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The Red River trails : oxcart routes between St. Paul and the Selkirk settlement, 1820-1870 / by Rhoda R. Gilman, Carolyn Gilman, Deborah M. Stultz.
LIBRA F1063 .G54
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gilman, Rhoda R.
- Gilman, Carolyn, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Publications of the Minnesota Historical Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Red River Settlement.
- Fur trade--Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)--History.
- Fur trade.
- Trails.
- History.
- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)--History.
- Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.).
- Trails--Red River Valley (Minn. and N.D.-Man.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 105 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society, 1979.
- Summary:
- The many difficulties and occasional rewards of early travel and transportation in Minnesota are highlighted in this book, along with the state's relations with what became western Canada and insights into the development of business in Minnesota. The meeting of Indian and European cultures is vividly manifested by the mixed-blood Metis who became the mainstay of the Red River trade.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0873511336
- OCLC:
- 4495440
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