"Certainly, with later freeze-ups or thinner ice on lakes, that can make life more difficult and more dangerous for trappers.

Of the mission of Saint Francois Xavier on the "Bay of Stinkards," or rather "Of stinking waters" / Father Allouez -- On the hunting of the Gaspesians / Father Chrestien LeClercq -- The hunting of ...

DANBURY– Morning arrives with the smell of bacon and eggs cooking over an open campfire, the flames popping as they consume oak logs. More campfires, and more smells … venison steaks, fried bread, ...

Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many ...

I see by the newspaper that some Russian River folk are planning a "Fur Ball," inviting people to haul out their grandmothers' fox furs and mink stoles for a celebration in support of the Guerneville ...

It was 1980 — 45 years ago — when Fur Trade Days was four years old that the Colter Run became a part of Chadron’s annual celebration. While it takes some previous training and lots of gumption and ...