Traders and Trappers

Index of names of notable figures in the fur trade

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Name

Company or Other Information

Years In Trade

David Adams

Lancaster Lupon

1840's

James Aird

American Fur Co

1815

Henry Atkinson

Military Officer/expeditions

1819 and 1825

Marcello Baca

Taos/Nathaniel Wyeth

1809-1862

Jim Baker

American Fur Co

1838-1840

Robert Bean

Taos-John Rogers

1830

William Becknell

Father of Santa Fe Trail

1821-1828

Jim Beckwourth

Ashley Henry-SJS-RMC

1822-1860's

Charles Bent

Bent&St. Vrain

1828-1840

Bartholomew Berthold

Merchant St. Louis/AmericanFur

1809-11830's

Joseph Bissonette

Trader:Ft. Laramie

1840's

Louis Bissonette

Trader: Upper Platte

1840-1870

Arthur Black

Ashley-Henry: SJS

1827-1828

Jefferson Blackwell

Partner with John Gnatt

1831

Charles Bodmer

Artist w/Prince Maximillian

1832-1833

Benjamin Bonneville

Nathaniel Wyeth

1832-1835

Oliver Bostwick

Agent-American Fur Co/Pacific

1830

Micheal Bourdon

Hudson Bay-Snake River Brig

1822-1824

Frances Branch

Taos-William Wolfskill

1830

Alexander Branch

Taos

1824

Joseph Brazeau

French

1790-1809

Jim Bridger

Ashley-Henry/SJS/RMFC

1822-1860's

Calvin Briggs

Nathaniel Wyeth-Worked at Ft Hall

1834-1849

T.C. Brinsmade

Astor

 
Baptiste Brown

French Canadian/Taos

1827

James Bruffee

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1827-1828

Stephen Burdit

Nathaniel Wyeth

1832

David Burr

Map Maker

1830's and on

Jean Cabanne

B. Pratte &Co. \American Fur Co

1830's and on

Robert Campbell

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1825-1840

Christopher (Kit) Carson

Hudsons Bay/Rocky Mountain Fur

1829-1840

Alexander Carson

Ezikekiel Williams-Missouri Fur Co

1807

Martin Cass

Astorian

1810

George Catlin

Artist w/William Clark

1830

Jean-Baptiste Champlain

Ezikekiel Williams-Missouri Fur Co

1814

Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau

Son of Sacagawea:RMFC-AMFC

1820's  and beyond

Toussaint Charbonneau

Guide Louis&Clark

1808

Francis Chardon

American Fur Co

1817-1840's

James Cheek

Louis&Clark

1809

Auguste Pierre Chouteau

Agent-American Fur Co

1815s to 1840's

Jean Pierre Chouteau

Indian Agent Louisiana

1804-1849

Pierre Jr. Chouteau

Partner:Astor,Pernard Pratte

1820's to 1840's

Edmund Christy

Partner:Astor,Pernard Pratte

1820's to 1840's

Antoine Citoleux

Missouri Fur Co

1812-1813

Antoine Clement

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1835-1837

Louis Clermo

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1832

James Clyman

Ashley-Henry/SJS/RMFC

1823-1844

John Colter

Lewis&Clark,Missouri Fur Co

1803-1810

Ross Cox

NW Company/ Astorians

1810

Isable Craig

Nez Pierce wife of William Craig

 
Willaim Craig

SJS/RMC/Nathaniel Wyeth

1825-1840's

Ramsay Crooks

#2 to Astor/Pacific Fur Company/Astorians/Robert Dickson and Co.

1809-1859

Alexander Culbertson

American Fur Co

1830 and beyond

John Day

Pacific Fur Company

1810-1820

Pierre Dorian

Pacific Fur Company/Snake river

1804-1840

Baptiste Dorion

Son of Pierre Dorian/Astorian

 
Marie Dorion

Wife of Pierre Dorrian/Astorian

 
John Dougherty

Missouri Fur Co./Indian Agent

1809-1848

Andrew Drips

American Fur Co

1832-1840

George Droullard

Lewis&Clark,Missouri Fur Co

1804-1810

George Ebberts

RMFC/Hudson's Bay

1829-1838

Thomas Eddie

Ashley-Henry/RMFC

1823-1833

William O'Fallon 

1826-1850's

Russell Farnham

Pacific Fur Co./American Fur Co.

1810-1826

Warren Ferris

American Fur Co/diarist

1830-1835

Mathew Field

Taos/Journalist

 
Mike Fink

Ashley-Henry

1823

John Fitzgerald

Ashley-Henry

1822

Thomas Fitzpatrick

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1823-1824

Lucien Fontenelle

Pilcher&Fontinelle

1825-1840

Jacques (old pino) Fournaise

Canadian

1807-1850

Henry Fraeb

RMFC/Fraeb-Sarpy/Jim Bridger

1829-1841

Joseph Gale

Ewing Young/Nathaniel Wyeth

1831-1834

Joseph Gantt

Gnatt-Blackwell

1825-1835

Johnson Gardner

Ashley-Henry/American Fur Co

1825-1832

Jean Baptiste Gervais

SJS/Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1830

Joseph Gervais

Astorian/Hudson's Bay

1812-1824

George Gibbs  
Hugh Glass

Ashley-Henry/American Fur Co

1823-1833

Antoine (Iroquois) Godin

NW Company/ Hudson Bay/Wyeth

1816-1836

William Gordon

Missouri Fur Co./Joshua Pilcher

1823

Caleb Greenwood

Pacific Fur Co./Missouri Fur Co.

1810-1825

Josiah Gregg

Sante Fe

1826-1835

John (Iroquois) Grey

Hudson Bay/American Fur Co. AKA Hallalhotsoot

1810-183?

Zacharias Ham

Ashley-Smith/Ham's Fork Named

1824

Forrest Hancock 

1804

Moses "Black" Harris

Ashley-Henry/RMFC/American Co

1822-1849

Thomas Hempstead

Missouri Fur Co./#2 to Pilcher/

1817-1823

Andrew Henry

Missouri Fur Co./Ashley Henry

1806-1812,1822-1824

John Hoback

Pacific Fur Co.

1810-1813

Wilson Price Hunt

Leader/Pacific Fur Co.

1810-1814

Washington Irving

Author-Cpt.Bonneville-Astoria

1830's

David Jackson

Ashley-Henry,SJS,RMFC

1823-1836

Benjamin Jones

Pacific Fur Co

1812-1813

Hall Jackson Kelly

Wyeth Partner(failed) Ft. Hall /Oregon Promoter

 
Charles Kemmele

Missouri Fur Co

1817-1823

James Kennerly

Taos

1820

James Kipp

Columbia R. Co./American Fur Co.

1818-1831

William Kittson

Hudson Bay

1824-1831

Micheal Laframboise

Astorian/NWC/HBC (sailed on Tanquin

1810-1830's

William Laidlaw

Columbia R. Co./American Fur Co.

1822-1834

Daniel Lamont

Columbia R. Co./American Fur Co.

1834-?

Charles Larpenteur

RMFC/American Fur Co.

1833-

Narcisse Leclerc

Pilcher&Fontinelle

1823-1824

Francios Leclerc

Astorian/Taos/With Provost

1811-1830

Beaver Leigh

Guided F. Hayden Expedition

1840-1880

Zenas Leonard

Gnatt-Blackwell/Bonneville

1831-1836

Reuben Lewis

Missour Fur Co./Bro. To M. Lewis

1809

Manual Lisa

Missouri Fur Co./Ashley Henry

1808-1812,

Prince Alexander Maximillian

German Scientist/Explorer

1832

Robert McClellan

Pacific Fur Co

1812

John McCleod

Hudson Bay Co

1822-1836

Kenneth McKenzie

NWC/Columbia Fur/American Fur

1820-1830 and beyond

Donald Mckinzie

NWC/Pacific Fur/Hudson's Bay

1800-1840

Robert McKnight

Sante Fe

1812

DR. John McLoughlin

Hudsons Bay-Chief Factor

1825-1846

John George McTavish

N.W. Co

1813

Joseph Meek

Rocky Mountain Fur Company

1829-1847

Pierre Menard

Trader,Investor,Illinois Senator

1766-1844

Joseph Miller

NW Co./First to See Bear Lake

1811

David Dawson Mitchell

American Fur Co.

1830-1841

Robert Newell

SJS/American Fur Co.

1829-1840

George Nidever

Trapper/Journalist/Bonneville

1831-1850

Benjamin O'Fallon

Indian Agent Upper Misouri

1822-1826

John O'Fallon

Assistant to William Clark/Nephew

1791-1860

Peter Ogden

AMC/NWC/Hudson's Bay Co.

1807-1847

Archibald Palmer

American Fur Co.

1830's?

Alexander Laforce Papin

French

1800

James Ohio Pattie

Gila River/Saw Grand Canyon

1815-1830

Honore Picotte

American Fur Co./French Fur Co.

1820-1847

Dieder Papin Pierre

American Fur C./His Own Co.

1828-1853

Joshua Pilcher

Missouri Fur Co/J. Pilcher co

1809, 1827-1835

Simon Plamondon

NWC/Hudson's Bay Co.

1815-1827

Daniel Potts

Lewis&Clark,Missouri Fur Co,Ashley

1827-?

Sylvester Pratte

French Co/American Fur Co.

1827

Bernard Pratte

French Co. Partner-Chouteau Partner

1771-1836

Etienne Provost

Taos/Provost&Leclerc

1822-1850

John Reed

Astorian

1812-?

Jacob Reznor

Astorian w.Hunt.Partner with Hoback

1811-1814

Louis Robidoux

Taos

 
Antoine Robidoux

Sante Fe/Ft. UnCompahgre/Fort Uintah

1824-1847

Joseph Robidoux

Chouteau Man/Founder of St. Jo. Mi

18?-1831

Edward Robinson

Astorian w.Hunt.Partner with Hoback

1811-?

Harrison Rogers

Ashely-Smith/SJS-killed at Upqua Mas. Traveld w/ Jed. Smith in Ca.

1823-1828

Edward Rose

Missouri Fur Co./American Fur Co

1803-1835

Alexander Ross

Astorian/HBC/Ashley/

1810-1830's

Osborn Russell

Nathaniel Wyeth/

1834-1842

George Frederick Ruxton

Author/Adventurer

1846-1848

Peter Sarpy

Fontinelle

1823-1840

Hiram Scott

Rocky Mountain Fur Company/Scotts Bluff

1827-1828

George Simpson

Hudson's Bay "Chief Factor"

1821-1842

Alexander Sinclair

Bean-Sinclair

1830-1832

Thomas Peg Leg Smith

American Fur Company

1816-1840

Jedadiah Smith

Ashley-Henry,SJS

1822-1831

Ceran St. Vrain

Bernard Pratte & Co./Bent-St. Vrain&Co.

1824-1870

Alfred Stephens

Nathaniel Wyeth

1832

William Drummond Stewart

Scottish Advernturer/Alfred Jacob Miller

1832-1834

Robert Stuart

Pacific Fur Co./Return Trip from Astoria

1812-1815

William Sublette

Ashely-Smith/SJS/RMFC

1823-1836

Andrew Sublette

SJS/RMFC

1827-1853

Pinckney W. Sublette

RMFC

1827-1828

Solomon Perry Sublette

Sante Fe/Vasquez Partner/Sutter/Walker

1836-1857

Milton Sublette

Gila River/RMFC/Nathaniel Wyeth/Fitz&Brid

1826-1835

Levi Talbot

Rocky Mountain Fur Co.

1823

Pierre Tevanitagon

HBC/Ashley/Pierre's Hole Named

1810-1827

Joseph Thing

Nathaniel Wyeth

1834

David Thompson

Hudsons Bay/Mapper who Traveled 55K miles

1792-1812

William Tilton  
Tom Tate Tobin

New Mexico/Worked at Bent's fort

1823-1858

John Kirk Townsend

Naturalist traveled to Oregon with Wyeth

1833

Samuel Tulloch

SJS-wonded Bear Lake Rendezvous

1827-1832+

John Turner

SJS/EWING YOUNG

1823-1833

William Henry Vanderburgh

Missouri Fur Co./Co. of Joshua Pilcher, Charles Bent, Lucien Fontenelle, Vanderburgh, Dripps./ American Fur Co.

1818

Louis Vasquez

Trader pre-1820/Ashley-Henry?/RMFC/Campbell&Vesquez.Ft.Bridger

1820-1868

Antoine Baronait Vasquez

Ft. Bridger/Interpreter for Pike

1814-1828

Thomas Virgin

SJS. With Jedadiah Smith in California

1823-1825

Joseph Walker

Bonneville/American Fur Co.

1833-1836

John Weber

Ashley-Henry

1822-1823

Peter Weiser

Lewis&Clark,Missouri Fur Co. (Lisa)

1804-1828

Dr. Marcus Whitman

Missionary

1836-1847

Old Bill Williams

Ft. Ossage/Santa Fe/FlatHead/W-Sibley/W.Fitzpatrick/Wth Bent/Kit Carson/Walker/Freemont and on and on=Highly Educated and fluent in many languages.

1804-1849

Ezekiel Williams

Missouri Fur Co./Sante Fe/

1807-1844

William Wolfskill

Sante Fe-W/William Becknell/Traded to Calif.

 
Richens Lacy Wootton

Sante Fe/Fought Mexico in Taos Rebellion/More

1836-1893

John Work

HBC/With Odgen

1825-1861

Nathaniel Wyeth

Nathaniel Wyeth Co-Columbia Fishing C.

1832-1850

John Wyeth

Nathaneil Wyeth Co. Abandoned at Pierrs Hole

1832-1834

Ewing Young

Sante Fe/Becknell's 2nd Expedition/Partner with W. Wolfskill in trapping and California Horse tradding/Partner with David Jackson&David Waldo

1822-1834

George Yount

Sante Fe/With Wolfskill/California Pioneer

1834-