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William Sublette
Drawing depicts Sublette interviewing the young Joseph Meek. Image from Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains... by Frances Fuller Victor.
Born
William Lewis Sublette

(1798-09-21)September 21, 1798
Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States
DiedJuly 23, 1845(1845-07-23) (aged 46)
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Resting placeBellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri
Other namesWilliam Sublett, Bill Sublette, Cutface
Occupation(s)Frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer
EmployerRocky Mountain Fur Company
Known forBeing a co-owner of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, with Andrew Henry, after buying out the company shares, of William Henry Ashley
RelativesMilton Sublette (brother), Andrew Sublette (brother), Pinkney Sublette (brother), Solomon Sublette (brother) Laurel Seberg (grandchild)

William Lewis Sublette, also spelled Sublett (September 21, 1798 – July 23, 1845), was an American frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, and mountain man. After 1823, he became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, along with his four brothers. Later he became one of the company's co-owners, utilizing the riches of the Oregon Country. He helped settle and improve the best routes for migrants along the Oregon Trail.

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County, Virginia, near the Cumberland Gap. At the age of 18 he joined William Sublette and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, and roamed the Rocky Mountains...

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Rocky Mountain Fur Company

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the company. Smith, Jackson and William Sublette bought the Company in 1826, and sold out to Bridger, Milton Sublette, Fitzpatrick and two others in 1830...

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ISBN 978-0-8032-7218-7. OCLC 918303788. Eddins 2002. "William H. Ashley, Jedediah S. Smith, David E. Jackson, and William L. Sublette. Articles of Agreement, July 18, 1826"...

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