| Trappers and Traders |
| What did Lewis & Clark's Travel's Discover in Relationship to Western Expansion? Rivers: Missouri, Snake and Columbia Mountain ranges: Rocky Mountains, Bitteroot Range, Cascade Range and the Coast Range Other natural features: The Great Plains, Great Falls, rain forests, the Pacific Ocean and up and down small and large streams. In addition, they introduced us to new Native American Indian cultures, unique wild life, food and plants. They were also successful in processing maps that opened up the expansion of the American West. The first to follow Lewis and Clark in exploring the American West were the Mountain Men. Lewis and Clark Journals: http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/toc.html |
| Links: Cameron Trading Post Crazy Crow Trading - Bovis Bead Company Pre-1840 Black Powder links (excellent) * * * Museum of the Mountain Men (Pindale, WY) Library of Western Fur Trade * * * * The Museum of the Fur Trade The Bead Site Black Powder * * Bead Bugle * * Black Powder guns The Bear Den * * |
| French Era - 1600 - 1760 British Era - 1760 -1816 American Era - 1816 - 1850 |
| Trade Beads: After returning from their journey, Lewis & Clark recommended that future traders and explorers take with them "blue" beads to trade with Native Peoples they would come in contact with. |
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| Picture courtesy of Bally Beads http://www.ballybead.com |
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| The Beaver One of the most dramatic animals to change the face of the earth was the beaver. For more information click on The Beaver Hat. |
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| Come back often! I'll keep the candle burnin. . . . |
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| Excuse me, but I'm still buildin' this dam' site. . . . |