This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...The house controls several special manufactures, and imports direct almost the whole of its foreign goods. Not only are its customers found in the West and South, but throughout the East and North and Canada and Mexico, and foreigners make selections from the Kansas City; Boabd Of Trade. stock, which has been gathered ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ...The house controls several special manufactures, and imports direct almost the whole of its foreign goods. Not only are its customers found in the West and South, but throughout the East and North and Canada and Mexico, and foreigners make selections from the Kansas City; Boabd Of Trade. stock, which has been gathered from many lands. ST. LOUIS: MERMOD A JACCARD JEWELRY COMPANY. For WASHINGTON see page 507. VIRGINIA and WE8T VIRGINIA. 505 So6 VERMONT and NEW HAMP8HIRE. For VIRGINIA see preceding page. HI5T0RT. The discoverer of the Rocky Mountains was the Chevalier de la Vcrendrye, a young Canadian officer. In 1742-3, with his brother and two French-Canadians, he marched from Fort la Keine, on the Assiniboine, up Mouse River and across to the Man dan villages, whence they ascended the Missouri to the Gate of the Mountains, in company with a great Sioux war party, and established a monument bearing the arms of France, in whose name they claimed these lonely deserts. Over sixty years passed before the exploring party of Lewis and Clarke traversed Montana, ascending the Missouri, examining the Great Falls, and then crossing the Lolo Pass into Idaho. The Missouri Fur Company was founded in 1808by Clarke, Labadie, Mesnard, Lisa and theChouteaus. The Rocky-Mountain F"ur Company commenced operations in 1822, and in 1834 united with the American Fur Company. For the first half-century all the goods used on the upper Missouri were cordclled, or dragged by human labor, all the long 2,000 miles or more from St. Louis. In 1831 Chouteau had the steamboat Yellowstone built at Pittsburgh, and she ascended to Fort Pierre and (in 1S32) Fort Union. In i860 the Chippe-iua went up to Fort Benton; and in 1865 the Tom Stevens reached Portage Creek, five miles below the Grea...
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