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Show ( transportation triaisportatioii ) . It was ( 121 1.21 ) necessary for the ( fur ftit ) trader to bring in his articles of trade and as ( ex- ex ) ( changes ebauges ) ( wore were ) made , to transport his furs out of ( the th'd thd ) wilderness . In every section of the country , ( each eacli ) large river played its part in the fur trade . The history of this country discloses that the fur traders , by ( Bur- Bur Dur- Dur ) ( ham hain ) boats , by flat boats , and by canoes , traversed the Mississippi , ( tlie the ) Missouri , the Ohio , the Fox , the ( Wisconsin 11"isconsill 11isconsill ) , the Desplaines , and the ( Columbia Coluinbia ) Rivers . Each of those rivers was recognized as an important ( link lhik ) in transportation between civilization and the ( fur-producing furproducing ) wilderness . The Colorado , the San ( Juan Juaii ) , and the Green rivers ( were vere ) never so used . ( As Is ) early as 1825 General Henry Ashley ( estab estab- estab ) ¬ ( lished lislied ) ( fur-trading furtrading ) posts at several points on the Green River above Greenriver , ( Utah ITtali ) . Ashley was at the head of one of the largest fur companies in North America . ( His Uis ) operations ( were xere ) comparable with those of the Hudson Bay ( Company Cornpany ) . Ashley attempted an expedition upon the Green River for a few ( miles iniles ) and his boat was wrecked . Had the ( Green-Colorado GreenColorado ) River been a navigable ( stream strealn ) , Ashley ( would vould ) undoubtedly ( have liave ) ( trans trans- trans ) ¬ ( ported poi-ted poited ) his furs by way of the ( Green-Colorado GreenColorado 3reen-Colorado 3reenColorado ) River to the Gulf of Lower California and from there by ( ships s1lips ) to the New York or the London markets . Ashley and the other fur traders discarded the ( Green-Colorado GreenColorado ) River as a means of travel and chose in preference to transport their furs across |
