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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.
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.
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.
Sunrise on the Albion Mountains, with the Sublett Range in the distance, August, 2010. The highest point in the range is known as the Sublett Range High Point at 7,492 feet (2,284 m), and the range is a part of the Basin and Range Province. [4]
William Howard Sublette (May 30, 1880 – December 29, 1955) was an American Negro league pitcher between 1908 and 1910. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, Sublette attended Fisk University and played for the Leland Giants in 1908 and again in 1910. He died in Chicago, Illinois in 1955 at age 75. [1] [2]
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.
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]