The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade

by Stan Hoig

Book Overview

In the late eighteenth century, the vast, pristine land that lay west of the Mississippi River remained largely unknown to the outside world. The area beckoned to daring frontiersmen who produced the first major industry of the American West--the colorful but challenging, often dangerous fur trade. At the lead was an enterprising French Creole family that founded the city of St. Louis in 1763 and pushed forth to garner furs for world markets.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826343481
• ISBN13: 9780826343482
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"