Americans get jealous -The Bachelor. How did the Americans get here? -1807 - Manuel Lisa, - Fort Ramon.

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Americans get jealous -The Bachelor

How did the Americans get here? Manuel Lisa, - Fort Ramon

Lisa goes big. (Or so he thinks…) -Two years later -Missouri Fur Company -Crow Country

Nice try, Manuel!   -blackfeet  -siege  -20 dead

William Ashley and the Rocky Mountain Trapping System. -Ad in St. Louis Newspaper -100 men sign up -Introverts in love with outdoors -money -Poor job prospects -independence - worked alone or in groups

William Ashley hosts a party

Wheeling and dealing at the rendezvous  Buyers from St. Louis bring the goods  Trappers bring the furs

Let the festivities begin!  Competitions -Target shooting -races  Music tents  Dancing  Singing  socializing

John Jacob Astor  American Fur Company (1808)  German immigrant  Astoria, Oregon  Fort Union  Violence

Steamboats create a monopoly  First steamboat arrives in Fort Union  Fort Mckenzie on the Marias River  No more Blackfeet resistance

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