Antoine Robidoux was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a family of French-Canadian descent. In 1822, he was one of the first St. Louis traders to embark on the newly opened Santa Fe Trail. In 1824–25, he took part in a fur-trading expedition from Fort Atkinson, near present-day Omaha, to the Green River in what is now northern Utah.
Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur trader out of Taos." Also in 1828, he established Fort Uncompahgre on the Gunnison River in what is now southwestern Colorado. In 1837, he opened Fort Uinta in northeastern Utah, a post that came to be known as the Robidoux Rendezvous.
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Robidoux then took the fur trade to New Mexico. In 1828, he married into a prominent New Mexico family and settled in Taos, where he became known as the "first fur trader out of Taos." Also in 1828, he established Fort Uncompahgre on the Gunnison River in what is now southwestern Colorado. In 1837, he opened Fort Uinta in northeastern Utah, a post that came to be known as the Robidoux Rendezvous.
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