History of Grand Forks County : with special reference to the first ten years of Grand Forks City, including an historical outline of the Red River Valley

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: State Historical Society of North Dakota
• Subjects: Canada; Emerson; Fort William; Grand Forks; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Red Lake
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/38969

.10 HISTORY OF flltAXn FORKS COUNTY The Northwest Fur company was organized at Montreal in 1783. 'Their cliiefstronghold in the Northwest was Fort William mi Lake Superior, now Port Arthur. Here, every antutnn, the courettrs des hois, or men of the woods, and other employees of tbe company were...