The fur trade played a large role in shaping early North American economies and cultures. The North American fur trade was a key economic and cultural system linking Indigenous and European peoples, ...

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. The fort was established in 1684, ...

The mountains -- The Shoshone: first people in the valley -- The "Hole" story -- Pierre Tevanitagon -- John Colter and Pierre's Hole: 1807-1808 -- Andrew Henry and the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company: ...

GREEN RIVER — In presentations throughout the day for over 100 students attending the Green River High School’s Wyoming History class, mountain men and the fur trade were the topics of a recent ...

Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many ...

The first European entrepreneurs in West Michigan weren’t Dutch. In the 17th Century, the Dutch and British were colonizing America’s east coast and the French were colonizing Canada. The Dutch traded ...

Travel back to when fur pelts were as coveted as gold nuggets during Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters’ Fall History Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 21 at 1824 E. Highway 33, Portage. Focusing on ...

That’s what author and illustrator Carl Gawboy wrote next to a hand-drawn map of Minnesota in his book “Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History.” Gawboy’s pen-and-ink drawing shows the state ...

The Museum of the Fur Trade Board of Directors announces the retirement of museum director, Gail DeBuse Potter at the end of 2014. Gail DeBuse Potter became the director of the Museum of the Fur Trade ...

In this December 2009 photo, Doug Halsey demonstrates how firearms were used at Fort Vancouver. In the 1840s, firearms competitions were common during New Year’s celebrations. (The Columbian files) In ...

When a six-strong team of paddlers brought their canoes ashore in Waskaganish, James Bay, they completed a 1,200km journey tracing ancient trade routes.