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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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Reproduced from type-written copy. "The ... introductory essay ... was published in April, 1927 as ʻThe papers of the American Fur Company: a brief estimate of their significanceʼ in the American ...

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 ...

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 ...