Antoine Robidoux And The Rise Of Nuche – American Commerce (Part 1)

The fourth of eight living children born to Saint Louis entrepreneur Joseph Robidoux III (1750 – 1809), Antoine Robidoux was born September 24, 1794. Already scions of the Canadienne voyageur / courier du bois (wood runner) tradition, all six of Joseph Robidoux’s sons were introduced to the fur trade in various capacities of his trading and mercantile activities with other members of Saint Louis’…