The Dodge County Historical Society, 105 Park Ave., Beaver Dam, presents a special program, “The Cadottes: A Fur Trade Family on Lake Superior,” with author Robert Silbernagel at 1 p.m.

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

Experts call it incredibly difficult to document beavers in the wild. Could a team of Wisconsin Watch reporters succeed?

In this article, James Kences documents the massive and dreadful die out of Indigenous people in the coastal areas of New ...

“Nutria is an alternative hide, it’s a sustainable alternative to beaver felt ... to the United States of America as part of the fur trade, where it was released into the Louisiana bayous ...

Oregon adopted the industrious animal for its state motto and animal in recognition of its early settlers, who thrived in the fur trade. At its peak in the mid-1800s, European demand for beaver ...

The rodents have ratified it: Six more weeks of winter ahead in Portland and across the country. “Stumptown Fil,” — or Filbert the beaver, who lives at the Oregon Zoo — on Sunday echoed his national ...

A powerful nation had disappeared, victim of the fur trade, and an excess of zeal to convert it to Christianity. The beaver, the crucifix, and the Iroquois had killed it.

Instead, he landed in New York, finding natives dressed in deerskin, otter, and beaver. Fur was very popular in Holland at the time, but could only be acquired from Russia at a high price, and thus in ...

“Beavers have a natural ability to detect water movement,” Pierce explained. “If they sense water flowing through a small ...