The Major and the First Lady: Alexander Culbertson and Natawista on the Upper Missouri

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Collection SummaryWith the Lewis and Clark Expedition shedding light on Montana’s wealth of resources, fur companies flocked to the state to establish business. By the late 1820s, the American Fur Company had made a name for themselves in the region. Alexander Culbertson, one of their most lucrative traders, and his wife Natawista contributed to the Company’s success. Unlike most marriages between traders and Native women at the time, the pair were business partners. Alexander and Natawista swept the Upper Missouri by storm in their nearly thirty years of marriage — traveling, brokering deals, and founding Fort Benton. Collection URLhttps://www.mtmemory.org/nodes/view/135062

The Major and the First Lady: Alexander Culbertson and Natawista on the Upper Missouri

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The Major and the First Lady: Alexander Culbertson and Natawista on the Upper Missouri

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