Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Eric Jay Dolin talked about the roots of the fur trade. From the early 16th through the 19th centuries, Europeans, Americans, and Native ...

"Certainly, with later freeze-ups or thinner ice on lakes, that can make life more difficult and more dangerous for trappers.

Shane links up with journalist Ben Goldfarb and suits up with beaver expert Skip Lisle to uncover how beavers reshaped the American landscape — and what we lost when they vanished. From centuries of ...

Chicago was founded by fur traders. Now, it might soon kick them out. An ordinance banning the sale of new fur products advanced in the City Council Tuesday, setting up a final vote as soon as next ...

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, ...

What became North Dakota and South Dakota in 1776 were occupied by American Indian tribes, many of whom hunted buffalo and were just beginning to barter with French and British fur traders. The ...

It was 1980 — 45 years ago — when Fur Trade Days was four years old that the Colter Run became a part of Chadron’s annual celebration. While it takes some previous training and lots of gumption and ...

On September 4, a six-strong team of mostly Canadian paddlers brought their canoes ashore in Waskaganish, a Cree community on James Bay. They had completed a 1,200km journey that began three months ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Modern day freighters are massive - the Edmund Fitzgerald stood more than 700 feet long and weighed over 13,000 tons. Today’s ships are designed off the back of generations of shipping ...