1824                 Documents in Year 1825                      1826


Links of Interest:

  • James Monroe, Fifth U.S. President

  • (1817-1825)

  • John Quincy Adams, Sixth U.S. President

  • (1825-1829) Son of 2nd President, John Adams

  • Erie Canal opened in 1825

  • It ran for 363 miles from the Hudson River in Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo, New York. It was built to transport goods between New York City at the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes.

  • Fur Trade

  • Mr. Henry, the first American who trapped upon the head-waters of the Columbia river in 1808, and General Ashley of Missouri "established a post on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 1822" and pushed a band of trappers across the Rocky Mountains by 1823. "In 1825 a footing was secured, and a complete system of trapping (was) organized beyond the mountains"  (Irving 30).  Source: Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. G.P. Putnam and Son, New York, 1868. Originally published in 1837.

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