Assuredly, by pursuing this path many fur traders felt that the supply of furs would last more than a hundred years. But this was not the case. The populations of fur bearing animals were nearly eradicated, and the fur trade industry lasted for less than three decades. Consequently, the rise and fall of the fur trade market was the first major boom and bust cycle to ravage Montana, and the Northern Plains cultures. Montana’s citizens did not learn from the extermination of the native fauna of this region. Rather this cycle of dependency on natural resources would continue for more than a
Assuredly, by pursuing this path many fur traders felt that the supply of furs would last more than a hundred years. But this was not the case. The populations of fur bearing animals were nearly eradicated, and the fur trade industry lasted for less than three decades. Consequently, the rise and fall of the fur trade market was the first major boom and bust cycle to ravage Montana, and the Northern Plains cultures. Montana’s citizens did not learn from the extermination of the native fauna of this region. Rather this cycle of dependency on natural resources would continue for more than a