Story of Ramsay Crooks, undated / by J. Ward Ruckman.

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Story of Ramsay Crooks, undated / by J. Ward Ruckman.

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Two photocopies (37 pages each) of "The Story of Ramsay Crooks" by J. Ward Ruckman, which includes biographical data on Crooks; his fur trade activities, particularly his partnership with Robert McClellan, trips to the Upper Mississippi River and Astor fur posts in Oregon, association with John Jacob Astor, Robert Stuart, the American Fur Company, the Pacific Fur Company, the Northwest Company of Canada, and the Chateau family; and his marriage and family, particularly his son, William.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Ruckman, J. Ward.

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North West Company

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Founded in 1779 in Montreal, the North West Company was in the fur-trading business in the Canadian (or British North American) North-West. In 1821, it merged with its main competitor, the Hudson's Bay Company. From the description of North West Company Papers [manuscript]. 1800-1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225562908 ...

Astor, John Jacob, 1763-1848

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John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company in 1808, and the Pacific Fur Company in 1810. In the spring of 1811 he established a post at Astoria on the Columbia River, but sold it to British interests in 1813. By 1817 Astor had gained control of all the Mississippi Valley posts of the Northwest and Southwest Companies. The Columbia Fur Company, one of Astor's major competitors, was absorbed in 1827. By 1834 Astor tired of the fur business and sold all of his interests. From t...

Pacific Fur Company

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Chateau family.

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McClellan, Robert, 1770-1815.

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Stuart, Robert, 1785-1848

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Stuart left Scotland at the age of 22 and was employed by the North West Fur Company and became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company. He sailed from New York for the Columbia in 1810 on the Tonquin and traveled back in 1812-1813. He headed the upper Lake region of the American Fur Company, with headquarters at Micilimackinac, Michigan Territory (later known as Mackinac Island). He became active in community affairs and served as judge of the county court in 1825. In 1835 he moved to Detroit....

Crooks, William R., 1832-1907

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Crooks, Ramsay, 1787-1859

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Born at Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1787, and emigrated to Montreal at the age of 16. Entered the employ of a fur trader, Robert Dickson, at Mackinac, but soon, in 1806, moved on to St. Louis and formal partnership with Robert McClellan for trade on the upper Missouri. In 1810 the partnership was dissolved, Crooks returned to Canada, and there joined the recruits for the proposed overland journey to Astoria. He became a partner in Astor's Pacific Fur Company, but after a disheartening journey re...

American Fur Company

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Fur trading company in the American West. From the description of Papers, 1835-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122497429 Chartered by John Astor in 1808. Astor withdrew his interest in 1834 and in 1864 the company was sold to the North Western Fur Company. From the description of American Fur Company records, 1803-1849. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 56975212 No information is available on Livingstone, except as noted above. Franchere...