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Map with many of the fur trading posts in Montana from 1807 to the early 1870s (map only approximately). The colours on the map show the different Indian territories as described in the first treaties between the Native American tribes in the area and the United States
At the start of the 19th century, the North American fur trade was expanding toward present-day Montana from two directions. Representatives of British and Canadian fur trade companies, primarily the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, pushed west and south from their stronghold on the Saskatchewan River, while American trappers and traders followed the trail of the Lewis and ...
By the early 19th century, several companies established strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America. As well, the North-West Mounted Police established local headquarters at various points such as Calgary where the HBC soon set up a store.
The park is named for Fort Owen, a mission and later trading post established in 1841 and named for trader John Owen. The park is one acre (0.40 ha) in size, [5] 3,293 feet (1,004 m) in elevation, [6] and is owned and managed by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Fort Owen is known as the "cradle of Montana civilization".
Nov. 16—The Vital Ground Foundation expanded its Fowler Creek grizzly bear habitat conservation project this month with the acquisition of 64 acres in the Yaak Valley of far Northwest Montana.
Yaak is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lincoln County, Montana, [2] United States. It is located along the Yaak River, within the Kootenai National Forest. As of the 2020 census, its population was 338. Yaak has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [3] Yaak derives its name from the Yaak River. [4]
Saleesh House, also known as Flathead Post, [1] was a North West Company fur trading post built near present-day Thompson Falls, Montana in 1809 by David Thompson and James McMillan of the North West Company. [2] It became a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) post after that company merged with the North West Company in 1821. Under HBC control the post ...
In November 1807 work began on the station that Lisa named after his son. The initial buildings were "temporary shelters and a trading house with two rooms and a loft". [1] The post was located at the confluence of the Bighorn and the Yellowstone Rivers. [2]