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Cities are liable to occasional depressions of trade, resulting from over production, or the successful rivalry of foreign nations, or even portions of the same country; or there are smashings of banks, and commercial panics, and periods of general<span> mistrust.</span>
The least popular items at Chouteau's Trading Post would be the lace scarfs. The trading post was stablished in the first half of the 19th century by the Chouteau family, and became a successful fur trading business between American/European settlers and Native American tribes in the region (Kansas, Missouri). Since it was a trading business (connected with the local natives), gunpowder, hunting supplies and pelts (and even beaded necklaces) would certainly be much more popular than lace scarfs.
