Trapping remains part of Idaho culture as the state approaches its 250th year of American history ...

Oregon calls itself the Beaver State, a designation that reflects more than symbolism. Long before lawmakers made the beaver the official state animal, these animals shaped Oregon’s rivers, wetlands, ...

ADA, Mich. — It was history on display in Ada Sunday, as a reenactment group helped take us back two-hundred years to a fur trader camp on the bank of the Grand River. Tom Robinson, one of the actors, ...

Ben Trumblee travels the U.S. selling some highly unusual items. Some of his most popular products include purses made from invasive toads and the cleaned bone of a raccoon penis, which his customers ...

Furs settle the New World. "As fine a river as can be found" ; The precious beaver ; New Amsterdam rising ; "The Bible and the beaver" -- Clash of empires. Competition, conflict, and chicanery ; "Many ...