From 1820 to the early 1840s the fur trade was king in the
mountain west. Furs were money in the west and money brought men searching for
it. It was a wild, exciting and dangerous life. A chance for riches and a chance
to never come back.
Last weekend was the annual, Fur Trade Day’s, at Fort
Laramie. Several reenactor’s with some
wonderful displays and great knowledge of the trapping era took part. I fear
this period of time in American History is being washed away with newer
history.
The great days of the fur trade lasted but two decades and a
few years. Changing fashions and Gold in the west ended the Mountain Man era –
too early for me.
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