Historical
Information
Mountain
Men and the Fur Trade
Sources
of the history of the Fur Trade in the Rocky Mountain West. This
web site is an on-line Research Center devoted to the history, traditions,
tools, and mode of living, of the trappers, explorers, and traders
known as the Mountain Men.
Museum
of the Fur Trade
The Museum of the Fur Trade has the largest collection of Fur Trade
Era goods. Combining an outstanding collection and scholarship to
interpret the story of the fur trade, the nonprofit museum's three
galleries discuss the fur trade from early colonial days to the
present century. The exhibits trace the everyday lives of the British,
French, and Spanish traders, voyageurs, mountain men, professional
buffalo hunters, and typical Plains and Woodland Indians. Exhibits
include the entire range of trade goods, including munitions, cutlery,
axes, firearms, textiles, costumes, paints, and beads.
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