When: October 18th, 10 AM to Noon Teleconference, Noon to 3 Lunch and breakout sessions. Where: The Mistequa Hotel, 2545 Smith Rd, Chewelah, WA 99109 What: This event was a huge success. Here are some links to articles about it. Spokesman Review Article by Mathew CallaghanInlander Article by Iannelli Monica Carrillo-Casas’ printed storySeattle Times Story… (read more)
There are a lot of events in June. Here is an article about June Events There are a lot of events happening this year that provide a chance for folks to learn in person about the history of Hudson’s Bay Fort Colvile. See the complete schedule HERE.
There a lot of ways to think about history and as it turns out to “do” history. The Friends of Spokane House (www.northwestfurtradehistorians.com) recently encamped near the Kettle Falls Historical Center (kettlefallshistoricalcenter.com) where they demonstrated tools, skills, sign language, clothes and artifacts of the fur trade era, specifically from 1810 to 1820. The dates are… (read more)
Waterways were the highways of history. Boats would carry heavy loads such as venison and firewood to villages on the shore. Visitors from afar also arrived by boat. After Hudson’s Bay Fort Colvile was established in 1825, it soon became a hub for both native watercraft and new designs emerging from the fur trade. In… (read more)
The man business of the HBC was, of course,the fur trade, and Colvile, like all the major HBC posts, traded for a lot of furs (47k+ of beaver alone, 1826-50). HBC kept meticulous records of what were called fur returns—trade goods went out to the trading units (land posts, trapping brigades, and coastal trading vessels),… (read more)
