Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Jedediah S. Smith
This resource provides a biography about Jedediah Smith, centering primarily around his explorations of the West in the 19th century.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: James Beckwourth 1798 1867
Learn about the exciting adventures of mountain man James Beckwourth as he explored the Western wilderness.
Other
Northwest Journal: Life of David Thompson
An overview of the life of David Thompson, arguably Canada's greatest explorer.
Other
George Caleb Bingham: Boatmen on the Missouri 1846
This site contains a brief summary on the life of George Bingham, and the painting of the "Boatmen on the Missouri". Also includes a copy of the painting.
Art Cyclopedia
Artcyclopedia: George Caleb Bingham
Artcyclopedia provides information and links to various paintings and biographical information about American artist George Caleb Bingham.
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Overland Trail: The Mountain Man Rendevous
Description of the rendevous or appointed places for fur hunters (Indian and white) to meet and trade before the establishment of trading posts.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Ho Poe Kaw (Glory of the Morning)
Ho-poe-kaw or Glory of the Morning was a female Chief of the Ho-Chunk in Wisconsin, as recorded in 1727. She married a French fur trader. Together they worked to help the Ho-Chunk battle the Meskwaki over access to river routes.
Curated OER
Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Villa Louis
Fur trader mansion built in 1871.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Dousman Hotel
Hotel with ties to fur traders in area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming: South Pass
This was the easiest crossing point of the Continental Divide during the 19th century, serving American pioneers, fur traders, and miners. The access it offered to the Pacific Northwest greatly strengthened the U.S. claim to that region.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Pierre Menard House
House of fur trader Pierre Menard, the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.
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Indian Hunters Pursuing Buffalo in the Early Spring, Ca. 1822
Reprints of drawings by Peter Rindisbacher completed in 1822 outside the Red River Colony in Manitoba are presented in this web page that is part of a National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. It shows the...
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Report on a Journey to the Rocky Mountains, 1801
This web page is part of a larger National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. Here is a reprint from a 1801 report from explorer and fur trader David Thompson on his successful route through the Rocky Mountains.
US Army Center
U.s. Army Center of Military History: Lewis and Clark: Corps of Discovery: The Mandan Indian Nation
Find a description of the Mandan culture, housing, and daily way of life. Included are photographs of Mandan villages and houses.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle
The story of the problems on converting native Americans to a Christian religion. It uses the example of Christian missionaries who were trying to convert the Pawnee tribe in the 1830s.
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