Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. Included in Volume 1 are the biographies of Manuel Alvarez; Abel Baker; Jean Baptiste Charbonneau; Francis A. Chardon; Henry Chatillon; James Clyman; Alexander Culbertson; Jimmy Daugherty; Job Frances Dye; Thomas Eddie; Gabriel Franchere; Mark Head; Charles Larpenteur; Joseph L. Meek; George Nidever; Hiram Scott; Isaac Slover; Pinckney W. Sublette; Solomon P. Sublette; and Charles Town.

Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West (Volume 1)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The Arthur H. Clark Company

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. The fourth volume comprises 397 pages, and contains 31 biographical sketches, 15 illustrations. Included in Volume IV are the biographies of George Bent; Robert Bent; George Drouillard; Moses "Black" Harris; James Ohio Pattie; Joshua Pilcher, Antoine Robidoux; John Rowland; Peter Sarpy; Thomas L. (Peg-leg) Smith.

The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 4: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with introductions by the editor

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. Included in Volume 5 are the biographies of Cyrus Alexander; John Ball; James Bird, Jr.; Benjamin L. E. Bonneville; James Bordeaux; Lucien Fontenelle; John Gantt; Seth Kinman; James Kirker; Michel Laframboise; William LeBlanc; Aaron B. Lewis; Manuel Lisa; Joseph Livernois; Finnan MacDonald; Duncan McDougall; Donald McKenzie; Levin Mitchell; Bill New; Benjamin O’Fallon; Dick Owens; Antoine Plante; Ceran St. Brain; Louy Simmons; John Simpson Smith; William L. Sublette; Joseph R. Walker; and Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth.

The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 5: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with ... Man and the Fur Trade in the Far West)

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. Included in Volume 6 are the biographies of Charles H. Beaubien; James P. Beckwourth; William W. Bent; James Bridger; Kit Carson; James Craigie; David Crow; Chat Dubray; Charles Gardner, “Big Phil; the Cannibal;” Elbridge Gerry; Hugh Glass; Andrew Henry; Wilson Price Hunt; Calvin Jones; Francisco Laforet; Baptiste LaLande; J. LaRamee; Maurice LeDuc; Pierre Lesperance; Etienne Lucier; Thomas McKay; Alexander Roderick McLeod; Lucien Maxwell; Pierre Menard; Pierre Pariseau; Francois Payette; John Poisal; Sylvestre S. Pratte; Etienne Provost; Alexander Ross; and Solomon Howard Smith.

The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 6: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with introductions by the editor

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. Included in Volume 7 are the biographies of William H. Ashley; Geminien P. Beauvais; John Brown; Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux; Ross Cox; Thomas Fitzpatrick; Joseph Gale; Jean Baptiste Gervais; Joseph Gervais; Tim Goodale; John Harris; Ignace Hatchiorauquasha (John Grey); Denis Julien; Louis Labonte; Alexander LeGrand; Donald Manson; Lewis B. Myers; Francois Rivet; John Robertson (“Jack Robinson”); Isaac P. Rose; Reuben Smith; David Stuart; Jim Swanock and the Three Delaware Hunters; Simeon Turley; William H. Vanderburgh ; Antoine Francois (“Baronet”) Vasquez; Auguste Pike Vasquez; Elijah Barney Ward; Charles A. Warfield; Isaac Williams; and William Workman.

The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 7: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with introductions by the editor

Drouillard's service to the Lewis and Clark Expedition was long obscured by the stronger light shown on the leaders and on Sacagawea, the Indian woman who accompanied them. This classic biography, first published in 1964 and out-of-print for over thirty years, rescues this most important member of the Corps of Discovery from that shadow land. From the various journals of the expedition and from many more obscure documents, letters and legal records, Dr. Skarsten presents not merely an account of the pursuits in which Drouillard engaged, but an idea also of the kind of man he was, as a member of the famous expedition and later as a partner of Manuel Lisa in the fur trade. The variety of responsibilities assigned to Drouillard form an impressive list –recruiting of personnel, message bearing, retrieving a deserter, pursuing strayed and stolen horses, trading for horses and for canoes, horse gelding, as river-boat helmsman, diplomat to the Indians, boon companion to Lewis –in addition to the hunting and interpreting for which he was specifically hired. Further, Drouillard played a major role in each of the four or five crises of the expedition, and later, as a fur trader, furnished Clark with mapping details of the present Montana-Wyoming area. As partner to Manuel Lisa in the fur trade, in company with John Colter, Thomas James and others, on the Yellowstone, Big Horn, Shoshone, Rosebud and Tongue rivers, and the Three Forks of the Missouri, Drouillard¹s activity during 1807 to 1810 receives detailed attention; together with his attempt to trade with the Blackfeet, and later, his death at their hands in April 1810. Drouillard¹s trial for the murder of Bissonette, and other court actions with Drouillard as both defendant and plaintiff, add new and interesting material.

George Drouillard: Hunter and Interpreter for Lewis and Clark and Fur Trader...

Carriker, Robert C.

Skarsten, M. O.

The Mountain Men and the Fur Trade of the Far West, Volume 8: Biographical sketches of the participants by scholars of the subjects and with introductions by the editor

Mountain Men were the principal figures of the fur trade era, one of the most interesting, dramatic, and truly significant phases of the history of the American trans-Mississippi West during the first half of the 19th Century. These men were of all types―some were fugitives from law and civilization, others were the best in rugged manhood; some were heroic, some brutal, most were adventurous, and many were picturesque. The typical trapper was a young man―strong hardy and adventure loving. Having succumbed to the lure of the wilderness, his thin veneer of civilization soon rubbed off. In the wilds he had little need for money―barter supplied his simple wants. Possibly short on book-learning, he could read moccasin tracks, beaver sign, and trace of the travois. Memorials to them cover the West. Mountain peaks, passes, rivers and lakes carry their names. Towns and counties have been christened in their honor. Their trails have become our highways―their campfire ashes, our cities. Included in Volume 8 are the biographies of Louis Ambroise; Albert Gallatin Boone; Robert Campbell; Michel Sylvestre; Malcom Clark; John Colter; Charles Compo; Jules DeMun; Pierre Dorion; John Dougherty; Andrew Drips; Edward and Francis Ermatinger; Jacques (Old Pino) Fournaise; Friday, the Arapaho; Antoine Janis; Charles Keemle; Jean Baptiste Lucier, Dit Gardipe; Robert McClellan; William W. McGaa; John McLoughlin; Mariano Medina; Robert Newell; James Pursley; Joseph Robidoux; Louis Robidoux; Jedediah Smith; Andrew Whitley Sublette; and William Sherley (Old Bill) Williams.

The Frémont Cannon: High Up and Far Back (Frontier Military Series, No. 11)

History

Lewis, Ernest A.

Americas

Some Observations on the Yellowstone Expedition of 1873 (Hidden Springs of Custeriana)

Frost, Lawrence A., editor

Virtually unknown today, Stillman's observations have eluded even historians who have sought nineteenth-century travel accounts of Texas and the South. Stillman was a full-fledged member of a generation that had fallen completely in love with America's natural beauty, represented in the works of Emerson and Thoreau. His letters reflect that sensitivity and gift for description. Nowhere have I seen nature display so much of the chastened beauty, or rugged grandeur . . .; nowhere have I seen realized, in so high a degree, the charms of the classical. Arcadis as in the rolling grassy regions of West Texas. From Port Lavaca Stillman traveled alone by horse through Anaqua, Goliad and Helena, much the same route that his friend and fellow diarist, Frederick Law Olmsted, had followed just a few months before. Upon arrival in San Antonio he tarred, visiting with Adolph Douai, editor of the San Antonio Zeitung. From San Antonio, Stillman ventured west as far as the Pecos River in the company of an army wagon train along the newly-opened road from San Antonio to El Paso. He penetrated unsettled areas, risking Indian attack to see first-hand the "wilds" of Texas. . . .the water was now over the whole ground, and by floundering and swimming we reached the margin of the first slough. Here the flood had taken a shortcut . . . Shouts of distress were heard in the rear, when presently Antonio's mule came swimming past without his rider. Wilderness flash floods, rough rides over long and muddy roads, and periodic residences in poorly-constructed log houses did not deter his romantic spirit. He carefully recorded his observations regarding the settlers and their surroundings, the botanical wonders and curiosities, and Indian conflicts. Stillman wrote extensively concerning his travels, both in Texas and California during the gold rush period. He published essays in The Overland Monthly, and in 1877 published his memoirs, Seeking the Golden Fleece, a Record of Pioneer Life in California. Three books were published in the 1960s and 1970s containing his diaries and letters concerning his California experiences.

Wanderings in the Southwest in 1855 (Volume 23) (Western Frontiersmen Series)

Stillman, J.D.B.

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