Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Eric Jay Dolin talked about the roots of the fur trade. From the early 16th through the 19th centuries, Europeans, Americans, and Native ...

ADA, Mich. — History will come to life next month when the Ada Historical Society recreates an authentic fur trading camp, complete with historical clothing and artifacts. Rix Robinson operated the ...

Dozens of MPs and peers have raised the alarm over “a very serious risk to public health” from the trade in real fur after viruses with a high risk of spreading to humans were found on Chinese fur ...

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 ...

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, ...

HOMER, Minn. — At the Bunnell House on Saturday, Ed Lagace will come bearing fur pelts, buffalo skulls, a handcrafted flute and an entire vault of stories. Lagace, a wildlife ranger by day, is ...

I see by the newspaper that some Russian River folk are planning a "Fur Ball," inviting people to haul out their grandmothers' fox furs and mink stoles for a celebration in support of the Guerneville ...

Visitors to Fort Mandan in Washburn will get a glimpse of the fur trade era Saturday and Sunday during the annual Fur Trade Rendezvous. Special guest presenter this year is James Hanson, historian ...

DANBURY– Morning arrives with the smell of bacon and eggs cooking over an open campfire, the flames popping as they consume oak logs. More campfires, and more smells … venison steaks, fried bread, ...

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 ...

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