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Book, 2001
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A comprehensive history of Fort Union, the nineteenth century's most important and longest-lived Upper Missouri River fur trading post. Barbour explores the economic, social, legal, cultural, and political significance of the fort that was a part of John Jacob Astor's fur trade empire. He also shows Barbour shows how Indians, mixed-bloods, and other diverse groups living at Fort Union created a system of community law that helped maintain their unique frontier society.
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