THE UPPER MISSOURI FUR TRADE:
ITS METHODS OF OPERATION

BY RAY H. MATTISON

Ray H. Mattison, Historian, Region Two Office, National Park Service, Omaha, Nebraska, is a frequent contributor to this magazine. This paper was prepared in connection with the Missouri River Basin program of the Park Service.

Reprinted from Nebraska History, Volume 42, Number 1, March, 1961

For additional information, visit the Web site for
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site