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Rocky Mountain Fur Company

Rocky Mountain Fur Company var et pelshandelsforetak som ble dannet i St. Louis i USA i 1822 av William Henry Ashley og Andrew Henry.

Tilblivelse

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De averterte i byen aviser etter 100 «foretaksomme unge menn … for å følge Missouri River til dens kilde».[trenger referanse] Blant de som ble med på dette var Jedediah Smith, William Sublette og David Jackson, som i 1826 overtok selskapet. Blant kjente Mountain men som var ansatte av foretaket kan fremheves Jim Beckwourth, Jim Bridger og Kit Carson.[trenger referanse]

Rivalitet

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Rocky Mountain Fur Company var en rival til Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) og til John Jacob Astors American Fur Company. Delskapet la regelmessig sine rendezvous nær en av HBCs handelsfaktorier, for å avledreden indianske handelen, og deres pelsjegere gav seg inn på hva som ble betraktet som HBCs territorium ved Snake River, Umpqua River og Rogue River.[trenger referanse]

Pelshandelens tilbakegang

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Pelshandelens tilbakegang på 1830-tallet og HBCs strategi å ved prisdumping utkonkurrere de amerikanske selskapene i Rocky Mountains gjorde at Rocky Mountain Fur Company ble nedlagt i 1833.[1]

Referanser

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  1. ^ «Arkivert kopi». Arkivert fra originalen 6. mai 2010. Besøkt 23. februar 2019.  2010-04-02

Litteratur

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  • Don Berry, A majority of scoundrels: an informal history of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company (Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2006).
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