American hunters and trappers trade with the…
1828 CE to 1839 CE
Mountain Men, as skilled fighters and hunters, trap beaver in small groups throughout the Rocky Mountains.
With the demise of the fur trade, they have established trading posts throughout the west, continuing to trade with the indigenous peoples.
They also serve as guides and hunters for the western migration of settlers to Utah, Oregon, and California.
Westward expansion by official acts of the U.S. Government has been accompanied by the western (and northern in the case of New England) movement of settlers on and beyond the frontier.
The frontiersman Daniel Boone, for example, had pioneered the settlement of Kentucky.
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