Tag: Louisiana Purchase

Fur Traders and Notaries, 1500s to 1800s Before Columbus landed in 1492, there were North American fur traders among the Native American tribes. As Europeans arrived in the New …

Colorado Day, Statehood August 1, 1876 Colorado Day is an annual observance that commemorates Colorado statehood, and Colorado history.   On August 1, 1876, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a …

La Salle Expedition, Louisiana Territory, 1682 Jacques de La Metairie was a royal notary at Fort Frontenac, New France, (now Kingston, Ontario) acting under a royal commission, granted in …