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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 28 > 1800s beaver fur trappers now trade only in memory

1800s beaver fur trappers now trade only in memory

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
April 28, 2008

More than 180 years ago, at the peak of the beaver fur trade in the West, groups of 100 men and several hundred horses would make annual circuits through Central Oregon, trading with American Indians living here and gathering thousands of beaver pelts.

Now that the beavers are gone —....

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