GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A two-day event at Heritage Hill brought people back to the 1700s, showing what it was like as a French fur trader in northeast Wisconsin. Over 100 people attended the ...
SHEBOYGAN - Well before the area was to be known for chairs, cheese, children and churches, fur trappers blazed the trail into the uncut wilderness eventually known as Sheboygan County. In 1795, a fur ...
Louis Lorimier Jr. focused on acquiring land after leaving the Army. However, a new opportunity presented itself in early 1812. Manuel Lisa’s Missouri Fur Company reorganized during the previous ...
The history of Onigamiising, this place of the small portage, has been interwoven with the history of the fur trade for more than 300 years. The fur trade era arrived here in 1679, when Daniel ...
CAVALIER, N.D.-A group of regional history buffs is launching a year-long exhibit and program to recognize fur traders that influenced North Dakota's past and culture. The Northeastern North Dakota ...
The Minnesota River was a highway for the Dakota and fur traders before settlers arrived. The Minnesota River, running through the state’s heartland, draws its name from the Dakota word for cloudy ...
One of the great characters of the early fur trade days in the Columbia District was Finan McDonald, whose 20-year career here began with the establishment of Kootanae House at the source lakes of the ...
This short film from 1946 presents an outline of the fur trade's history and the commercial use of fur in Canada. A thirst for fur by the kings and courts of the Old World positioned the fur trade as ...