Peter A. Sarpy

E251941
entrepreneur fur trader person

Peter A. Sarpy was a 19th-century American fur trader and entrepreneur influential in the early development of the Nebraska Territory.

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Peter A. Sarpy canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entrepreneur ⓘ
fur trader ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn 19th century ⓘ
associatedWith American Fur Company ⓘ
surface form: American Fur Company trading network

Iowa Territory ⓘ
Nebraska Territory ⓘ
basedIn Missouri River frontier ⓘ
businessActivity operating trading posts ⓘ
overseeing river commerce ⓘ
trade with Native American tribes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer American Fur Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup American ⓘ
familyName Sarpy County, Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: Sarpy
fieldOfWork frontier trade ⓘ
regional economic development ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
hasNamesake Sarpy County, Nebraska ⓘ
hasPart trading post at Bellevue ⓘ
trading post at St. Mary ⓘ
influenced commercial development along the Missouri River ⓘ
settlement patterns in eastern Nebraska ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
memberOf frontier merchant community of the Missouri River valley ⓘ
namedAfter Peter A. Sarpy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
notableFor acting as intermediary between U.S. settlers and Native Americans ⓘ
being namesake of Sarpy County, Nebraska ⓘ
contributing to establishment of Bellevue as an early Nebraska settlement ⓘ
early development of Nebraska Territory ⓘ
fur trade on the Missouri River ⓘ
occupation entrepreneur ⓘ
fur trader ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
participatedIn expansion of American settlement into the Great Plains ⓘ
region Great Plains ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
residence Bellevue, Nebraska ⓘ
St. Mary, Iowa ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
timePeriod early development of Nebraska Territory ⓘ
workLocation Iowa Territory ⓘ
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River region

Nebraska Territory ⓘ

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Sarpy County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Peter A. Sarpy ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → namedAfter → Peter A. Sarpy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sarpy County, Nebraska