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Rainy Lake House twilight of empire on the northern frontier /

"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 oper...

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Main Author: Catton, Theodore,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.
Physical Description: xiii, 406 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Tanner, John, -- 1780?-1847.
McLoughlin, John, -- 1784-1857.
Long, Stephen H. -- (Stephen Harriman), -- 1784-1864.
Hudson's Bay Company -- History -- 19th century.
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.
Indians 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.

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