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The Missouri Fur Company (also known as the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company or the Manuel Lisa Trading Company) was one of the earliest fur trading companies in St. Louis, Missouri. Dissolved and reorganized several times, it operated under various names from 1809 until its final dissolution in 1830. [1]
Learn about the history and operations of the Missouri Fur Company, one of the earliest fur trading companies in St. Louis, Missouri. The company was founded by Manuel Lisa in 1808 and dissolved in 1830 after facing competition and attacks.
The Missouri Fur Company (also known as the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company or the Manuel Lisa Trading Company) was one of the earliest fur trading companies in St. Louis, Missouri. Dissolved and reorganized several times, it operated under various names from 1809 until its final dissolution in 1830.
WHEN, in 1808, the Missouri Fur Company, operating from St. Louis, and the American Fur Company, with headquarters in New York, obtained their charters, fur-trading on a great scale in the...
First, the Spanish Commercial Company and Saint Louis Missouri Fur Company, and later, the Missouri Fur Company, the Columbia Fur Company, the American Fur Company, and, to a limited extent, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, all operated in the Missouri and Mississippi watersheds.
Apr 24, 2021 · On the spacious plains in 1828, near where the mighty Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers joined, John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company built what became its most famous fur trade post.
Apr 24, 2021 · First built in 1828 and later enlarged, Fort Union, then the American Fur Company's westernmost post, dominated the Upper Missouri fur trade for decades to come. By the time it closed in 1867, the fort had become the nation's longest-functioning fur trade post.
