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Ewing Young

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He took MarĂ­a Josefa Tafoya, the daughter of a prominent Taos family who were Mexican citizens, as his wife in a common-law marriage. By the late 1820s and early 1830s, the Mexican authorities were growing concerned about American settlers and their influences in Nuevo MĂ©xico. They began to impose
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increasingly severe restrictions on trade and trapping. Perhaps in part to avoid these restrictions, Young was baptized a Catholic in 1830 (perhaps he also became a Mexican citizen and formalized his marriage to Maria Tafoya; however, if he did so, no record of these two events survives).
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organized the Oregon Temperance Society and, along with McLoughlin, tried to get Young to stop his efforts. McLoughlin and the HBC prohibited alcohol sales to the Indigenous peoples, as they had seen that it caused problems. Late in the year, U.S. Navy Lieutenant
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and Missouri that exchanged Mexican furs, horses and mules for American-produced trade goods. When they returned to Nuevo Mexico, they sold the American goods for gold and silver coin. During the trapping expedition of 1827–1828, Young employed a teenaged
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accused Young and his group of having stolen 200 horses when they left. The group denied this, saying some uninvited traveling companions had stolen the horses. McLoughlin blacklisted Young from doing business with the HBC.
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In February 1841, Young died without any known heir and without a will. This created a need for some form of probate court to deal with his estate, which had many debtors and creditors among the settlers. Doctor
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and then back to Taos before the end of 1830. At the time of his return to Taos with the proceeds of this expedition, Young was established as one of the wealthiest Americans in Mexican territory.
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on private property but can be seen from Highway 240. In 2011 the tree had a 14 feet 8 inches (4.47 m) trunk circumference and a crown measuring 88 feet (27 m).
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Carter, Harvey L. "Ewing Young", featured in "Trappers of the Far West", Leroy R. Hafen, editor. 1972, Arthur H. Clark Company, reprint University of Nebraska Press, October 1983.
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Slacum was an agent of the U.S. President; he helped put together a joint venture among the men to purchase cattle. In January 1837, Young was selected as the leader of the
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The Spanish and later Mexicans had not focused on trapping fur-bearing animals of the Southwest as demand was small within the Spanish trading system. Expeditions of the
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On May 6, 1846, an acorn was planted on Young’s grave near his cabin site by Miranda Bayley and Sidney Smith. The oak still survives as of 2018 and was listed among
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consist of an annotated edition of "The Kit Carson Memoirs, 1809–1856", an original manuscript dictated by Kit Carson with 322 annotations by Carter.
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in northern Nuevo Mexico, in the late 1820s. During his time in Mexico he was generally called Joachin John or Joaquin JĂłven by fellow inhabitants.
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In the spring of 1830, Young led the first American trapping expedition to reach the Pacific Coast from Santa Fe, traveling via the
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Utley, R. M. (1997). A life wild and perilous: Mountain men and the paths to the Pacific. New York: Henry Holt and Co. (chapter 8)
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Over the next few years, Young and his group continued traveling to Alta California to trap and trade. In 1834 in
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of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). The two groups jointly trapped the valley before the Americans set off for the
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Spanish authorities were removed from the area in 1821. American traders, mainly operating out of
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Ewing Young was born in Tennessee to a farming family in 1799. In the early 1820s he had moved to
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of the HBC tried to discourage American settlers in the region. The Mexican government of
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Terry, John (October 15, 2006). "Oregon's Trails - Pariah eases into spirited endeavor".
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Under the Spanish colonial system, trade between Americans and the Spanish outpost at
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was selected as supreme judge with probate powers to deal with Young's estate. The
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and began a distillery to produce alcohol. The Methodist Mission superintendent
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The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society 21, No. 3 (1920), pp. 171-315.
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who traveled in what was then the northern Mexico frontier territories of
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and helped to dissuade Young from following through on the venture.
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Young and his associates established a commercial route between
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west, and established new trails. He later moved north to the
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that followed his death eventually led to the creation of a
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Ewing Young: His expeditions across Western North America.
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San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co. 1885, pp. 174-175
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Newberg School District. Retrieved on March 24, 2008.
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Portland: Oregon Historical Society. 1967, pp. 73-74
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to trade their pelts. After this they went south to
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He traveled to California on the 342:on October 17, 1834, center of the 767:. pp. Regional News, Pg. B11. 722:, San Francisco: History Co., 1890 529:located 4 miles (6.4 km) west 386:In 1836, Young secured a vat from 258:Mission San Fernando Rey de España 240:rivers, then cross-country to the 14: 1085:Genocide of indigenous population 654:History of California, Volume III 495:Ewing Young Elementary School in 2240: 2175:Oregon & California Railroad 1129:Interim government of California 826:Holmes, Kenneth (1967) pp. 64-65 799:"Memorial of William A. Slacum." 678:Holmes, Kenneth (1967) pp. 46-60 633:Holmes, Kenneth (1967) p. 40-43. 334:Young and Kelley arrived at the 322:, both prominent figures in the 107:Provisional Government of Oregon 2702:Oregon Steam Navigation Company 864:United States Geological Survey 854:"Ewing Young Historical Marker" 613:Young, F. G. and Joaquin Young 16:American fur trapper and trader 2801:Explorers of the United States 507:) was named in his honor. 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Index

Tennessee
Oregon
Tennessee
Santa Fe de Nuevo MĂ©xico
Alta California
Oregon Country
Santa Fe Trail
Old Spanish Trail
Willamette Valley
Provisional Government of Oregon

Missouri
Texas
New Mexico
Southwestern United States
Missouri River
Santa Fe
Mexican War of Independence
St. Louis, Missouri
Santa Fe Trail
Hudson's Bay Company
American Fur Company
North American fur trade
beaver
New Mexico
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Nuevo MĂ©xico
Kit Carson

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