Thunder Bay, Ont. — Since its beginnings, Fort William’s deep-rooted history as one of the first trading posts during the fur trade in the early 1800s provided the nucleus of what would become ...

"The trade in fur was instrumental in shaping events on the continent from the early 1600s to the late 1800s: it triggered imperial wars, exploration and the expansion of the USA itself." Indeed ...

It didn’t end the fur trade, but the late 1800s, the early 1900s, see the rise of the fur farms. America started to become on average more an importer than an exporter of furs.

The book is based on Jacob Fahlstrom, the first Swedish settler in Minnesota, and also focuses on the fur trade in the early 1800s in North America.

Elizabeth Baird described the fur trade, 1800s Green Bay, and the Peshtigo Fire.

The coastal city named for Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals, was vital to the fur trade beginning in the late 1700s. But on Tuesday, San Francisco became the largest U.S. city ...

After he retired from the fur trade Alexander Ross moved to the Red River colony, where he served variously as sheriff, captain of police, magistrate, commissioner and court examiner.

In the 1800s, abundant fur seal rookeries dotted the South Island’s rugged coastline, with pelts the island’s only lucrative commodity.

We had already finished the job on the East Coast with the sea mink, which became extinct in the 1800s because of overhunting for the fur trade.

OGDEN — A spring tradition for history buffs, modern-day mountain men and those curious about what life was like during the apex of the North American fur trade in the 19th century will return ...

At the Living History celebration, you can step right into the past and see how soldiers and tradespeople lived at Fort ...

Women of the Fur Trade is set in the early 1800s along the Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, where three women engage in lively discussions over tea. As they navigate their circumstances with ...