Today's installment concludes Fur Companies Abolished,our selection from The Canadian Northwest: Its History And Its Troubles From The Early Days Of
Fur Companies in the Pacific Northwest
Lewis and Clark accomplished for the United States what Sir Alexander Mackenzie had accomplished for Canada.Continuing Fur Companies Abolished,our
The Metis People of Canada
They were inured to hardships; they were at home in the woods; their relations with the Indians were of the happiest.Continuing Fur Companies
Hudson Bay Company Has Trouble Expanding
The Northwest Fur Company of Montreal was for nearly forty years an active and formidable rival of the Hudson Bay Company.Continuing Fur Companies
The Hudson’s Bay Company Versus French Canada
The French in the south were materially interfering with its trade,Continuing Fur Companies Abolished,our selection from The Canadian Northwest:
Fur Companies Abolished
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: How the Companies Got Their Power.IntroductionThe fur-trade of Canada,
The Transcontinental Railroad’s Last Spike
Today's installment concludes First North American Transcontinental Railroad Completed,our selection from The Union Pacific Railway by John P. Davis
The Two Railroads Race to the Meeting Point
Central Pacific had graded eighty miles to the east that it never would cover and the Union Pacific had wasted a million dollars on grading west of
Life in the Construction Camps
The regular routine of business, dances, drunks, and fist fights met with a sudden interruption.Continuing First North American Transcontinental