Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade.

Military Review | July 1, 2003| | Copyright

Barton H. Barbour, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2001, 304 pages, $34.95.

Barton H. Barbour creates a vibrant portrait of Fort Union, the earliest American trading post on the upper Missouri. The fort, which was active from 1829 to 1869, is now in western North Dakota. Barbour recounts the techniques that went into the fort's construction and the people it served. He describes the various demographic groups in the area: the Indians, the artists, the traders, the trappers, the clerks, and the soldiers. Barbour also outlines American Indian policies during the ...

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