9. -1844- Norman Kittson / Metis Carts

In 1844, Norman W. Kittson came to Pembina to manage the fur trade business. He liked Joe Rolette's use of wood carts to move furs to St. Paul, Minnesota. Kittson hired the Metis to handle the Red River carts.

Story of the Peace Garden State
p. 38
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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