Show asters fur trading pott post on june 29 20 1812 a party of five men headed by robert stuart set out from astoria As lorla oregon for st louls louis established the year before by john jacob ator this little fur trading post was wag the first american settlement 0 on n tile the pacific slope it was noy now completely isolated stuart carried to astor the birst news dews from his expeditions since they had bad set out in 1810 traveling mostly on foot their horses having been stolen by hostile indians the five file men crossed the Ilo ckles near what Is now south rass pass and wintered Int ered 0 on the platte river descending ehli shaam and tile hie missouri in the spring they reached ren clied st louis on april 30 10 1813 ten mouths months after their start frum from oregon |