American Fur Company

E96084
business enterprise fur trading company

The American Fur Company was a dominant early 19th-century U.S. fur-trading enterprise founded by John Jacob Astor that played a major role in the economic development of the American frontier.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
American Fur Company canonical 7
American Fur Company trading network 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf business enterprise ⓘ
fur trading company ⓘ
afterAWhileSplitInto Columbia River Department ⓘ
Northern Department ⓘ
Southwestern Department ⓘ
businessModel credit-based trade with trappers and Native Americans ⓘ
use of licensed agents and sub-agents ⓘ
causeOfDecline changing fashion away from beaver hats ⓘ
overtrapping of beaver ⓘ
competedWith Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
North West Company ⓘ
Rocky Mountain Fur Company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1840s ⓘ
employed clerks ⓘ
factors ⓘ
trappers ⓘ
voyageurs ⓘ
founder John Jacob Astor ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Ramsay Crooks ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
inception 1808 ⓘ
industry fur trade ⓘ
influenced U.S. expansion into the West ⓘ
development of frontier trading posts ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity New York ⓘ
locatedInTime early 19th century ⓘ
mainActivity trading furs ⓘ
notableFor creation of trading posts in the interior of North America ⓘ
dominance of U.S. fur trade in early 19th century ⓘ
role in economic development of the American frontier ⓘ
notableProduct beaver pelts ⓘ
mink pelts ⓘ
otter pelts ⓘ
operatedIn Old West ⓘ
surface form: American frontier

Great Lakes region ⓘ
Missouri River Basin ⓘ
surface form: Missouri River region

Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
ownedBy John Jacob Astor ⓘ
partOf Atlantic fur trade ⓘ
surface form: North American fur trade
regulationImpact decline after U.S. government regulation of the fur trade ⓘ
significantPerson John Jacob Astor ⓘ
tradedWith American merchants ⓘ
European markets ⓘ
Native American tribes ⓘ
usedTransportMethod canoes ⓘ
keelboats ⓘ
sailing ships ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Astor family → relatedBusiness → American Fur Company ⓘ
John Jacob Astor → founded → American Fur Company ⓘ
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site → associatedWith → American Fur Company ⓘ
Henry Hastings Sibley → workedFor → American Fur Company ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → employer → American Fur Company ⓘ
Peter A. Sarpy → associatedWith → American Fur Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Fur Company trading network
Rocky Mountain Fur Company → competedWith → American Fur Company ⓘ
Solomon Juneau → employer → American Fur Company ⓘ