We were tromping out onto a wetland frozen nine inches deep. It felt like how the fur trade began, someplace long ago, far away. Bill Mackowski, in his 60th year of trapping, mostly around ...

But a new measure before the Chicago City Council could impact what Andriana Furs is allowed to sell ... He noted that the man credited as the founder of Chicago was involved with the fur trade.

Alcohol was one of the most important commodities in the fur trade - and it had devastating effects on native people. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History) Alcohol increased their profits.