American Fur Company was created in 1808.

Fur traders and trappers from the American Fur Company.

Fur traders and trappers from the American Fur Company.

they were in search of beaver fur so they could sell it to the American Fur Company

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There were several: the New Netherland Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, the North West Company, the Russian-American Company and the Missouri Fur Company. It was mostly the French, British, Dutch, Spanish, and Russians who were active in the fur trade beween the 16th and 19th century.