A fur-trading post is established at Cushnoc (now Augusta). Maine's first settlers, fur traders, act as go-betweens with the American Indians. In New France, to the north, traders and missionaries ...

The beaver trade was big business for both the natives and Europeans. A number of large fur trading companies thrived in North America. Companies like the Hudson's Bay Company and later the North ...

To trace the origins of the conflict, one would have to go all the way back to the height of the fur trade in the North Country. The land that would one day become Minnesota abounded with fur ...

Indus School Report The sixth grade class went on a trip to the Twin Cities on May 7 and 8 with teacher, Bryan Brown. Students visited the Fur Traders Post in Pine City, History Museum, St.

Bill Gwaltney Gwaltney, a member of the Fur Trade Museum, plans to speak about the diversity of the fur trade industry ...