Sublette County Fur Trade Papers

In January of 2010, the Historical Society with help from Sublette County and private donations got a unique opportunity to acquire over 100 original papers related to the Rocky Mountain fur trade. For more details on the purchase see the press release.

Copies of some of the papers are on display at the Museum of the Mountain Man. Because they are fragile and sensitive to extended light exposure, the originals will only be on display for special occasions.

Scans of the papers are made available here free for personal, educational and research purposes. However, the papers cannot be reproduced without permission. Please review our Use Policy.

As additional papers are scanned and interpreted, they will be posted here, so please check back for updates.

Papers in accession series 2010.550.xxxx are owned by the Sublette County Historical Society. Papers in series 2010.551.xxxx are owned by Sublette County.

Scanned Fur Trade Papers
Updated June 29, 2010

2010.550.0001 (Scanned Image)
Date: Unknown
From: William Ashley (Cover Only)
To: David Murphy, Farmington, MO

2010.550.0002 (Scanned Image)
Date: June 30th, 1831
From: John O'Fallon, St. Louis, MO
To: Robert Campbell, Richmond, VA

2010.550.0003 (Scanned Image)
Date: November 4th, 1838
From: William Drummond Stewart, St. Louis, MO
To: Timothy Dix, New York

2010.550.0004 (Scanned Image)
Date: April 30th, 1836
From: William Drummond Stewart
To: Robert Campbell, Lexington

2010.550.0005 (Scanned Image)
Date: February 22nd, 1833
From: William Sublette, Pittsburgh, PA
To: Robert Campbell, St. Louis, MO

2010.551.0084 (Scanned Image)
Date: September 24, 1834
From: Edward M. Samuel, Liberty, MO
To: ?

2010.551.0091 (Scanned Image)
Date: July 7, 1832
From: B. Emmory Ferry, Fayette, MO
To: Francis Preston Blair, Washington City

2010.551.0092 (Scanned Image)
Date: July 25th, 1835
From: Henry Shaw, St. Louis, MO
To: Baptisite Roy, Independence, MO

2010.551.0093 (Scanned Image)
Date: August 1st, 1830
From: Thomas Fitzpatrick on Wind River at 1830 rendezvous
To: Johnson Gardner, IOU

2010.551.0094 (Scanned Image)
Date: May 12th, 1832
From: William Sublette, Independence, MO, on way to 1832 rendezvous
To: William Ashley, St. Louis, MO

2010.551.0095 (Scanned Image)
Date: Unknown
From: Unknown, Independence, MO (Cover Only)
To: William Ashley, St. Louis, MO

2010.551.0096 (Scanned Image)
Date: July 14th, 1832
From: Nathaniel Wyeth, Pierre's Hole at 1832 rendezvous
To: Wife, Cambridge, MA (Carried by William Sublette)

2010.551.0097 (Scanned Image)
Date: June 4th, 1833
From: Thomas Fitzpatrick, Platte River on way to 1833 rendezvous
To: Robert Campbell, St. Louis, MO

2010.551.0098 (Scanned Image)
Date: September 25th, 1833
From: William Sublette, Grovant Village
To: Robert Campbell, Fort William

2010.551.0099 (Scanned Image)
Date: March 14th, 1838
From: John McLeod, Fort Vancouver after attending 1837 rendezvous
To: John Stuart, London

2010.551.0100 (Scanned Image)
Date: 1854
Lithograph of Fort Vancouver from Pacific Railroad Survey

2010.551.0101 (Scanned Image)
Date: June 24th, 1834
From: Jacob Wyeth, Galen, Missouri Belle
To: Charlie Wyeth, Baltimore, MD

2010.551.0102 (Scanned Image)
Date: September 22nd, 1835
From: Nathaniel Wyeth, Fort William
To: Wife, Baltimore, MD

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