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Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Journal, Volume 10

Hugh Glass: The Rest of the Story 
by Clay Landry
This article investigates new and rarely-considered data to build a more complete, and no less remarkable, picture of the man and his circumstances, especially in his later life.

“This Outrageous Desease”: Charles Larpenteur’s Observations of the 1837 Smallpox Epidemic  
by Michael M. Casler
With the use of Larpenteur’s first-hand account, along with other primary sources and modern understanding of the pathogen to advance a nuanced picture of how fur traders dealt with the scourge that annihilated so many Native Americans and devastated families in the fur trade.

The Rats at Fort Clark 
by Don Arp, Jr.
Francis Chardon, bourgeois of Fort Clark, waged a war on rats from 1834-1839.  Learn what made these vermin such a formidable adversary on the frontier. This article compiles statistics that reveal how these pests affected daily life at an American Fur Company post on the Missouri River.

The Influence of the Fur Trade on John Sutter
by Jim Hardee
Everyone knows that the 1849 Gold Rush started at Sutter’s Mill in California.  But did you know that John Sutter learned from mountain men on every step of his journey west?  

Naturalists in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade Era:  “They are a Perfect Nuisance”
by Carol Kuhn
The discovery of flora and fauna was also a business – not so different from piling up pelts. The new perspective examines in detail not just how, but why these men ventures into the Rocky Mountains.

Mountain Men and the Taking of California, 1845-47
by Larry E. Morris
As the fur trade waned, many trappers got involved with American military ventures. This article explains the integral roles the mountaineers played in the Mexican-American War.

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