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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.
An explorer, fur trapper, trader, and mountain man, William “Bill” Lewis Sublette, would help blaze the Oregon Trail. Sublette was born in Stanford, Kentucky, on September 21, 1798 (some sources list 1799). In 1817 he moved with his family to St. Charles, Missouri.
One of the more adventurous and successful of the St. Louis merchants, William Sublette helped build St. Louis as the commercial center of the West. His life provides a case study of the early nineteenthcentury western entrepreneur.
15 nov. 2023 · William Sublette was a Frontiersman, Fur Trader, and Mountain Man, during the Fur Trade Era. He is most famous for the years he spent trapping and exploring the American West and his connections to the famous Mountain Men of the time.
Into the Wild Frontier | Season 2 | Episode 1 | William Sublette: King of the Fur Trade. In his quest to become king of the fur trade, William Sublette revolutionizes the industry and puts...
24 août 2017 · William Sublette was considered one of the most distinguished and successful of the fur traders. He was born in 1799, and came to St. Charles, Missouri in 1818. There he began his business life by putting up the first billiard table in that town.
William L Sublette was a trapper, fur trader and explorer, mountain man, who with his four brothers after 1823, became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and later one of its co-owners, exploiting the riches of the Oregon Country which helped settle and improve the best routes along the Oregon Trail. He retired from high-rick, trapping ...
