Ouray

In the Uinta Basin, the Duchesne and White rivers meet the Green River among the dry valleys and plateaus of Ute country. These waterways connect the mountains to the north and east with the canyonlands downstream. In the 1830s, the fur trade reached this stretch of the Green: a trading post was established near the confluence, bringing traders into a region already travelled by Ute communities. Beaver pelts became part of the exchanges linking the basin with more distant markets.