North West Trading Company

The North West Trading Company was organized in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1879 by Paul Schulze and Henry Villard in order to do business in Alaska.[1] It established a trading post and fish processing plant at Killisnoo.[2] The company went into receivership in 1888 and the trading station was sold to Alaska Oil and Guano.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Reports of Captain L. A. Beardslee, U. S. Navy, Relative to Affairs in Alaska, and the Operations of the U. S. S. Jamestown, Under His Command, While in the Waters of That Territory 2015-01-11.
  2. ↑ Herring Synthesis: Documenting and Modeling Herring Spawning Areas within Socio-Ecological Systems Over Time in the Southeastern Gulf of Alaska 2015-01-11.
  3. ↑ Southeast Alaska Herring Fishery Timeline 2015-01-11.

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