Pierre’s Hole! The Fur Trade History of Teton Valley, Idaho

by Jim Hardee

CONTENTS: The mountains -- The Shoshone: first people in the valley -- The "Hole" story -- Pierre Tevanitagon -- John Colter and Pierre's Hole: 1807-1808 -- Andrew Henry and the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company: 1809-1810 -- Wilson Price Hunt and the Pacific Fur Company: 1811 -- Robert Stuart: 1812 -- The Snake country expeditions: 1816-1831 -- The Henry-Ashley and Ashley-Smith Companies: 1822-1826 -- The Smith, Jackson and Sublette Fur Company and the 1829 rendezvous -- The Rocky Mountain Fur Company: 1830-1832 -- Rendezvous 1832 -- The Battle of Pierre's Hole -- Locating the battle site -- After the Battle of Pierre's Hole -- The waning years of the fur trade: 1833-1840 -- Epilogue.

389 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2010