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Robert Silbernagel

Robert Silbernagel is the author of The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior. He studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin and was the editorial page editor for The Daily Sentinel newspaper in Grand Junction, Colorado, for nineteen years. Now retired, he continues to write a history column for the Sentinel. Silbernagel's previous books include "Troubled Trails, Historic Adventures on the Colorado Plateau," and "Dinosaur Stalkers: Tracking Dinosaur Discoveries of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah." Silbernagel has written a number of history articles for periodicals, including the Wisconsin Magazine of History and Colorado Heritage.

Topics:

• Fur Trade
• Great Lakes History
• Native American History
• Wisconsin French Canadians

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