WHEN, in 1808, the Missouri Fur Company, operating from St. Louis, and the American Fur Company, with headquarters in New York, obtained their charters, fur-trading on a great scale in the United ...

MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) - Guests at the North Dakota State Fair have the chance once again to go back in time. The Fur Traders Rendezvous is a time-honored tradition at every North Dakota State Fair. When ...

Artist and historian Carl Gawboy shares the history and impact of the Fur Trade Nation... Artist and historian Carl Gawboy shares the history and impact of the Fur Trade Nation through an exhibition ...

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 ...

LANCASTER — On a cold and sunny winter day on Dec. 30, six local residents gathered at a rural road near the Lancaster-Berks line and unloaded a wooden canoe, a faux fur and an old jug of the kind ...

Despite a plethora of protests from animal activist groups over the past decade, the global fur trade is on the rise. According to a 2012-13 study unveiled this week by Pricewaterhouse Coopers Italy ...

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Tonight, the Duluth City Council is expected to bestow landmark status and protections on a small Fond du Lac property that played a huge role in the non-native settlement of the area. John Jacob ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chicago was founded by fur traders. Now, it might soon kick them out. An ordinance banning the sale of new fur products advanced ...

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 ...