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Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the
Astorians
In the early 19th century, the young United States was
a raw, energetic nation full of hope, optimism and visions
of expansion. Following on the heels of the first transcontinental
expedition by Lewis & Clark in 1804, the leading fur
trader and richest man in the country, John Jacob Astor,
established the Pacific Fur Company with the goal of establishing
a trading operation on the west coast. This venture resulted
in the first transcontinental expedition after Lewis and
Clark, a Fort at the mouth of the Columbia River and foreshadowed
the Rocky Mountain fur trade that would follow a decade
later.
The west bound Astorians were led by Wilson Price Hunt
in 1811and the returning Astorians made the east bound trip
in 1812 led by Robert Stuart. “The 200th Anniversary
of the Astorians” is the theme of the 2012 Fur Trade
Symposium hosted by the Museum of the Mountain Man and held
at the center of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade and crossroads
of the Astorians - Pinedale, Wyoming. This four-day event
is designed to examine the significance and ramifications
of the Astorians as well as their economic, cultural and
social impacts on the peoples and geographic area.
Guest Speakers and Topics
“For All the Tea in China: The China Trade, 1600 –
1840”
by Dr. James Hanson
“When You Are Among Wolves, Howl: Scots in the Fur
Trade”
by Doyle Reid
“Mountain Guides to the Overland Astorians: Alexander
Carson,
Benjamin Jones, John Hoback, Edward Robinson, and Jacob
Reznor”
by Clay Landry
“A Biography of Wilson Price Hunt”
by Will Bagley
“The Comings and Goings of the Astorians in Wyoming”
by Steve Banks
“Life at Fort Astoria”
by Dr. Jay Buckley
“Snake River Canyon”
by Jim Hardee
“Robert Stuart”
by Laton McCartney, Descendant
“Ramsay Crooks and the Celebrated South Pass”
by Larry Morris
“Alexander Ross: Astorian, Ethnographer, & Transitional
Figure of the North American Fur Trade, An Interdisciplinary
Approach”
by James Auld
“The Crow Indian Sundance Lodge - Astorians as Ethno-Documentarians”
by Dr. Adrian Heidenreich
“The Astorian Seven”
Directed by Scott Walker
“Marie Dorian”
by Jill Barber
Schedule (Printable
Schedule)
Wednesday, Sept 5 - Early Registration and Rendezvous
at the Museum of the Mountain Man
5 – 8 pm: Conference and Tour Registration,
Refreshments and Social, Mountain Man Camps, Evening Presentation:
“Marie Dorian” by Jill Barber
Thursday, Sept 6 - Historical Fur Trade Bus Tours of
Sublette County
9 am: Meet at the Museum of the Mountain Man. Tour
of Astorians sites 1811 - 1812, Trapper’s Point, and
Rendezvous sites - DeSmet Monument/Confluence of Horse Creek
& Green River. Sack Lunch provided.
4 pm: Back to the Museum/ free agenda
6 pm: Reception at the Museum of the Mountain Man,
Conference Registration, Refreshments and Social, Mountain
Man Camps, Evening Presentation: “The Crow Sundance
Lodge” by Adrian Heidenreich, PhD
Friday, Sept 7 - 2012 Fur Trade Symposium
at Lovatt Room, Sublette County Library, Pinedale
9 am: Presentation of Papers
Noon – 1 pm: Lunch Served
1 – 4 pm: Presentation of Papers
6 pm: Evening Social at the Museum of the Mountain
Man, Mountain Man Camps ,Evening Presentation: “The
Astorian Seven” directed by Scott Walker
Saturday, Sept 8 - 2012 Fur Trade Symposium
at Lovatt Room, Sublette County Library, Pinedale
9 am: Presentation of Papers
Noon – 1 pm: Lunch Served
1 – 4 pm: Presentation of Papers
4 pm: Fur Trade Conference Business Meeting
6 pm: Evening Banquet & Panel Discussion led
by Bill Swagerty
Vendor Tables available Friday & Saturday
Hotels, Motels,
Bed & Breakfasts (Printable
Lodging List)
Conference Discounts - Ask for Fur Trade Symposium Rate
Baymont Inn & Suites 307-367-8300
Standard rooms $70.00 + tax, Suites $85.00 +tax
(rate good until 8/5/12)
Best Western Pinedale 800-937-8376 or 307-367-6869
Standard rooms $109 + tax (until 8/5/12)
Chambers House B & B 800-567-2168 or 307-367-2168
Standard rooms $89.00 + tax, Suites $99.00 +tax
Half Moon Motel 307-367-2851
Standard rooms $64 + tax
Hampton Inn & Suites 307-367-6700
Standard rooms $119 + tax, Use Group Code: FTS
(until 8/15/12)
Lakeside Lodge 877-755-5253 or 307-367-2221
Standard Cabin $99 + tax
Lodge at Pinedale 866-995-6343 or 307-367-8800
Standard rooms $80 + tax (until 8/15/12)
Log Cabin Motel 307-367-4579
15% discount on their regular rates
Other Lodging Establishments (regular rates)
Half Moon Lake Resort 307-367-6373
High Country Suites 307-367-5770
Pole Creek Ranch B & B 307-367-4433
Rivera Lodge 307-367-2424
Sundance Motel 307-367-4789
Wagon Wheel Motel 307-367-2871
Fur Trade Symposium History
1987 - Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming
1988 - Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site, Colorado
1989 - Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, St. Louis,
Missouri
1990 - Fort Union Trading Post Historical Site, Williston,
North Dakota
1992 - Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, Wyoming
1997 - Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, Wyoming
2000 - Fort Union Trading Post Historical Site, Williston,
North Dakota
2003 - Historic Old Fort Benton, Fort Benton, Montana
2006 - Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron, Nebraska
2009 - Fort Whoop-up National Historic Site, Lethbridge,
Alberta, Canada
2010 - Three Forks Area Historical Society, Three Forks,
Montana
2012 - Museum of the Mountain Man, Pinedale, Wyoming
Mail List
To sign up for mail list send your name, mailing address
and email to 2012@MMMuseum.com
or call 1-877-686-6266
Suggested Reading ASTORIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY
ASTORIA, by Washington Irving, edited by Edgeley W. Todd,
University of Oklahoma Press. Out of print, try abebooks.com
for source.
ASTORIA & EMPIRE, by James P. Ronda, University of
Nebraska Press.
FURS AND FRONTIERS IN THE FAR NORTH, by John R. Bockstoce,
Yale University Press.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE OREGON PRESS, by Philip Ashton Rollins,
University of Nebraska Press.
ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE, by Laton McCartney, Free Press.
ON THE OREGON TRAIL, ROBERT’S STUAART’S JOURNEY
OF DISCOVERY, by Kenneth A. Spaulding, University of Oklahoma
Press. Out of print, try abebooks.com for source.
MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE FUR TRADE, by LeRoy R. Hafen, The
Arthur H. Clark Company.
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