Trapping remains part of Idaho culture as the state approaches its 250th year of American history ...

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 ...

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 ...

ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — An upcoming event in Ada is giving people a glimpse of what life was like 200 years ago. The Fur Trade Encampment will feature participants camping on the grounds of the ...

The mountains -- The Shoshone: first people in the valley -- The "Hole" story -- Pierre Tevanitagon -- John Colter and Pierre's Hole: 1807-1808 -- Andrew Henry and the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company: ...

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 ...

BRATTLEBORO — In the early 1700s this region was a frontier between European colonizers and a threatened Abenaki way of life. For more than 50 years British settlements had worked their way north, ...

The following is a news release from Idaho State University: POCATELLO, Idaho — Experience an evening honoring Indigenous Resilience as Dr. S. Matthew DeSpain presents traditional Far West fur trade ...

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, ...

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 ...