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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It appears from this information that the river is not the Multnomah, a southern branch of the Columbia, which I first supposed it to be.
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I had the Big Horn river explored from Wind River mountain to my place of embarkation.
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The only very rugged part of the route is in crossing the Big Horn mountain, which is about 30 miles wide.
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Snow is so common that I have omitted to note its falling at least two days out of Three.