What's New at the Mountain Men and the Fur Trade Web Site

Mar 22, 2015. Added newspaper article of Hugh Glass' story
May 19, 2011. Added Traders and Trappers List
Mar 26, 2011. Added Journal of Francois Larocque, 1805
July 1, 2010. Added Indian Sign Language
June 19, 2009. Added Stuart's Journal of his journey from Astoria to St Louis.
July 16, 2008. Updated Mike Moore's Names of People in the West during the Fur Trade.
May 23, 2008. Added Harrison Roger's Journals
May 22, 2008. Added Samuel Parker's map of the Oregon Territory 1838.
Mar 26 2008. Added The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
Mar 15 2008. Updated the "About This Project" pages
Feb 29 2008. Added Jed Smith's letter to Wm. Clark July 12, 1827
Feb 29 2008. Added Bonneville map of the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains
May 4 2007 Added Jed Smith's Journals.
Oct 27 2006 Upgraded search capability using Google custom search
May 1 2005 Added Larpenteur's Forty Years a Fur Trader
Mar 17 2005 Updated Mike Moore's Names Database
May 11 2004 Added Ross's Adventures on the Columbia River.
Apr 27 2004 Added Franchère's Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America.
Apr 27 2004 Added Pattie's Narrative
Oct 22 2003 Added page of Bookmarks
Oct. 1 2003 Uploaded Rufus Sage
Sept. 5 2003 Updated Museum page with AMM exhibits.
Sept. 24 2002 Added to transcription of Campbell's 1832 accounts
Jun 3, 2002 Added Narcissa Whitman's Journal.
May 31, 2002 Updated bibliography
Jan. 24, 2001 Added Wislizenus' A Journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1839
Aug. 31, 2000 Added Database of Names
Aug. 29, 2000 Added Astoria Inventories
Oct. 21, 1998 Added Catlin's Letters and Notes...
Oct. 9, 1998 Established new domain name for site: mtmen.org
Oct. 9, 1998 Added appendix on Hunt's Expedition from Bradbury.
Oct. 3, 1998 Added Luttig's Journal of a Fur-Trading Expedition...
Sept. 30, 1998 Added Bradbury's Travels in the Interior of America.
Sept. 14, 1998 Added Brackenridge's Journal of a Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811
May 12, 1998 Added Ruxton's Wild Life in the Rocky Mountains
Feb 8, 1998 Added Eliza Spalding's Diary and Narcissa Whitman's Letters, June-July, 1836
Feb 3, 1998 Added Workman letter and Becknell letters regarding early Santa Fe trade.
Jan 27, 1998 Added Ramsey Crooks' letter regarding Who Discovered South Pass?
Jan 11, 1998 Added Guide to the Hafen Biographies
Jan. 8, 1998 Added Invoice of Goods Rocky Mt Outfit, 1836
Jan. 8, 1998 Added Henry H. Spalding's Letter From The Rocky Mountains
Jan. 2, 1998 Added Irving's Astoria.
Oct. 11, 1997 Added Journal of John Work, June - Sept, 1825
Sept. 17, 1997 Added source references to the list of Rocky Mt Rendezvous
Sept. 5, 1997 Added Glossary of American Mountain Men Terms, Words, and Expressions
Aug. 30, 1997 Added start of a Topical Bibliography
Aug. 20, 1997 Added The Manifest of Jedediah Smith's Trade Goods
Aug. 12, 1997 Added Outfit of a Trapper paper.
Aug. 5, 1997 Added photo of Green River rendezvous site.
July 10, 1997 Added additional information from Ashley's notebook
July 7, 1997 Upgraded Kurz sketchbook to include thumbnails.
June 12, 1997 Added James' Three Years Among the Indians and Mexicans
June 8, 1997 Added additional Missouri Fur Company records.
May 12, 1997 Added Irving's Bonneville
May 12, 1997 Added Missouri Fur Co. 1809 Invoice
May 8, 1997 Added Journal of John Work, 12/15/25 - 6/12/26
May 1, 1997 Added page of links to Karl Bodmer art.
Apr. 8. 1997 Added Journal of John Work, Nov-Dec 1824.
Apr. 3, 1997 Added a few pictures to the "Horse tack" collection
Mar. 9, 1997 Added Recollections of Wm. Craig
Mar. 6, 1997 Added Journal of John Work, 1834
Mar. 4, 1997 Added York Boat Bill of Lading, 1803 to business records
Feb. 26, 1997 Added John Ball Autobiography
Feb. 26, 1997 Added Bonneville map
Jan. 25, 1997 Added illustrations from River of the West, and generally cleaned up things.
Jan. 16, 1997 Added "The River of the West"
Nov. 24, 1996 Added library search capability
Nov. 17, 1996 Added The Autobiography of Stephen Hall Meek
Oct. 21, 1996 Added portion of Jed Smith's diary to "Miscellaneous" page.
Oct. 16, 1996 Improved .html for Ogden and Ross journals to include footnotes.
Sept. 24, 1996 Added some links on the "Images" page to Miller and Catlin sites, and added the Kurz sketchbook.
July 25, 1996 Added Ashley's Narrative to the collection of Ashley 1825 papers.
July 17,1996 Added excerpts from report of excavation at Ft Bonneville
July 15, 1996 Added List of Rendezvous locations to Misc page
July 9, 1996 Added "Early Western Travels" table of contents
June 25, 1996 Added Invoice of goods for Columbia to Ft Hall Accts
June 24, 1996 Added additional images to the "Pack Saddles" collection
June 17, 1996 Added Dr. Thomas Journal
June 10, 1996 Added Alex. Ross' 1824 Journal
May 31, 1996 Added Hypermail archive of hist_text discussion list, and added AMM contacts
May 15, 1996 Added Townsend's "Across the Rockies..."
Mar. 10, 1996 Added Invoice of goods shipped to UMO, 1835
Mar. 7, 1996 Added Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly Table of Contents.
Mar. 5, 1996 Added '28-29 Ogden Journal, completing the Ogden collection.
Mar. 2, 1996 Added Invoice of goods for 1837 Rocky Mt. Outfit
Feb. 29, 1996 Added another Ogden journal, and the McKnight trade list.
Feb. 25, 1996 Re-did the Newell notebook pages to improve usability, started adding Ogden Journals
Feb. 22, 1996 Added Gallatin Map.
Feb. 16, 1996 Added the rest of the Potts letters, moved them all under one intro page in archive. Also temporarily removed page describing mailing list.
Feb. 15, 1996 Added Articles of Agreement, SJ&S; and link to Sinclair paper. Added articles on "Fur Trade Artifacts" from T&LR.
Feb. 10, 1996 Added N. Wyeth portrait, Mtman want ads, fur trade artifacts.
Feb. 4, 1996 Added another J. Work Journal (no. 3).
Jan. 29, 1996 Added another J. Work Journal (no. 1).
Jan. 24, 1996 Added html version of Ferris.
Jan. 19, 1996 Re-scanned Carson portrait, added Fitzpatrick and Bonneville
Jan. 18, 1996 Added Work Journal number 5 to the collection.
Jan. 17, 1996 Started Campbell 1832 Accounts Collection w/ Vanderburg Invoice
Jan. 17, 1996 Add Fort Hall Chart of Accounts
Jan. 16, 1996 Began adding Journals of John Work to the archive.
Jan. 1, 1996 Added drawings illustrating period pack saddles.
Dec. 13, 1995 Added sixteen paintings by A J Miller.
Dec. 7, 1995 Added first installment of Ft Hall Accounts to the Miscellaneous page.
Nov. 15, 1995 Added page introducing majordomo mailing list.
Nov. 15, 1995 Added John B. Wyeth's book to the collection.
Oct. 30, 1995 Added links to ftp archive for Ogden's and Kittson's journals, as published in Utah Historical Quarterly (with footnotes).
Oct. 28, 1995 Spruced up the Archive pages for Leonard's Narrative.
Oct. 26, 1995 Spruced up the Archive pages for Russell's Journal.
Oct. 24, 1995 Added links to Ashley's manuscript to the Image library (partial).
Oct. 21, 1995 Added links to Newell's manuscript to the Image library.
Oct. 17, 1995 Added N. Wyeth's correspondence to archive.
Oct. 10, 1995 Added first installment of Newell's notebook covering the front matter and links to images of the manuscript. Also added links to Ogden's and Kittson's journals.
Oct. 9, 1995 Added "Miscellaneous Page" for some stuff that didn't fit in elsewhere, including material on Colter's run, Rufus Sage, Daniel Potts letter, and an image of a label from a Hudson's Bay whiskey bottle.
Sept. 27, 1995 Added this what's new page and a link to a page describing the AMM.