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Étienne Provost

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Étienne Provost (1785 – 3 July 1850) was a French Canadian fur trader whose trapping and trading activities in the American southwest preceded Mexican independence. [1]

37 relations: American Fur Company, Arkansas River, Auguste Chouteau, Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, Chambly, Quebec, Dale Morgan, David J. Weber, French Canadians, Fur trade, Great Salt Lake, Hudson's Bay Company, Jim Bridger, John Colter, John Jacob Astor, John James Audubon, Jordan River (Utah), LeRoy R. Hafen, Missouri River, Mountain man, New Mexico, Partnership, Party, Peter Skene Ogden, Provo Canyon, Provo River, Provo, Utah, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Snake Indians, St. Louis, Taos, New Mexico, This is the Place Monument, Uintah Basin, Utah, Utah Lake, Utah State University Press, Weber Canyon.

American Fur Company

The American Fur Company (AFC) was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States.

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Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River.

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Auguste Chouteau

René Auguste Chouteau, Jr. (September 7, 1749 or September 26, 1750 in New Orleans, French Louisiana – February 24, 1829 in St. Louis, MissouriBeckwith, 8.), also known as Auguste Chouteau, was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri, a successful fur trader and a politician.

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Basilica of St. Louis, King of France

The Basilica of Saint Louis, King of France (Cathédrale Saint-Louis-Roi-de-France de Saint-Louis), formerly the Cathedral of Saint Louis, and colloquially the Old Cathedral, was the first cathedral west of the Mississippi River and until 1845 the only parish church in the city of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Chambly, Quebec

Chambly is an off-island suburb in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about to the south east of Montreal.

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Dale Morgan

Lowell Dale Morgan (December 18, 1914 – March 30, 1971), generally cited as Dale Morgan or Dale L. Morgan, was an American historian, accomplished researcher, biographer, editor, and critic.

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David J. Weber

David Joseph Weber (December 20, 1940 – August 20, 2010) was an American historian whose research focused on the history of the Southwestern U.S. and its transition from Spanish and Mexican control to becoming part of the United States.

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French Canadians

French Canadians (also referred to as Franco-Canadians or Canadiens; Canadien(ne)s français(es)) are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in Canada from the 17th century onward.

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Fur trade

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur.

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Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake, located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah, is the largest salt water lake in the Western Hemisphere, and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail business group.

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Jim Bridger

James Felix Bridger (March 17, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was an American mountain man, trapper, Army scout and wilderness guide who explored and trapped the Western United States in the first half of the 19th century.

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John Colter

John Colter (c.1770-1775 – May 7, 1812 or November 22, 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).

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John Jacob Astor

John Jacob Astor (July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) (born Johann Jakob Astor) was a German–American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul and investor who mainly made his fortune in fur trade and by investing in real estate in or around New York City.

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John James Audubon

John James Audubon (born Jean Rabin; April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.

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Jordan River (Utah)

The Jordan River, in the state of Utah, United States, is a river about long.

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LeRoy R. Hafen

LeRoy Reuben Hafen (December 8, 1893 – March 8, 1985) was a historian of the American West and a Latter-day Saint.

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Missouri River

The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.

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Mountain man

A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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Partnership

A partnership is an arrangement where parties, known as partners, agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests.

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Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation, or as part of a festival or other commemoration of a special occasion.

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Peter Skene Ogden

Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein or Skeen), (baptised 12 February 1790 – September 27 1854) was a fur trader and a Canadian explorer of what is now British Columbia and the American West.

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Provo Canyon

Provo Canyon is a canyon in unincorporated Utah County, Utah, USA and Wasatch County, Utah.

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Provo River

The Provo River is located in Utah County and Wasatch County, Utah, in the United States.

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Provo, Utah

Provo is the third-largest city in Utah, United States.

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Rocky Mountain Fur Company

The enterprise that eventually came to be known as the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, was established in St. Louis, Missouri in 1822 by William Henry Ashley and Andrew Henry.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe (or; Tewa: Ogha Po'oge, Yootó) is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Snake Indians

Snake Indians is a collective name given to the Northern Paiute, Bannock, and Shoshone Native American tribes.

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St. Louis

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Taos, New Mexico

Taos is a town in Taos County in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, incorporated in 1934.

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This is the Place Monument

The This is the Place Monument is a historical monument at the This is the Place Heritage Park, located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the mouth of Emigration Canyon.

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Uintah Basin

The Uintah Basin, is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.

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Utah

Utah is a state in the western United States.

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Utah Lake

Utah Lake is a shallow freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Utah.

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Utah State University Press

Utah State University Press (or USU Press), founded in 1972, is a university press that is part of Utah State University.

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Weber Canyon

Weber Canyon is a canyon in the Wasatch Range near Ogden, Utah, through which the Weber River flows west toward the Great Salt Lake.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Provost

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