adams, W. H. Davenport, (Benedict Revoil) The Hunter and Trapper in North America or Romantic Adventures in Field and Forest
London T. Nelson and Sons 1874 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+
393 pages + ads, frontis, illustrations, original gilt pictorial cloth, slight edge wear, very nice copy! The author lived among the Pawnees in 1848. He relates hunting adventures, bear, buffalo, etc. including a wild horse round-up with the Indians.
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215.00 USD
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Alter, Cecil J. James Bridger Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide A Historical Narrative by Cecil Alter With Which is incorporated a verbatim copy, annotated of James Bridger A Biographical Sketch by MAJ. Gen. Greenville M. Dodge
Salt Lake City Shepard Book Company 1925 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+
546 pages, illustrated, frontis, Limited edition, SIGNED by author number 738 of 1,000 copies, top edge gilt. Biography of a famous mountain man of the beaver-trapping days, who discovered the Great Salt Lake and served as guide, scout, and trader. A great American explorer. Howes A191
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375.00 USD
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Ball, John, Powers, Kate, Ball, Hopkins, Flora Ball Autobiography of John Ball
Grand Rapids MI The Dean Hick Co. 1925 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good -
231 pages, illustrations, minor chipping to jacket edges. Fur trade, mountain men, overland travel, Indians, Fremont, Sublett, Pierre's Hole, rendezvous, Civil War, etc." Graff 152, "Ball accompanied Wythe to Oregon in 1832."
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140.00 USD
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Ballantyne, Robert Michael Hudson's Bay or Every-Day Life in the Wilds of North America During Six Years Residence in the Territories of the Hon. Hudson's Bay Company
Boston Phillips, Sampson and Company 1859 Hard Cover Very Good
298 pages, frontis, illustrations, slight edge wear. Fur trade, exploration, Indians etc. Wagner-Camp 144a, Graff 154, "Ballantyne's adventures began in 1841 from York Factory. While he recapitulates much history of the Hudson's Bay Company, he also quotes extensively from the journal he kept during his travels."
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250.00 USD
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Barbour, Barton H. Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade
Norman University of Oklahoma Press 2001 0-8061-3295-7 / 9780806132952 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+
304 pages, illustrations, map. "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."
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30.00 USD
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Belue, Ted Franklin The Hunters of Kentucky A Narrative History of America's First Far West 1750-1792
Mechanicsburg PA Stackpole Books 2003 0-8117-0883-7 / 9780811708838 First Edition Hard Cover New New
315 pages, frontis, illustrations, map end-papers. "Covers a wide range of frontier existence, from daily life and survival to wars, exploits, and even flora and fauna. The pioneers and their lives are profiled in biographical sketches, giving a rich sampling of the personalities involved in the United States' westward expansion. Daniel Boone, John Redd, Michael Cassidy, and Nicholas Cresswell."
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25.00 USD
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Berry, Don A Majority Of Scoundrels An Informal History Of The Rocky Mountain Fur Company
N.Y. Harper & Brothers 1961 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good -
432 pgs, illustrations, 2 large color fold-out maps in rear pocket, minor edge wear to jacket. All the noteable Mountain Men, Smith Jackson & Sublet, Ashley, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Wyeth, Beckwourth, Bridger, Meek, Odgen, Bonneville, etc.
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85.00 USD
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Branch, Douglas The Hunting of the Buffalo Introduction by Frank Dobie
Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1997 0-8032-6137-3 / 9780803261372 Stiff Wraps New
240 pages, illustrations. "Originally published in 1929, tells all about the marvelous and useful animal that once roamed the American plains. Its gradual extermination is chronicled by E. Douglas Branch, who drew on rich materials, including Indian legends, old letters and diaries, and tales of frontier travelers."
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Branch, Douglas The Hunting of the Buffalo Introduction by Frank Dobie
N.Y. D. Appleton and Company 1929 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good+
240 pages + ad, frontis, illustrations. "Tells all about the marvelous and useful animal that once roamed the American plains. Its gradual extermination is chronicled by E. Douglas Branch, who drew on rich materials, including Indian legends, old letters and diaries, and tales of frontier travelers." Rader 465
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125.00 USD
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Brewerton, Douglas George, Stallo Vinton Overland With Kit Carson A Narrative Of The Old Spanish Trail In 48
N.Y. Coward-McCann Inc. 1930 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good
301 pages, frontis, fold-out map. Fur trade, mountain men, Santa Fe Trail, Mormons, explorations, expeditions, Indians, etc. Rader 472
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95.00 USD
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Brewerton, Douglas George, Stallo Vinton Overland With Kit Carson A Narrative Of The Old Spanish Trail In 48
N.Y. Coward-McCann Inc. 1930 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good -
301 pages, frontis, fold-out map, chipping to jacket edges. Fur trade, mountain men, Santa Fe Trail, Mormons, explorations, expeditions, Indians, etc. Rader 472
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150.00 USD
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