In the winter of 1783, officers of the Hudson’s ... Now he resolved to find out more about this lucrative fur trade. Within 15 years Astor, who changed his first name to the English “John ...

Many in the fur trade now readily acknowledge that activists ... Once the resolutely conventional winter-fashion choice of Park Avenue matrons and country club partygoers, fur has gone hip-hop ...

“I trapped seven this winter. I I don’t consider myself a ... Their pelts enter the fur trade via domestic and international outlets,” according to DEC Coston said the fur market “has ...

The $40 billion global fur trade is shedding its image of musty old coats in favor of modern, vibrant clothing and accessories as it tries to ride out a downturn in China and Russia.

In summer and early fall the fur trade prepares for the winter season. In the New York market during the past fortnight nearly 11,000 skins of house (Satis, among other items, changed hands in one ...

It was the largest fur trade depot in the heart of the continent ... and snowshoes for tackling winter in a harsh climate. Voyageurs paddled hundreds of miles in birchbark canoes, carrying ...

LANCASTER — On a cold and sunny winter day on Dec. 30 ... but the group may have been retracing an arduous and important fur trade portage for the first time in 250 years.

Michilimackinac eventually became the fur trade hub and traders like La Framboise went down the Lake Michigan coast and up rivers like the Grand to establish winter posts. In West Michigan ...

and a trade shop. The rowhouse was enclosed by a stockade with a main gate and a river entrance. Through the winter of 1804–1805, the Ojibwe trapped beaver and hunted other fur-bearing animals.

The fur industry has shrunk as more people oppose the use of fur and increased trade tariffs have downsized international sales. Around 50 years ago, a winter of successful trapping would yield ...

“and it’s all due to the trim trade.” Late fall and early winter are the prime trapping time, when coyote coats are at their fullest, but a lot of the selling happens in late winter. Fur is sold at ...