In the fur trade, New Year’s Day, not Christmas, was the season’s more beloved holiday. Before Christmas and after New Year’s ...

Oregon was established in 1859 as the 33rd state in the United States, but the Molalla Log House is thought to be much older. Here's what to know.

Stretching from North Dakota in the west to Ohio in the east, America’s stunning Midwest is home to great lakes, mighty ...

One of the signs tells of the Potawatomi nation’s history prior to 1838, as its members lived in the Great Lakes area and were involved in fur trading. Another describes how tribal members were ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... of animals suffer and die each year in the global fur trade and the “vast majority of animals killed for their ...

Several signs that detail the Potawatomi Nation’s history were vandalized at Burnett’s Mound at Skyline Park in Topeka. 13 ...

Cabins, homes, military compounds, and outhouses, oh my! The oldest buildings in Wisconsin date back to the 1700s and run the ...

Trapping has played a significant role in our country’s history. Beaver and otter ... of some of the most well-known trading hubs in all the colonies. The fur trade was essential to the success ...

In 1758, Johann Rudolf Geigy-Gemuseus began trading in "materials ... into a joint-stock company and was renamed Gessellschaft fur Chemische Industrie Basel or "Ciba" for short.

John Jacob Astor's employees experienced many adventures and opportunities in the wilderness of the great Northwest before Astor had to pull out of ...

Humane Society International, in a statement last month, said tens of millions of animals suffer and die each year in the global fur trade and the “vast majority of animals killed for their fur ...