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Jacob Smith (Wahbesins "The Young Swan"; 1773 – 1825), was a fur trader in the Michigan Territory, the founder of Flint, Michigan, and an American spy best known for developing close relations with many Native American tribes in the Michigan Territory and brokering significant land treaties on behalf of the United States government.
Mar 1, 2012 · Crawford fills a gaping hole in Michigan history by documenting the eventful life of Jacob Smith, an adventurer, entrepreneur, Indian interpreter and American spy, and the first white settler of what is now Flint.
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- Kim Crawford
Mar 1, 2012 · A fur trader in the Michigan Territory and confidant of both the U.S. government and local Indian tribes, Jacob Smith could have stepped out of a James Fenimore Cooper novel.
- Kim Crawford
- MSU Press, 2012
- 1609173155, 9781609173159
A fur trader in the Michigan Territory and confidant of both the U.S. government and local Indian tribes, Jacob Smith could have stepped out of a James Fenim...
The man who would become the most influential fur trader of territorial Michigan for his work among the Saginaw Chippewa and Ottawa began life as the son of German parents in a French city in British Canada, about a hundred miles from the U.S. border in the closing years of the eighteenth century.
Mar 2, 2015 · Jacob Smith, a Canadian of German descent, is commonly considered the founder of Flint. He established a trading post at the “Grand Traverse,” as the southernmost point of the Flint River was then called, around the year 1811.
Oct 6, 2019 · The impact of these talks on the history of Michigan, including Flint, was profound. And playing a critical role at the 1819 council was Jacob Smith, a fur trader that author Kim Crawford dubbed the “founder of Flint.” Crawford discussed Smith’s role during an event earlier this year at Totem Books.
