The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, beginning in the eastern provinces of French Canada and the northeastern American colonies (soon-to-be northeastern United States).

By 1823, the American Fur Company controlled the fur trade across much of present-day Minnesota. The company’s headquarters was at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers, at a post called New Hope, or more commonly called St. Peters.

The American Fur Company (AFC) was a prominent American company that sold furs, skins, and buffalo robes. [1][2] It was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States. [3] . During its heyday in the early 19th century, the company dominated the American fur trade.

In this article, we will explore how the fur trade helped shape the story of the United States, explaining how it influenced settlement patterns, political alliances, and even international relations.

Over the course of the next century, the fur trade fundamentally reshaped American Indian life, relationships with Europeans, and even the North American ecological landscape.

The fur trade was a thriving industry in North America from the 16th through 19th centuries. When Europeans first settled in North America, they traded with Indigenous peoples (known in different places as First Nations, Native Americans, or American Indians).

2023年2月4日 · The fur trade was officially dead when gold was discovered at John Sutter's lumber mill near today's Sacramento. The rush attracted would-be miners from all over the world, including former fur trappers.

The 19th-century North American fur trade, when the industry was at its peak of economic importance, involved the development of elaborate trade networks and companies. The first firms to participate in the fur trade were French, and under French rule, the trade spread along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and down the Mississippi River.

2024年8月29日 · Early North America history centers around the animal skin trade and American Western Expansion. North of present day Mexico, the vast territory of the United States and Canada was explored, wars were fought, and Indian cultures destroyed in the pursuit of beaver skins and buffalo hides.

2014年7月21日 · For some fifteen years -- roughly speaking, 1823 to 1838, the western U.S. was the domain of the mountain men, fur trappers who spent years traveling and living in the wilderness.