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William Lewis Sublette, also spelled Sublett (September 21, 1798 – July 23, 1845), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. After 1823, he became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company , along with his four brothers.
Fort William was founded by William Sublette and his partner Robert Campbell in 1834. In the spring of 1835, Sublette sold the fort to Thomas Fitzpatrick, a local fur trader. After a rendezvous in 1836, it was sold to the American Fur Company, which still had a virtual monopoly on the western fur trade.
William Sublette (1798–1845) was a fur trapper, pioneer, and mountain man who, with his brothers after 1823, became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company (and later one of its owners), exploiting the riches of the Oregon Country, which helped settle the best routes later improved into the Oregon Trail.
Smith, Jackson and William Sublette bought the firm in 1826, changing its name to Smith, Jackson and William Sublette. [2] They sold out to Bridger, Milton Sublette, Fitzpatrick and two others in 1830, at which time the enterprise was given the name by which it is most commonly referred to. [2] [5] [6] The payment method was uniquely designed ...
Today it is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States. [8] 1680: Aug 10: An alliance of Puebloans coordinated by Popé initiates a mass revolt against Spanish colonists occupying what is now northern New Mexico in an effort to abolish European influence in the area. More than 400 people are killed and the Spanish are ...
Bill Sublette is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. [1] [2]Sublette was born April 12, 1967, in Walnut Creek, California.In 1985, he graduated from the University of Florida with and B.A. in History, with honors.
When Campbell returned to the west, he was asked by William Sublette to form a partnership. Sublette even agreed to an odd relationship for the first year, making Robert a lieutenant but having him purchase his own goods for rendezvous, using the sale of this merchandise as the stake he needed to officially join the business. [5]
Milton Green Sublette (c. 1801–1837), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man.He was the second of five Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William, Andrew, and Solomon.