The United States Government Fur Trade Factory System was a system of government non-profit trading with Native Americans that existed between 1795 and 1822.
Broadside advertising the sale at auction of merchandise remaining from the government factories at Chicago and Green Bay.
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
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Prairie du Chien is a city in Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. The population was 5,506 at the 2020 census. Often called Wisconsin's second-oldest city, Prairie du Chien
United States Government Fur Trade Factory System
…Fort Edwards, Illinois in 1818, removed to Fort Armstrong in 1822. Prairie du Chien opened in 1815. Great Plains First Nations trading networks…
Aerial photo of Prairie du Chien
The Francois Vertefeuille House in the Town of Prairie du Chien was built in the 1810s by fur traders. A rare example of the pièce-sur-pièce à coulisse technique once common in French-Canadian buildings, it is one of the oldest buildings in Wisconsin and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Ball-play of the Women, Prairie du Chien, oil painting by George Catlin, 1835–1836
Welcome sign on entering from Iowa