Fur Trade

The river known to the Chinook Indians as Hyas Cooley Chuck collides with the Pacific Ocean to create the worst wave conditions on the planet. … Continued

The Indian nations living west of the Rocky Mountains in what would become northwestern Montana, started to become a part of the European economic system … Continued

During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be an important area in the contact between American Indians and Europeans. … Continued

The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, has a gallery which takes visitors on a journey through some of the most dramatic periods in the … Continued

During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be one of the important economic engines in North America. Driven in … Continued

While the first Native American-European fur trade exchange happened about the year 1000 with Norse (i.e. Viking) entrepreneurs from Greenland, the fur trade didn’t really … Continued

In 1857, Enos Thomas, whose tribal identity is simply listed as Iroquois, was transported from Fort Vancouver to Port Orford, Oregon to be tried for … Continued

When the Corps of Discovery under the leadership of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis after their journey to the Pacific Ocean … Continued

Fort Benton was originally established as a trading post in 1846. It traded with the Blackfoot Indians primarily for buffalo robes which were then sent … Continued

American Indians were involved in trade for thousands of years prior to the arrival of the European and American fur traders. Traditional Indian trade was … Continued