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Trapper Trails to the Sisk-ke-dee

Annals of Wyoming 17:2:88-105
by Dr. Carl P. Russell
MAP: TRAPPER TRAILS TO THE SISK-KE-DEE, Courtesy of Dr. Carl P. Russel

The Sisk-ke-dee is an area in which the Green River flows. The "Green River was known as the 'Seeds-ke-dee-agie' or Sage Hen River." It is an area where high montain ranges merge and waters flow west, north, east, and south. The era of the fur trapper began about 1807 and lasted until the last rendezvous in 1840. Travels of the mountain men [names like Manuel Lisa, John Colter, Andrew Henry, John Hoback, Edward Robinson, Jacob Reznor, William H. Ashley, and Jedediah Smith] criss-crossed this area of the Rocky Mountains and left a history of trading posts and rendezvous that represented the era of western fur trade. Fifteen annual rendezvous occurred from 1825-1840, most of which were on the Green River. The fur trade era influenced the American efforts to oust the British from Oregon Territory.

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