Bob Zybach has a new video on the fur company “Smith, Jackson, and Sublette”

David Edward “Davy” Jackson (1788–1837), son of Edward, was a famous fur trader in the Northwest.  Jackson Hole, Wyoming is named after him. He was one of those who opened the Oregon Trail having explored many connecting valleys in his life as a trapper. Jedediah Smith, Davy Jackson and William Sublette bought the three year old Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1826, […]

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