(Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) At first, fur traders came to the Northwest Territory bringing guns, blankets and cooking utensils to trade for buffalo robes. Soon whiskey became the ...

More than a century after the Hudson's Bay Company was founded, another great Canadian fur-trading company was born. The North West Company took its trade to the Indians by establishing a network ...

Michigan’s early development was shaped by its access to the Great Lakes and its importance in the fur trade, military ...

Today, gardeners can visit a local nursery or shop online to buy seeds and tools with the click of a button. But how did ...