Fur Trade Post (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text J. Homer Thiel.

Located near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in North Dakota, Fort Union was an important fur trading post during the 19th century. During the 1980s, the fort was the subject of a multi-year historical archaeology project conducted by the U.S, Department of the Interior, National Park Service (NPS), The project was conducted by the Midwestern Archaeological Center (MW AC), NPS, in response to proposed reconstruction of the trading post as a National Historical Site. In...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Alan R. Woolworth.

Exploratory archeological excavations were made in a portion of the Grand Portage National monument from July 16 to August 15, 1962 by a crew of local Indians under the direction of Alan R. Woolworth, Museum Curator, Minnesota Historical Society. The major excavations were made on a low hill which lies south of Cook County Highway No. 17. The primary objective of this search was to find the remains of a fur trade post which was thought to have been in this area.

DOCUMENT Citation Only Paul E. Nesbitt.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Thomas.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynelle A. Peterson. William J. Hunt, Jr..

In 1987, Midwest Archeological Center archeological crews completed the second of three years of excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. This season's work was done in preparation of the 1988-1989 reconstruction of the fort's 1850-1851 era palisade and stone bastions. The investigation focused upon the North Palisade,' North GateI Northeast Bastion, East Palisade and Southwest Bastion. within the excavation/ construction zone, secondary structures of interest included the...