Milton Green Sublette

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Milton Green Sublette (c. 1801-1837) was an American fur trader, explorer and mountain man. He was the second of four Sublette brothers prominent in the western fur trade; William, Andrew, and Solomon. Milton was one of five men who formed the Rocky Mountain Fur Company to buy out the investment of his brother William Sublette and his partners.

Sublette injured his leg in a 1826 Indian battle in the American Southwest; it was slow to heal and repeatedly became seriously infected. After it was removed by a surgeon in 1835, he walked on a cork leg made by a friend or rode in a mule drawn cart. Later infections in the leg led to his early death.

Sublette was reported to be a man of dynamic and attractive personality, with a strong tendency toward impetuous action and speech. He was called "the Thunderbolt of the Rockies."

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via brother William Lewis Sublette by SmartCopy: Jul 24 2015, 7:11:52 UTC