Before Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp were even born, bolder men put their mark on the American West. Known as fur traders and mountain men, these intrepid souls explored a wilderness that was known only to the Indians. Today, you can learn about their lives and exploits at a number of trading post replicas. And no, an Indian factory wasn’t a place where Indians worked. It was a government trading house that catered to Indians, and it was run by a licensed factor (as the traders were called
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