George Bonga was unflappable — even when folks Up North threatened to burn his trading post and wreck his canoes. A 19th‑century North Woods fur trader, translator, canoe guide, storyteller and Leech ...
Crow Wing County residents may not know about James McGill, but the English fur trader helped settle the area 250 years ago. McGill is the first documented English fur trader to winter in central ...
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 ...
A fur trader born in Quebec in 1773 played a key role as a spy for the emerging U.S. nation in garnering millions of acres in southern Michigan from native Chippewa and Ojibway tribes, according a ...
The other day on Facebook, one of my friends linked to this entry on Demonbreun's Cave at Atlas Obscura. The entry is notable for being almost completely wrong. But the parts I wanted to focus on, ...
Alexander Ross was among the employees of John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company who came by sea around South America aboard the ship Tonquin and landed at the mouth of the Columbia River in March ...
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