William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashley
William Henry Ashleywas an American who pioneered as a miner, land speculator, manufacturer, territorial militia officer, politician, frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, entrepreneur, hunter, and explorer. Ashley was best known for being the co-owner with Andrew Henry of the highly successful Rocky Mountain Fur Company, otherwise known as "Ashley's Hundred" for the famous mountain men working for the firm from 1822-1834...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
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The principal or highest part of the mountain having changed its direction to east and west, I ascended it in such manner as to leave its most elevated ranges to the south and travelled north west over a very rough and broken country generally covered with snow.