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27-year-old fur trader seeks wife and helpmate."
Expecting a plain, dependable woman to reply to his advert, what Jack Trudeau actually gets is pampered fashion plate Olivia Hansson. There's no denying she's pretty, but patently ill-equipped for life in his simple log cabin—with its one bed—in the wild Rocky Mountains.
Olivia must make a success of her new life. But how to convince her skeptical husband that she is capable?...
Expecting a plain, dependable woman to reply to his advert, what Jack Trudeau actually gets is pampered fashion plate Olivia Hansson. There's no denying she's pretty, but patently ill-equipped for life in his simple log cabin—with its one bed—in the wild Rocky Mountains.
Olivia must make a success of her new life. But how to convince her skeptical husband that she is capable?...
4) Fort Pueblo
Author
Publisher
Pueblo County Historical Society
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
7) Mountain men
Author
Series
Tales of the wild West volume 8
Publisher
Bonanza Pub
Pub. Date
c1990
Physical Desc
58 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Western Reflections Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xiv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a vivid look into the life of the trapper and trader, the dangers they faced, and the fortunes that a few lucky ones were able to amass. Butler uses his role as an archaeologist to present floor plans of many of the posts and unknown drawings that are just now coming to light. Attention has also been given to the five of twenty-four trading posts that have been reconstructed. Rendezvous in Colorado are also covered, as well as shipping methods...
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Publisher
Lupo Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
398 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Within the purchase of Louisiana Territory by the United States in 1803, the vast, virgin territory of the upper Missouri River offered untold riches to enterprising and bold men. Streams choked with beaver attracted men from all walks of life, some drawn by the lust for wealth, some for the adventure and others to escape their past. For Benjamin Voss, it started as a quest for retribution and ended offering him a new way of life. Amidst the conflict...
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Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
2000
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses some of the explorers and trappers who journeyed west to hunt and trade beaver pelts and other commodities during the early nineteenth century.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xix, 442 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A revealing history of the West that pivots on Native peoples and the mixed families they made with European settlers. There is mixed blood at the heart of America. And at the heart of Native life for centuries there were complex households using marriage to link communities and protect people within circles of kin. These family circles took in European newcomers who followed the fur trade into Indian Country from the Great Lakes to the Columbia...
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