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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:10:45 -0500
From: Frans Jurgens <fjurgens@frontiernet.net>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Saddle Soap ?
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How far back do saddle's go? Bet the answers are similiar.
larry pendleton wrote:
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> How far back in history does Saddle Soap go ?
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Date: 10 Mar 2000 06:11:19 -0800
From: Buck Conner <buck.conner@uswestmail.net>
Subject: MtMan-List: Re: Fur Trade Forts
Ole,
Here's some information that may help in your quest for fur trade sites and forts. I've included address of some along with publications and organizations that may have additional information to help you.
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Pre-1840 Living History Historical Sites:
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Fort Bridger, Wyoming State Historic Site * PO Box 35, Fort Bridger, WY 82933 * (307)
782-3842, FAX (307)782-7181 * Established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez.
Fort Langley National Historic Site * PO Box 129, 23433 Mavis Ave., Fort Langley, BC, Canada * (604) 888-2822 * Original Fur Trade Era building c. 1840.
Fort Laramie National Historic Site, NPS * Fort Laramie, WY 82212 * (307)837-2221 * Fort
Laramie was originally established as Fort William, by William Sublette, in 1834.
Fort Nisqually Historic Site, 1833-1869 * Point Defiance Park, 5400 Pearl St. #11, Tacoma, WA 98407 * (206) 591-5339 * Fort Nisqually was built by the Hudson's Bay Company as an outpost for fur trade.
Fort Uncompahgre-A Living History Museum * Located at Confluence Park, Delta, CO * PO Box 19, Delta, CO 81416 * (970)874-8349 or 874-0923 * Established near the confluence of the Uncompahgre and Blue (Gunnison) Rivers about 1826, as a fur trading post.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, NPS * RR3, Box 71, Williston, ND 58801 (25 miles SW of Williston, ND on ND Hwy 1804) * (701) 572-9083 * Built by the American Fur
Company in 1828, Ft Union became the headquarters for trading.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, NPS * 612 East Reserve St., Vancouver, WA 98661-3811 * (360) 696-7655 * Fort Vancouver was the headquarters for Hudson's Bay Company operations in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, 1825-49.
Museum of the Fur Trade * 6321 Hwy 20, Chadron, NE - Three miles east of Chadron on US Hwy 20 * Contact: 308-432-3843 or the Chadron Chamber of Commerce, 308-432-4401 *
Exhibits of trade good, weapons, furs and other items from the Fur Trade.
Museum of the Mountain Man * PO Box 909, Pinedale, WY * (307)367-4101 * Exhibits on the fur trade, western exploration, Plains Indians, and early settlements.
Bent's Fort National Historic Site, NPS * 35110 Hwy. 194 E., La Junta, CO 81050 *
(719)384-2596 * A trading post on the Santa Fe Trail. In the 1830's & 40's.
Old Mission State Park * PO Box 30, Cataldo, ID 83810-0030 * (208) 682-3814 * The Mission
is the oldest remaining building in Idaho. Established in the 1840's, by Jesuit priests.
Smoke and Fire News PO Box 166 Grand Rapids, Ohio 43522
The Museum of the Fur Trade 6321 Highway 20 Chadron, Nebraska 69337
National Association of Buckskinners 4701 Marion Street Livestock Exchange
Building, Suite 324 Denver, Colorado 81301 (303) 297-9671
National Muzzleloading Rifle Association PO Box 67 Friendship, Indiana 47021
The American Mountain Man Association 16630 Penny Avenue Sand Lake,
Michigan 49346
Coalition of Historical Trekkers P.O. Box 4038 Pueblo CO 81003
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Pre-1840 Living History Organizations:
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National Association of Buckskinners * 4701 Marion Street * Livestock Exchange Building, Suite 324 * Denver, Colorado 81301 * (303) 297-9671 * Publication: Territorial Dispatch
National Muzzleloading Rifle Association * PO Box 67 * Friendship, Indiana 47021 * Publication: Muzzle Blasts
The American Mountain Man Association * 3483 Squires * Conklin, Michigan 49403 * Publication: Tomahawk & Long Rifle
Coalition of Historical Trekkers * P.O. Box 4038 * Pueblo CO 81003 * Publication: On the Trail
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Later
Buck Conner
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 10:06:12 -0700
From: "Walt Foster" <Wfoster@cw2.com>
Subject: Re: MtMan-List: Re: Fur Trade Forts
Ole, how are you going to catalogue all this stuff that is building on this
thread. By time and direction? Including country and company?
I have more fur trading/trapper fort locations for you. Some around Ft.
Union and some around Ft. Manual Lisa at the mouth of the Bighorn on the
Yellowstone.
Walt
Park City, Montana
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