He started the American Fur Company in 1808
[DOC] [TLE] Fur Trading Companies on the American Frontier [PAR] American Fur Company (1808-1842) - Founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808, the 
American Fur Company would become one of the largest businesses in the... [DOC] [TLE] A Fortune Made from Fur: John Jacob Astor | Inside Adams: Science ... [PAR] Jul 23, 2012 ... By 1800, just a few years after coming to the United States, he was even ... Astor 
founded the American Fur Company in 1808 and used two... [DOC] [TLE] American Fur Company - Spartacus Educational [PAR] In 1808 John Jacob Astor established the American Fur Company in an effort to 
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