Rainy Lake House : twilight of empire on the northern frontier / Theodore Catton.

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"In September 1823, three men met at Rainy Lake House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post near the Boundary Waters. Dr. John McLoughlin, the proprietor of Rainy Lake House, was in charge of the borderlands west of Lake Superior, where he was tasked with opposing the petty traders who operated out o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catton, Theodore (Author)
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Tanner, John, > 1780?-1847.
McLoughlin, John, > 1784-1857.
Long, Stephen H. > (Stephen Harriman), > 1784-1864.
Hudson's Bay Company > History > 19th century.
Hudson's Bay Company.
Frontier and pioneer life > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.)
Pioneers > Family relationships > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Missing children > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Fur trade > Rainy River Region (Minn. and Ont.) > History > 19th century.
Rainy River (Minn. and Ont.) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Ethnic relations.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Fur trade.
Indians of North America.
Missing children.
Pioneers > Family relationships.
North America > Rainy River.
North America > Rainy River Region.
1800-1899
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 406 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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