Fur trade

• A nice overview from the Carver County Historical Society
• All about French axes of the fur trade
• Background on the fur trade from the Minnesota Historical Society
• Grand Portage National Monument

Lumber trade

• Logging and lumberjacks, from the Minnesota Historical Society
• Oral history from Morrison County Historical Society
• A history of timbering, from Minnesota Public Radio
• The truth about Paul Bunyan!
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