Publication: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1922, Lincoln
First Edition. Brown Cloth. TEG. 400pp. Illustrations. Large Folding Map. Volume XX of the Publications of the Nebraska State Historical Society. A excellent, detailed history of the fur trade development from 1808-1861, much of which traversed the Nebraska country. The book consists largely of accounts of the adventures of the fur trade founders of St. Louis on the Great Plains of the Missouri valley and in the adjacent mountain region, as related consecutively and contemporaneously in the Missouri Republican newspaper, from 1808-1861." A fine, bright copy.
Inventory Number: 51528