From the 17th century fur trade that birthed a nation to the last ... which has more than 27,000 artifacts, told AFP. The company established trading posts, she explained, "initiating a colonial ...

MACKINAW CITY, MI – An artifact found at Colonial Michilimackinac is helping tell the story of the Straits Area in the 1700s. Staff at the 18th-century fort and fur-trading village on the ...

is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century fur trade. However, thousands of items imbued ...

an archaeological dig along the tree-filled banks of the Kankakee River produced artifacts dating back nearly 8,000 years. Among the treasure was a small brass bell from the fur trading era.

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 ...

Hudson's Bay, Canada's oldest company, is seeking court permission to auction off its artifacts, art and even the royal charter that gave the business the power to dominate the 17th century fur trade.