ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Missouri Fur Company

So, imagine you love playing dress-up and you want a nice furry hat to wear. A long time ago, people used to get these furry things from animals called beavers living in a far-away place called Missouri.

The Missouri Fur Company was a group of people who would go to Missouri to catch these beavers and get their fur. They would then take the fur back home and sell it to people who wanted to make clothes or hats.

To get to Missouri, the people from the Missouri Fur Company would travel by boat down a big river called the Missouri River. They would face many challenges like bad weather, wild animals, and even other people who wanted the beaver fur too.

But after all their hard work, they would come back with a lot of beaver fur, which would make people very happy because they could use it for many different things. And that's how the Missouri Fur Company worked!