# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Winter Lecture Series: The Fur Trade in Minnesota: From 1680 to 1900
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Step into the past, during Minnesota’s fur trade era. Learn about the hardy French Canadian voyageurs who paddled vast waterways, the Native communities they partnered with, and the thriving trade that shaped our region’s history. Discover how their grit, sense of adventure, and significant cultural exchanges helped shape the Minnesota we know today. Through stories, artifacts, and vivid tales of life before Minnesota became a state, this program brings to life a time of commerce, cultural exchange, and courage.

Mark Sage Bio:
Mark Sage is an author, public presenter and experimental archeologist. As a student of American Frontier History, Mark has investigated our nation’s past through academic research and field experimentation. Minnesota’s fur trade era has been especially interesting to him. Mark is an employee of the Minnesota Historical Society.

Cost is $8-15.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/grand-rapids/winter-lecture-series-the-fur-trade-in-minnesota-from-1680-to-1900/200029323976742
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 131

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Grand Rapids
- **state**: MN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2609 County Road 76, Grand Rapids, MN, United States, Minnesota 55744
- **lat**: 47.22427
- **long**: -93.56762
- **full address**: 2609 County Road 76, Grand Rapids, MN, United States, Minnesota 55744

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Winter Lecture Series: The Fur Trade in Minnesota: From 1680 to 1900 being held?
  - **A:** Winter Lecture Series: The Fur Trade in Minnesota: From 1680 to 1900 takes place on Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm to Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 03:00 pm at 2609 County Road 76, Grand Rapids, MN, United States, Minnesota 55744.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Winter Lecture Series: The Fur Trade in Minnesota: From 1680 to 1900?
  - **A:** Winter Lecture Series: The Fur Trade in Minnesota: From 1680 to 1900 is organized by Forest History Center.

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