Subject Guide
Mountain West
Malachite’s Big Hole
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This Web Page is dedicated to the arts, skills and lore of the Mountain Man and is intended to be a resource for all aspects of life in the mountains and the men who lived there. The focus of the site is on the American Mountain Man from 1804 to 1840, however, it includes information from the earliest 1600’s to the 1870’s. Whether you are interested in the equipment and gear used by the Mountain Men, the lives and tales of the individuals in their own personal struggles to survive and succeed in the wilderness, aspects of everyday living in the first half of the 19th Century, or in the rise and fall of political and commercial empires related to the fur trade across North America, there should be something here for you.
Last Update April 29, 2013
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| A Short Biography |
| Support this Site |
| Site Map |
| Book Reviews |
| Antique Appraisals |
| Powder Horns for Sale |
| Buffalo Horns for Sale |
| Bar Lead for Sale |
| Sign Language Book Review |
| Indian Sign Language |
| Instructions for Care of a Fort |
| Map Showing Route of Westbound Astorians |
| Map Showing Route of Eastbound Astorians |
| Smith Travels 1826-27 |
| Smith Travels 1827-29 |
| Explorations of David Thompson |
| Siege at Turley's Mill |
| Death of Vanderburgh |
| Flintlock Conversion Service |
| Marie Dorian |
| Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spalding |
| Thanadelthur |
| Isabel Gunn |
| Marie-Anne Gaboury |
| The Whitman Massacre |
| Guns |
| Steel Traps |
| Axes |
| Knives |
| Lucifers |
| Black Powder Production Through Time |
| Gun Powder Freighting |
| Ashley's Ammunition - 1824 |
| Colt Paterson Pistol |
| Pepperbox Revolving Pistols |
| Pipe Tomahawk |
| Collins Axe |
| J. Russell Co - Green River Works |
| Indian White Clothing Styles |
| Shoes of the Early 1800's |
| Horses |
| Canoes |
| Keelboats |
| Bullboats |
| Steamboats |
| Dogs |
| Saddles |
| Horseshoes |
| Steamship Yellowstone |
| Sled Dogs Gone Wild |
| Dog Shoes |
| Trade Alcohol |
| Evading Liqour Laws |
| Cholera Strikes the Upper Missouri River |
| St. Peters Small Pox Epidiemic |
| Indian Medicine |
| Glossary of Treatments, Medicines Diseases and Terminology |
| Dr. Robert Thomas |
| Battle of Pierre's Hole |
| The Account of Zenas Leonard |
| The Account of Nathaniel Wyeth |
| The Account of John Ball |
| The Account of Robert Campbell |
| The Account of Warren Ferris |
| Shoes |
| Tobacco in the Mountains |
| Clay Tobacco Pipes |
| Shuck Cigarillos |
| Cigarettes in the Southwest |
| Glass Trade Beasds |
| Geopolitical Map 1700 |
| Geopolitical Map 1750 |
| Geopolitical Map 1763 |
| Geopolitical Map 1803 |
| Bent's Fort |
| El Pueblo |
| Fort Davey Crockett (Fort Misery) |
| Fort Hall |
| Fort Jackson |
| Fort Lancaster |
| Fort McKenzie |
| Fort Piegan |
| Fort Platte |
| Fort George |
| Fort Uncompahgre |
| Fort Union |
| Fort Vasquez |
| Fort William |
| Fort Jackson Trading Camp |
| Fort Uncompahgre Map |
| 1837 Small Pox Epidemic at Fort Union |
| Account of Zenas Leonard |
| Account of Warren Ferris |
| Account of Joe Meek |
| Skills and Plans |
| Personna |
| Clothing and Outfit |
| Guns |
| Hawks, Knives and Traps |
| Shelter |
| Sources |