This is the grave of Charles Bent. Born in 1799 in Charleston, now West Virginia, Bent was the son of a judge named Silas Bent. The family moved to Missouri after some time in Ohio. Basically, Bent Sr. was a frontier guy and constantly moving...
fur trade
I have to admit, I had no idea Hudson's Bay Company still exists, or at least it does for about 5 more minutes. Beye Escobar was both delighted and disappointed.
This is the grave of Jim Bridger. Born in 1804 in Richmond, Virginia, Bridger grew up among the mobile working class of the period. His father ran an inn, but.
This is the grave of Peter Skene Ogden. Born sometime around 1790 (the date on the grave is almost certainly incorrect) in Quebec, Ogden grew up in the Canadian colonial elite, or what passed for it. His father was the chief justice of Quebec who...
This is the grave of John McLoughlin. Born in Quebec in 1784, Jean-Baptiste McLoughlin grew up Catholic, despite a Scots-Irish father. His father married a Quebecois woman and so the.
This is the grave of John Jacob Astor. Johann Jakob Astor was born in 1763 in Walldorf, in what is today Germany. His family was skilled workers and that seemed.