Nathaniel Wyeth

American merchant

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In Oregon Trail: Missionaries, Mormons, and others
…headed by New England merchant Nathaniel Wyeth. They largely followed the Platte River. At the Snake River, Wyeth built a post, Fort Hall, in Idaho (near present-day Pocatello), which was later bought by the Hudson’s Bay Company; it subsequently became a major supply outpost for future emigrants. The Wyeth-Lee party…
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