The European traders built several forts along the coastline.
The two rival traders abandoned their posts and built new ones on the opposite side of the river 400 yards downstream.
Local traders, unhappy that visitors were not coming as far as the centre of the town, built a new pier closer to the main streets.
Some traders built their own warehouses but others shared speculative developments that were built for multiple users.
But by the time the church was finished, the traders had built larger vessels that could not navigate the river.
One senior trader is building a sports complex for triathlon training at his house in upstate New York.
Shopkeepers, publicans and other traders built the town up quickly in support of the rush.
These traders had built a Hindu temple, now preserved by the government of Azerbaijan.
In the 1780s and 1790s, traders built their warehouses at each end of The Portage.
Later, traders from Bergen built landing places and warehouses in the area.