# Andrew Sublette

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American fur trader

Andrew Sublette Born Andrew Whitley Sublette 1808 Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky[1] Died December 19, 1853 or 1854 (age 45-46) Santa Monica Canyon, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, or Malibu Canyon, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California Other names Andrew Sublett, Andrew Whitley Sublett Occupations frontiersman, trapper, fur trader, explorer Known for Being a co-owner of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, with Andrew Henry Relatives William Sublette (brother), Milton Sublette (brother), Pinkney Sublette (brother), Solomon Sublette (brother)

**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](/source/William_Sublette), [Milton](/source/Milton_Sublette), and Solomon, helped establish a trading post with [Louis Vasquez](/source/Louis_Vasquez) in 1835. The present day, [Fort Vasquez](/source/Fort_Vasquez), located on Highway 85, next to [Platteville, Colorado](/source/Platteville%2C_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](/source/Pueblo%2C_Colorado)), traveling along the [Arkansas River](/source/Arkansas_River), following herds of [American bison](/source/American_bison).

He died in an encounter with a [grizzly bear](/source/Grizzly_bear) in Southern California on December 19, 1853, or 1854. Sources variously place the site of his death as [Santa Monica Canyon](/source/Santa_Monica_Canyon) or nearby [Malibu Canyon](/source/Malibu_Canyon).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Milton Sublette"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100123215315/http://home.att.net/~mman/SubletteMilton.htm). Archived from [the original](http://home.att.net/~mman/SubletteMilton.htm) on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2016-01-23.

- Lecompte, Janet; *Pueblo, Hardscrabble, Greenhorn: Society on the High Plains, 1832—1856*; University of Oklahoma Press; Norman; 1978; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8061-1723-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8061-1723-0)

- Noel, Thomas J. and Faulkner, Debra B; *Colorado: An Illustrated History of the Highest State*; American Historical Press; Sun Valley, California; 2006; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-892724-52-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-892724-52-6); [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-892724-52-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-892724-52-9)

- Brotemarkle, Diane; *Old Fort St. Vrain*: Diane Brotemarkle; 2001; Johnson Printing; Boulder, Colorado; [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9712372-0-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9712372-0-4)

## External links

- [Fort Vasquez Official Site](http://www.coloradohistory.org/hist_sites/ft_vasquez/ft_vasquez.htm)

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