Fur Trade Experience

The French Voyageurs were among the first Europeans to explore and make maps of what would become Minnesota. Meet Black Jacque Shalaque an authentically costumed voyageur who makes Minnesota's colorful fur trade come to life. Through his colorful portrayal of a voyageur, Mr. Kind will have you up and involved through hands-on interactive living history activities where you will role-play the parts of voyageurs and the proud indigenous people of Minnesota as you trade furs for trade goods and then simulate the paddling of a 35 foot Montreal canoe. GREAT EDUCATIONAL FUN! 

In this presentation participants will learn:

  • How the Fur Trade started.
  • Important cultures & people in the Fur Trade.
  • How the Fur Trade worked.
  • Who benefited from the Fur Trade.
  • The transportation system of goods and furs.
  • The two types of Voyageurs.
  • How the Voyageur dressed.
  • What is was like to live the life and do the job of the Voyageur.
  • How to paddle a 40 foot Montreal Canoe & portage heavy packs.
  • Viking Age
  • Fur Trade
  • Pirates
  • American Revolution
  • American Civil War
  • Northfield Bank Raid
  • The Great War: WWI
  • Prohibition
  • Lucky Lindy
  • U.S.S. Ward at Pearl Harbor
  • World War II
  • Liberators
    & The Holocaust
  • D-Day
  • Minnesota's Fabulous Firsts
  • Korea: The Forgotten War
  • Minnesota in the Vietnam War
  • Video
  • Testimonials
  • Upcoming Presentation Calendar
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    • Topics eligible for all (1.5 to 5 hour) presentation lengths
  • Birth of a Our Nation: The Revolutionary War
  • The Divided Union: The American Civil War
  • The World at War: WWII
  • Minnesota’s Fabulous Firsts
    •   Topics eligible for shorter (1.5 to 3 hour) presentation lengths
  • The Viking Age
  • The French Voyageur in the Fur Trade
  • Pirates: Predators of the Sea
  • Minnesota in the American Civil War
  • The Northfield Bank Raid: Minnesotan's Foil the James-Younger Gang
  • The Great War: World War I
  • Minnesota's Wild and Woolly Prohibition Days
  • Lucky Lindy
  • The U.S.S. Ward: Minnesotan's Fire the First Shot in the Pacific War
  • D-Day, June 6, 1944: Operation Overlord
  • Liberators and The Holocaust
  • Korea: The Forgotten War 
  • Minnesota & the Vietnam War

    •   Most of the topics can be presented with an emphasis on what part Minnesota played in them.

     

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    Presentation Fees

      Presentations range from 1.5 hour to 5 hour-all day-immersion experiences. 1.5 to 3 hours is the most common length.  Presentation length can be adapted to suit your needs.

  • Short presentation (1.5 to 3 hours long) $650 plus mileage*
  • Multiple Short presentations (Same topic, one location) Multiple presentations of  the same topic, same day, for additional groups of people. $890 plus mileage* for entire day.
  • Multiple Short presentations - (Same topic, multiple locations requiring set up and take-(down) $650 per presentation plus mileage*. 
  • Full Day Presentation (5 hours long) - Full day, immersion presentations allow time for in-depth study and understanding, they are very popular  among teachers, who call them "History Field Trip days". $890 plus mileage*

    • * Mileage is calculated at the current I.R.S. rate of $0.67 per mile round-trip  from Mankato, MN (presenter’s residence) to the presentation site and back.

    Call or email to schedule your Historical Experience

    Phone: (507) 381-0898 - Email: arnkind@historicalexperiences.org