Bison near Rocky Mountain House. Rocky Mountain House dates to 1799 when the Hudsons Bay Company and the North West Company established fur trading posts there.The British-Canadian explorer and surveyor David Thompson used the location as a starting place for expeditions. In 1811 he navigated the entire length of the Columbia River including modern day Washington state and Oregon. The trip was at least partially in response to concern over the trip Lewis and Clark had made to the Pacific Ocean in 1804-06 and a drive to claim territory.
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