Fortitude in distress: the North West Company and the War of 1812: by 1812, North America's rivalrous fur-trade companies were at each other's throats. Then the U.S. declared war on Great Britain and struck at Canada. For one fur-trade company, it was the beginning of the end. The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History (8/1/2002)
...1980s, the North West Company dominated the trade at Michilimackinac. These fur-trade relationships continued even after the American Revolution, despite...of the straits to the Americans. Though native North Americans had sometimes ...
The persistence of travel and trade: St. Lawrence river valley French engages and the American Fur Company, 1818-1840. Michigan Historical Review (9/22/2008)
...point, many studies have carved the North American fur trade into regional slices: the American Southwest trade, the trans-Mississippi...a restricted group of Canadian-born American Fur Company (AFC) employees. The AFC hired ...
Mink Originals Inc. (Weiss Brothers Fur Company Inc., Anglo American Fur Merchants Co. and Turbari Ltd. file involuntary Chapter 7 petition to liquidate company) (Brief Article) Daily News Record (10/25/1991)
...Mink Originals, Inc., a fur coat manufacturer, have...petition to liquidate the company. Peter Soulios, president...creditors are: Weiss Brothers Fur Co., Inc., with a claim of $93,906; Anglo American Fur Merchants Co., $39...
'A Stranger to the Fur Trade': Joseph Wrigley and the Transformation of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1884-1891. Business History (10/1/1997)
...of the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1869, it transferred...area to competition from American and Canadian fur traders and also provided...employment for Native Americans. The railroads also...and to maintain its fur division. In order ...
Fur flies again; Animal-rights activists succeeded in making fur unfashionable, but designers are piling on the pelts again. Will consumers follow suit?(VARIETY) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (10/31/1999)
...last year to $1.21 billion. Fur Information Council spokeswoman...The market isn't there. Fur trapping licenses are way...financial problems of Evan's Furs, which leases and operates the fur salons at Dayton's. "That company accounted for 10 ...
FUR OR FAUX DESPITE CONTROVERSY, POPULARITY ON RISE.(LIFE & LEISURE) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (1/29/2000)
...There is nothing warmer than a fur,'' said Mayone. ``Once...who works for a local utility company, freely calls herself a fur lover and collector. She has...headbands. She wears one of her furs every day, even with sweatpants...Today's gal is wearing ...
FUR STILL A FASHION PRESENCE BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY IN FIGHT OVER ANIMALS.(Special Pullouts) Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) (8/17/1997)
...president of marketing for North American Fur Auctions, a Toronto fur auction company that's the largest in the...coat of yesterday.'' ``Fur used to be more of something...Ken Morgenstern of Roberts Furs in San Francisco. ...
Fur or against?; As animal rights activists propose giving unwanted fur coats to the homeless this week, Penny Fray asks, is it ever all right to sacrifice principles in the name of fashion?(News) Daily Post (Liverpool, England) (12/9/2002)
...Galliano told models to keep the fur flying at Christian Dior's winter...a new advertising campaign for an American fur company. Now the battle has left the catwalk...street. The Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade has just begun a series ...
Fur Guilt;Trapped Between Luxury and That Uneasy Feeling The Washington Post (11/30/1989)
...the nutria (a South American water-dwelling rodent...respect their views." The fur industry, with sales...sensitive letters about furs, I've got a few on...They protest the sale of furs. We've had people...front of our stores with fur traps. ...
FASHION FUR-WARD The Columbian (12/20/2001)
...your mother's fur coat. It's...based Alixandre Furs. While most...making their first fur coat purchase...which include the company's own designs...reversible mink; an American broadtail with...popular look is American ...
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