The Fontenelle And Cabanne Trading Posts. The History And Archeology Of Two Missouri River Sites, 1822-1838

RICHARD E. JENSEN

Publication: Nebraska State Historical Society, 1998, N P Lincoln

First edition. 4to. Perfect-bound, color pictorial stiff wrappers, ix [blank], 169 pp., double column, introduction, illustrated, tables, figures, maps, plates, references.

From their founding in 1822 until their abandonment in the winter of 1838-39 these two fur trading posts were among the most active and important stations in the West, Most of the prominent and well known mountain men and traders of the day might spend a week or more at the posts before continuing their journey up the Missouri River or westward to the Rocky Mountains. Fine, bright unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.