Andrew Sublette

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title: "Andrew Sublette" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1808-births", "1850s-deaths", "year-of-death-missing", "american-fur-traders", "19th-century-people-from-colorado"] description: "American fur trader" topic_path: "people/1800s" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sublette" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Andrew Sublette
birth_name	Andrew Whitley Sublette
birth_date	1808
birth_place	Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
death_date	December 19, 1853 or 1854 (age 45-46)
death_place	Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, or Malibu Canyon, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California
nationality	American
other_names	Andrew Sublett, Andrew Whitley Sublett
occupation	frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer
relatives	William Sublette (brother), Milton Sublette (brother), Pinkney Sublette (brother), Solomon Sublette (brother)
known_for	Being a co-owner of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, with Andrew Henry
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Andrew Whitley Sublette or also, spelled Sublett (1808 – December 19, 1853, or 1854), was a frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer, mountain man and brother to William, Milton, and Solomon, helped establish a trading post with Louis Vasquez in 1835. The present day, Fort Vasquez, located on Highway 85, next to Platteville, Colorado, is a reconstruction. After selling the trading post in 1840, Andrew left the mountains and was seen in El Pueblo around 1844 and 1845 (present day Pueblo, Colorado), traveling along the Arkansas River, following herds of American bison.

He died in an encounter with a grizzly bear in Southern California on December 19, 1853, or 1854. Sources variously place the site of his death as Santa Monica Canyon or nearby Malibu Canyon.

References

• Lecompte, Janet; Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832—1856; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman; 1978;
• Noel, Thomas J. and Faulkner, Debra B; Colorado: An Illustrated History of the Highest State; American Historical Press; Sun Valley, California; 2006; ;
• Brotemarkle, Diane; Old Fort St. Vrain: Diane Brotemarkle; 2001; Johnson Printing; Boulder, Colorado;

References

1. "Milton Sublette".

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