Nicolas Perrot was a French explorer and fur trader. Another was Samuel de Champlain. A third French explorer and fur trader was Medard Chouart des Groseilliers.
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Cache County in Utah is named after the fur stashes made by many of the fur trappers.
It was taken from Fort Pierre across the Missouri River, which in turn was named after the French Canadian Indian trader Pierre Cadet Choteau, Jr. of the American Fur Company.
Joseph Howard - fur trader - died in 1797.
William Cowan - fur trader - was born in 1818.
George Allsopp - fur trader - was born in 1733.
George Allsopp - fur trader - died in 1805.
John Work - fur trader - was born in 1792.
Angus Bethune - fur trader - was born in 1783.
Angus Bethune - fur trader - died in 1858.
Donald McLean - fur trader - died in 1864.