A 1917 book about the fur trade — “The Fur Trade of America and Some of the Men Who Made and Maintain It” by Albert Lord Belden — said that in the late 1700s, Spanish merchants sold “in ...

But by the 1600s and 1700s, as the North American fur trade was really getting started, furs in Europe were more of a luxury item. This was in part because people had hunted many small, ...

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“They talk about the fur trade being a big kind of money maker for Europeans, ... and so you find yourself in the 1700s,” he explained. “We wanted to bring Mario here for several reasons.

Kids of all ages will be able to go back in time and learn more about the historical fur-trade and logging-era of Chippewa County during The Past Passed Here.

Imagine you’re a fur trader, mountain man, or a settler in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s in the vast wilderness that would eventually become West Virginia.

Kids of all ages will be able to go back in time and learn more about the historical fur-trade and logging-era of Chippewa County during The Past Passed Here.