by MelissaP | Jul 17, 2019 | La Compagnie Blog
Despite cooler than normal springtime weather, members of La Compagnie and Western Lakes Station gathered at the Snake River Fur Post for a joint work weekend, preparing both club and personal gear for another reenacting season. Because plans for both groups to get...
by DuncanS | Apr 22, 2019 | La Compagnie Blog
When spring arrives and the rivers start moving, it’s all too easy to think more about canoeing and other spring pleasures than to take care of those old webs. Over the years I’ve lost a couple pairs of snowshoes due to my own ignorance. So, I thought I...
by BethHC | Apr 1, 2019 | La Compagnie Blog
Thanks to Beth Hynes-Ciernia for permission to reprint her article, “Women in the Fur Trade” (La Compagnie Journal, Vol 2 No 2 (1988), page 13) in honor of Women’s History Month. The US has celebrated women’s contributions to history, culture and society...
by JackiB | Apr 23, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, teachers, librarians, booksellers, publishers, poets, and, of course, bloggers marking poetry’s important place in our culture and our lives. And...
by JackiB | Apr 7, 2018 | La Compagnie Blog
There I was, about half way through my tour. I was full steam ahead into my explanation of the clerk’s role in the fur trade. A great bunch of kids . . . fourth graders, lively and inquisitive. I was on a roll. Then, BAM! I got smacked face-on by Freeman Tilden’s...
by LindaB | Sep 23, 2017 | La Compagnie Blog
Readers who are familiar with early 19th century Ojibwe history are likely to recognize the name of John Tanner, the white child who was captured and raised by Indians and who became an adult within communities of Ojibwe of the Lake Superior and American-British...
