4. -1797- Charles Chaboillez's Trading Post

The first post in North Dakota in which a journal was kept was that of Charles Chaboillez's Northwest trading post. Fort Pambian was established in 1797, at the junction of the Pembina and Red Rivers.

Story of the Peace Garden State
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Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud

1.
 Henry Hudson
12.
 Colonel John J. Abercrombie
2.
 Pierre de la Verendrye
13.
 Anson Northrup
3.
 Chief Pegius
14.
 The Metis
4.
 Charles Chaboillez
15.
 Province of Manitoba
5.
 Alexander Henry
16.
 James Hill
6.
 Lord Douglas
17.
 Steamboats
7.
 Sir George Simpson
18.
 Red River Elevation
8.
 Joe Rolette
19.
 Grand Forks
9.
 Norman W. Kittson
20.
 Moorhead - Glyndon
10.
 Major Samuel Woods
21.
 Hudson's Bay Company
11.
 William Cochran
22.
 Red River as a boundary

 

  


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