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Museum of the Fur Trade: Traders, Trappers, and Indians
The French were the premier fur traders in the 18th century, but many groups besides the French were involved also. Find extensive information and artifacts about the fur trade, what was traded, who the traders were, and how the trade...
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Fur Trade Employees, Etc.
This paper looks at the various working roles played by Metis in the nineteenth century - as fur traders, free traders, guides and scouts. It includes discussion questions and a bibliography.
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Kitikmeot Heritage Society: Angulalik: Kitikmeot Fur Trader Teacher's Guide
This is an excellent collection of teaching materials on Stephen Angulalik and Inuit culture for junior high to adult, prepared by Emily Angulalik, his daughter. There are lesson sheets, photos and music files to download, as well as...
Gabriel Dumont Institute
Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: Fur Trade Companies Photos
A large collection of historical photos related to the fur trade and the Metis.
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Mountain Men, Trappers, and Fur Traders: John Jacob Astor
This is a very brief site on the man who came to monopolize the fur trade, John Jacob Astor. Hyperlinks for additional information.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: George Caleb Bingham
View an image of Bingham's famous "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri."
Royal British Colombia Museum (Canada)
Sir James Douglas
Sir James Douglas was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trader who became the second Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island and the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia. A synopsis of his life and family tree is provided here.
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Web Gallery of Art: Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
An image of "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri", created by George Caleb Bingham, c. 1845 (Oil on canvas, 74 x 92 cm).
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American Mountain Men: Mountain Men and the Fur Trade
On-line research center features numerous resources dedicated to the history of the Mountain Men in the American West. This project includes primary sources, images, maps, artwork, newspaper articles, artifacts, and links to related...
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Lytton, Transformed by Transportation
The community of Lytton, British Columbia and the effects of increased access to it are profiled. Initially a town where Aboriginal peoples traded, the coming of fur traders and settlers and the railway all contributed to the growth of...
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George Caleb Bingham: Boatmen on the Missouri 1846
This site contains a brief summary on the life of George Bingham, and the painting of the "Boatmen on the Missouri". Also includes a copy of the painting.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Washington, d.c.: Elliott Coues House
Elliott Coues, a leading 19th century ornithologist, led great expansions of the knowledge of North American bird life, helped found the American Ornithologists' Union in 1883, edited approximately 15 volumes of journals, memoirs, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Villa Louis
Fur trader mansion built in 1871.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin: Dousman Hotel
Hotel with ties to fur traders in area.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Nicholas Jarrot Mansion
A mansion built in 1799 for a fur trader.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming: South Pass
This was the easiest crossing point of the Continental Divide during the 19th century, serving American pioneers, fur traders, and miners. The access it offered to the Pacific Northwest greatly strengthened the U.S. claim to that region.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Illinois: Pierre Menard House
House of fur trader Pierre Menard, the first lieutenant governor of Illinois.
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Indian Hunters Pursuing Buffalo in the Early Spring, Ca. 1822
Reprints of drawings by Peter Rindisbacher completed in 1822 outside the Red River Colony in Manitoba are presented in this web page that is part of a National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. It shows the...
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Report on a Journey to the Rocky Mountains, 1801
This web page is part of a larger National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. Here is a reprint from a 1801 report from explorer and fur trader David Thompson on his successful route through the Rocky Mountains.
Nebraska Studies
Nebraska Studies: The Conversion Struggle
The story of the problems on converting native Americans to a Christian religion. It uses the example of Christian missionaries who were trying to convert the Pawnee tribe in the 1830s.
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