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yOur School Programs

The Fur Trade Program

Every December
Students gain insight into the
importance of the fur trade in
northern Indiana during the 17th,
18th, and 19th centuries. Students
get to examine animal furs and
silver made into the shape of
a cross to learn how European
explorers bartered with Native
Americans for goods. A view
of axes, guns, traps, and such
household items as a bone needle
used in making clothing teaches the self-sufficiency of the fur traders.
Following an audio/visual presentation, classes board their buses to travel
to Riverview Cemetery, the site of the 1679 landing of French explorer
LaSalle. From that point, students walk a small portion of the portage
used by LaSalle and countless numbers of Native Americans, explorers,
voyageurs, and fur traders as they journeyed through this area.

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