 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1861 - 698 oldal
...establishment ever made by British subjects west of the Rocky Mountains. In March, 1811, the Pacific Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the principal, formed an establishment at Astoria, on the south bank of the Columbia River, about ten miles... | |
 | John Adams Dix - 1864 - 466 oldal
...establishment ever made by British subjects west of the Rocky Mountains. In March, 1811, the Pacific Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the principal, formed an establishment at Astoria, on the south bank of the Columbia River, about ten miles... | |
 | John Fletcher Darby - 1880 - 498 oldal
...friends, who were able to prove his identity, and he was released. Russell Farnham, still a member of the American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the mainspring and support, took up his residence in St. Louis in the year 1826. In St. Louis he married... | |
 | 1902 - 266 oldal
...Kansas City, and of the county and State, regardless of party. now Kansas City. Chouteau represented the American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the head. Choutean's followers, traders, trappers, laborers and voyageurs, brought their families and settled... | |
 | Minnesota Historical Society - 1908 - 540 oldal
...clerk at Sault Saiute Marie in a sutler's store. This and subsequent employment familiarized young Sibley with Indian affairs, and opened the way for...central depot of the great fur company, second only to that of the Hudson Bay Company. There he met Robert Stuart, the head and embodiment of the fur company... | |
 | Minnesota Historical Society - 1908 - 762 oldal
...clerk at Sault Sainte Marie in a sutler's store. This and subsequent employment familiarized young Sibley with Indian affairs, and opened the way for...American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of Xew York, was the head. This company gathered furs and pelts from vast regions in the Northwest. Sibley's... | |
 | John Hailey - 1910 - 426 oldal
...Columbia, at the point where now stands the town of Astoria. This post was established by a detachment of the American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor of New York was the head, but before this time, many of the French Canadians and some of the British had commenced trapping and... | |
 | Agnes C. Laut - 1926 - 350 oldal
...J CQ X H Old Fort Union, of historic memory, was built on this site in 1828 by Kenneth McKenzie of the American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the master spirit. The first white men of whom we have record here were Captains Lewis and Clark, who led... | |
 | 1900 - 668 oldal
...French Canadian descent about eighteen years of age, who was engaged as a voyageur in the service of the American Fur Company, of which JOHN JACOB ASTOR, of New York, was the principal owner and partner, with RAMSEY CROOKS and DAVID STUART local managers, accidently received... | |
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Sibley with Indian affairs, and opened the way for an important clerkship in the American Fur Company, of which John Jacob Astor, of New York, was the head. This company gathered furs and pelts from vast regions in the Northwest. Sibley's first employment... 