Search Results for: Craft Industries At Fort Michilimackinac 1715 1781

Craft industries, non-agricultural activities producing surplus goods beyond the producing household's needs, are a neglected topic in fur-trade studies. This d

In 1823 William and Amanda Ferry opened a boarding school for Métis children on Mackinac Island, Michigan Territory, setting in motion an intense spiritual bat

While the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interac

John Askin, a Scots-Irish migrant to North America, built his fur trade between the years 1758 and 1781 in the Great Lakes region of North America. His experien