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'''American Fur Company (1808-1842)''' - Founded by [[John Jacob Astor]]. The American Fur Company failed in 1842. The assets and the name were la ...

...y the [[American Fur Company]], which was completely owned by [[John Jacob Astor]]. The Company establish [[Fort Astoria]] in 1811 as their Pacific coast he ...

...a trading post by [[Pierre Chouteau Jr]] for [[John Jacob Astor|John Jacob Astor's]] [[American Fur Company]] and named after Chouteau. Purchased in 1855 by ...

...d in 1811. The British [[North West Company]] (NWC) joined with John Jacob Astor's [[American Fur Company]] (AFC) in an agreement signed on 11 Jan 1811 in N ...

...in 1811 by [[William Wallace]] and [[J. C. Halsey]], agents for John Jacob Astor's [[Pacific Fur Company]] on the Willamette River, about 25 miles north of ...

John Jacob Astor's [[American Fur Company]] built a post on this site in the 1820s. ...

To counter the territory problem, NWC joined with John Jacob Astor's [[American Fur Company]] in 1811 to form the [[South West Company]] (SWC) Astor purchased the South West Company assets and began building a new [[Fond du ...

...ement because the British came to control this area of the Great Lakes and Astor did not receive any profits from the continued operation of the affected tr The [[South West Company]] (SWC) post was taken over by Astor's [[American Fur Company]] about 1815 when the U.S. Congress passed a law f ...

...tober 1780 near the Fort. The battles ended British Colonel [[John Johnson|John Johnson's]] raid on the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys by his 2500 Tories and ...linton]], [[Alexander Hamilton]], Indian [[Chief Brant]], and [[John Jacob Astor]]. ...

...[Brigham Young]], [[Kit Carson]], [[John Fremont]], [[Joseph Meek]], and [[John Sutter]]. ...ur Company]], competing with the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] and [[John Jacob Astor]]'s [[American Fur Company]] for the lucrative beaver pelt trade. In 1838, ...