Rocky Mountain Fur Company
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Rocky Mountain Fur Company was a prominent 19th-century American fur-trading enterprise known for employing legendary frontiersmen and mountain men such as Hugh Glass.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Fur Company canonical | 3 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
ⓘ
fur trading company ⓘ |
| activeIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | bear attack on Hugh Glass ⓘ |
| businessType | partnership ⓘ |
| competedWith |
American Fur Company
ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalDepiction |
American frontier literature
ⓘ
films about Hugh Glass ⓘ |
| economicRole | exploitation of beaver populations for the hat trade ⓘ |
| employed |
Hugh Glass
ⓘ
James Beckwourth ⓘ Jedediah Smith ⓘ Jim Bridger ⓘ Kit Carson ⓘ Thomas Fitzpatrick ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Andrew Henry
ⓘ
William Henry Ashley ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Old West
ⓘ
surface form:
American Old West
American frontier era ⓘ |
| industry | fur trade ⓘ |
| influenced |
exploration of the American West
ⓘ
mapping of western North America ⓘ |
| knownFor |
employing legendary mountain men
ⓘ
fur trading in the Rocky Mountains ⓘ use of the rendezvous system ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
trading furs
ⓘ
trapping furbearing animals ⓘ |
| notableEmployeeType |
frontiersmen
ⓘ
mountain men ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion |
Great Plains
ⓘ
Rocky Mountain region ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Mountain West
Missouri River Breaks region ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Missouri River region
|
| product |
beaver pelts
ⓘ
buffalo robes ⓘ |
| tradeNetwork | St. Louis fur trade ⓘ |
| transportRoute |
Missouri River
ⓘ
overland trails in the Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| usedBusinessModel | rendezvous system ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.