David Jackson: Rocky Mountain Fur Trader

by John C. Jackson

This is a revision of a book initially titled Shadow on the Tetons; David E. Jackson and the Claiming of the American West and published in 1993. Over the intervening nineteen years new documentation and insights have emerged that significantly expand on Jackson's role as the mountain superintendent who held the Smith, Jackson & Sublette partnership together through trying years when their downstream supplier William H. Ashley proved duplicious and partner Jedediah Smith failed to contribute to mountain operations. This is a must read for those who wish to know more about the formulative years of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade.

258 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2013