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02 February 2007 11:30

The Weekly South Dakotan

History of South Dakota with sections of the fur trade

White Oak Fur Post :Online Learning Centre

Using the three languages of the fur trade in the Great Lakes area, we welcome you to the White Oak Learning Centre. We present to you a period of time from the late 1600's to the mid-1800's. These were the years when the North American fur trade grew. The people in Europe wanted beaver skins to make hats and other furs for clothing. European companies traded goods such as cloth, hatchets, kettles, beads, needles and guns for furs provided by Native Americans.

02 February 2007 11:15

MOUNTAIN MEN AND THE FUR TRADE

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This website is an on-line Research Center devoted to the history, traditions, tools, and mode of living, of the trappers, explorers, and traders known as the Mountain Men.