American Fur Company

Summary

American Fur Company is a company^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American Fur Company is in the country of United States^[3].
• American Fur Company's image is recorded as American Fur Company Headquarters.jpg^[4].
• American Fur Company's instance of is recorded as company^[5].
• American Fur Company's instance of is recorded as defunct organization^[6].
• American Fur Company's founder is recorded as John Jacob Astor I^[7].
• American Fur Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[8].
• American Fur Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132062639^[9].
• American Fur Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82045116^[10].
• American Fur Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Pacific Fur Company^[11].
• American Fur Company's child organization or unit is recorded as South West Company^[12].
• American Fur Company's Commons category is recorded as American Fur Company^[13].
• American Fur Company's industry is recorded as fur trade^[14].
• +1808-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of American Fur Company^[15].
• American Fur Company was dissolved in +1847-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• American Fur Company's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05j_96^[17].
• American Fur Company's significant event is recorded as Arikara War^[18].
• American Fur Company's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/American-Fur-Company^[19].
• American Fur Company's LittleSis organization ID is recorded as 225914^[20].
• American Fur Company's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007371407405171^[21].
• American Fur Company's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/fdd3bc55-6241-4cd4-82e4-cd62d34db45f^[22].

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Founding

American Fur Company's founder is recorded as John Jacob Astor I^[7]. +1808-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[15].

Operations

American Fur Company's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[8]. Subsidiaries include Pacific Fur Company^[11], a company^[23], founded in 1810^[24], headquartered in Fort Astoria^[25] and South West Company^[12].

Industry

American Fur Company's industry is recorded as fur trade^[14].

Dissolution

American Fur Company was dissolved in +1847-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].

Why It Matters

American Fur Company ranks in the top 7% of company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]