biography
| name: |
Sublette, William Lewis
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?1799–1845)
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| biography:
| Fur trader and merchant, born in Lincoln Co, Kentucky, USA. He moved to Missouri c.1818 and made a fortune in the fur trade. In partnership with Jedediah Strong Smith and David E Jackson, he brought the first wagons over the Oregon Trail to the Rocky Mts (1830). |
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