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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 28, 2020
Caption: Fort Clark in the International Fur Trade Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (located along the bottom of the map) 1. FORT CLARK: Indians brought furs and bison robes in winter to Fort Clark to trade for manufactured goods. In late spring, the skins were shipped to St. Louis along with orders for new trade merchandise.; 2. ST. LOUIS: The AMF Western Dept. combined trading post orders for goods and sent them to AMF headquarters in New York. Furs and bison robes were shipped to New York in the summer.; 3. NEW YORK: The AMF sold the bison robes to U.S. and Canadian companies for gloves, hats, coats, and lap robes.; 4. NEW YORK: Furs from all AMF departments were combined and shipped to London, England in the fall.; 5. LONDON: Furs were sent from London to the Leipzig, Germany "trade fair" for auction.; 6. LONGON: Proceeds from the Leipzig trade fair were used to purchase European trade goods which were them shipped to the New York headquarters of the AMF. 7. NEW YORK: The AMF combined American made goods with those from Europe to fill the orders for all trading posts operating out of St. Louis. Trade goods were shipped to St. Louis in late winter or early spring.; 8. ST. LOUIS: Fort Clark's order for trade goods were filled along with those for the other AMF posts. Goods were loaded on steamboats and shipped upriver.; (lower right corner of map) EUROPEAN TRADE GOODS LISTED BY COUNTRY: England: gun flints, tools, knives; Spain: wine; France: cloth, gun flints; Italy: glass beads; Belgium: muskets; Germany: hawk bells, mirrors, clay pipes.
Submitted: December 12, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p556532
File Size: 2.572 Megabytes

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