How the French Began the Fur Trade |
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Discover how early French explorers mapped Wisconsin and began the state's fur trade. |
Wisconsin's Involvement with the war on the French, British and Natives |
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Learn how the British relinquished control of Wisconsin and Americans took over the region's fur trade during the war of 1812. |
New Tribes Brought to Wisconsin by French Commerce |
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Learn how contact with Europeans, the fur trade and warfare among their tribes drove many Indians to the Wisconsin territory in the 17th century. |
Brief history of The American Revolution (in Wisconsin). |
Explorer and Trader |
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Biography of Daniel Greysolon Sieur Duluth who helped protect the Wisconsin area against raids of the Iroquois. |
How Native Life was Transformed |
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Discover how white contact disrupted and transformed Indian life in Wisconsin in the 17th and 18th centuries. |
Fur Trader and Murderer |
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Biography of pioneer fur trader John Baptiste Dubay. |
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