John Day, Oregon
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John Day is a city located approximately 2 miles north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day
John Day Oregon
John Day circa 1885
Pacific Fur Company
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The Pacific Fur Company was an American fur trade venture wholly owned and funded by John Jacob Astor that functioned from 1810 to 1813. It was based in the Pacific Northwest, an area contested over t
John Day, Oregon
…U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which, along with Dayville, had been named for a Virginia member of the 1811 Astor Expedition, John Day. The city was incorporated in 1901. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 1,664, making it the largest city in the county…
A depiction of North American beaver, the main source of animal pelts collected by the PFC
John Jacob Astor established the Pacific Fur Company as part of his grandiose plans to gain commercial hegemony over major fur producing areas in the North American fur trade against his North West and Hudson's Bay competitors.
Montreal was the first location men were hired by the PFC, made difficult in part from opposition from the rival North West Company.
Fort Mackinac was a center of the Great Lakes regional fur trade