Home· Settings· Breaking · FrontPage · Extended · Editorial · Activism · News

Prayer  PrayerRequest  SCOTUS  ProLife  BangList  Aliens  HomosexualAgenda  GlobalWarming  Corruption  Taxes  Congress  Fraud  MediaBias  GovtAbuse  Tyranny  Obama  Biden  Elections  POLLS  Debates  TRUMP  TalkRadio  FreeperBookClub  HTMLSandbox  FReeperEd  FReepathon  CopyrightList  Copyright/DMCA Notice 

Monthly Donors · Dollar-a-Day Donors · 300 Club Donors

Click the Donate button to donate by credit card to FR:

or by or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Free Republic 4th Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $14,565
17%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 17%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: hudsonbaycompany

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • The explorer who made Lewis and Clark look like tourists.

    04/15/2012 7:48:33 PM PDT · by Rebelbase · 64 replies
    http://www.nvo.com ^ | Old Article | TIMOTHY HARPER
    D avid Thompson was a monumental figure in North American history. A fur trader, an explorer and perhaps the greatest land geographer ever, he led expeditions through incredible hardship and danger to safety. His 77 journals made important contributions to our understanding of culture, history and everyday life in North America before Europeans brought horses, guns, alcohol and disease. And he and his American Indian wife lived one of the great love stories of all time. So why havenÂ’t you heard of 19th-century frontiersman David Thompson? No doubt one reason is that he spent most of his long life in...