The Role of the Merchant on the Oregon Frontier: The Early Business Career of Henry W. Corbett, 1851–1869

Arthur L. Throckmorton

The Journal of Economic History, 1956, vol. 16, issue 4, 539-550

Abstract: A Figure common to all frontiers was the businessman who made the transition from pioneer merchant to financier. This paper is an examination of the early career of one such merchant on the remote underdeveloped Oregon frontier during the 1850's and 1860's.

Date: 1956
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