Five Minute Fur Trade Introduction
Transcript
Were birchbark canoes the only type of canoe used between the larger trading posts on the upper Missouri? What happened to the mackinaw boats once they reached St. Louis with their cargo of furs? Did Lewis and Clark use an actual keelboat with the Corps of Discovery? What was the “curse of Rudolph Kurz? And what was up with the electro shock machine that post manager Kenneth McKenzie kept at Fort Union?
Hi, I’m Leif Halvorson, summer seasonal ranger at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site. Join me as we answer those questions and more in our new weekly, bite sized, history podcast, “Five Minute Fur Trade.”
A quick introduction to Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site's new postcast series called Five Minute Fur Trade, where we'll explore different topics of the fur trade on the Upper Missouri.