Documents in Year 1825
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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 1825It 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. |