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Map or Atlas

Indian Tribes and Trapper Trails

Date: 1949
Description: This pictorial map shows the United States west of the Mississippi, including Indian Tribes, historic trails, forts, trading posts, mountain ranges, lakes ...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Illustrated Map

Date: 1974
Description: Map of Wisconsin with drawings illustrating historic places and events throughout the state. The Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin appears at the top ri...
Print

Distribution of Fur Trade Company Goods to the Indians

Date: 1859
Description: Hand-colored engraving showing fur company agents making a distribution of goods to Indians, some of whom are seated on the ground, in a fenced courtyard w...
Photograph

Woman Posing with Furs

Date: 1938
Description: A woman is seated in front of silver fox pelts hanging from pegs at the Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm sale. On the right is a poster of an advertisem...
Map or Atlas

Historical Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1937
Description: Pictorial map showing historical events and locations within the state of Wisconsin, as well as waterways and counties. Original caption on the bottom marg...
Photograph

King Street Arcade Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Arcade building. The right side of the Majestic theater building is on the far left, and then the storefronts are, from...
Postcard

Lemmer Fox and Fur Co.

Date: 
Description: View of the fox kennels at a fur farm. The main office is in the center of the fenced-in area. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A...
Postcard

Lemmer Fox and Fur Co.

Date: 
Description: View of a man standing in a fenced-in area feeding a fox. Caption reads: "Lemmer Fox and Fur Co., Marathon, Wis. U.S.A."
Article

Mary Elise Antoine

Speakers Bureau
Mary Elise Antoine is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Did hate prompt fur trader to build tomb on Prairie du Chien Hill?

Date: 1927-06-29
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Prairie du Chien's 200 year old fur trading business still growing

Date: 1927-07-20
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The rival frontier fur traders of old Prairied du Chien

Date: 1922-11-19
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Early Wisconsin industry was chiefly fur trading up to time of territory

Date: 1924-01-13
County: Crawford
City: Prairie du Chien
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Coin dug up on banks of Nemadji fur trade relic?

Date: 1933-05-03
County: Douglas
City: Superior City
Newspaper Article/Clipping

A document executed at Plover in 1840

Date: 1923-09-12
County: Portage
City: Plover
Newspaper Article/Clipping

The Red Cedar River Valley and its early settlement

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County: 
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Newspaper Article/Clipping

Eighty odd years ago

Date: 1915-07-09
County: Waukesha
City: Oconomowoc
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Fur trading early Wisconsin industry

Date: 1915-02-20
County: 
City: 
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Last of the Voyageurs

Date: 1894-05-27
County: 
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