Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Astor” in entry fur-trade of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...town of Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Through the bad faith of a business partner in 1813, that establishment was sold for a nominal sum and placed under British control.
After that Mr. Astor carried on his operations in the region of the Rocky Mountains, with his chief post at Mackinaw.
Alaska, acquired in 1867 by purchase, opened a new field for the American fur-trade.
The furs from...
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