Milton Sublette
Encyclopedia
Milton Green Sublette was an American fur trader, explorer and mountain man
. He was the second of four Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William
, Andrew
, and Solomon. Milton was one of five men who formed the Rocky Mountain Fur Company
to buy out the investment of his brother William Sublette and his partners.
Sublette injured his leg in a 1826 Indian battle in the American Southwest; it was slow to heal and repeatedly became seriously infected. After it was removed by a surgeon in 1835, he walked on a cork leg made by a friend or rode in a mule drawn cart. Later infections in the leg led to his early death.
Sublette was reported to be a man of dynamic and attractive personality, with a strong tendency toward impetuous action and speech. He was called "the Thunderbolt of the Rockies."
Mountain man
Mountain men were trappers and explorers who roamed the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through the 1880s where they were instrumental in opening up the various Emigrant Trails allowing Americans in the east to settle the new territories of the far west by organized wagon trains...
. He was the second of four Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William
William Sublette
William Lewis Sublette Born near Stamford, Lincoln County, Kentucky on September 21, 1798. Died on July 23, 1845 in Pittsburg. W.L. Sublette was a fur trapper, pioneer and mountain man, who with his brothers after 1823 became an agent of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company exploiting the riches of the...
, Andrew
Andrew Sublette
Andrew Whitley Sublette, brother to William, Milton, and Solomon, helped established a trading post with Louis Vasquez in 1835. The present day, Fort Vasquez, located on Highway 85, next to Platteville, Colorado, is a reconstruction...
, and Solomon. Milton was one of five men who formed the Rocky Mountain Fur Company
Rocky Mountain Fur Company
The Rocky Mountain Fur Company, sometimes called Ashley's Hundred, was organized in St. Louis, Missouri in 1823 by General William H. Ashley and Major Andrew Henry . They posted advertisements in St. Louis newspapers seeking "One Hundred enterprising young men . ....
to buy out the investment of his brother William Sublette and his partners.
Sublette injured his leg in a 1826 Indian battle in the American Southwest; it was slow to heal and repeatedly became seriously infected. After it was removed by a surgeon in 1835, he walked on a cork leg made by a friend or rode in a mule drawn cart. Later infections in the leg led to his early death.
Sublette was reported to be a man of dynamic and attractive personality, with a strong tendency toward impetuous action and speech. He was called "the Thunderbolt of the Rockies."