Interview notes and reminiscences of Rose Barbeau, 1933 March 16.

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Interview notes and reminiscences of Rose Barbeau, 1933 March 16.

Notes, recorded by Charles R. Wright, of an interview with Rose Barbeau, a French-Canadian who moved to the village of Ottertail in western Minnesota in 1866 from near Edmonton, Canada, where her father and husband had been employed by the Hudson's Bay Company. Information about pioneer life in Ottertail and about French-Canadian families is included.

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Barbeau, Rose, 1844-.

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Hudson's Bay Company

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The Hudson's Bay Company began in 1670, and by the 1820s it had expanded to the Pacific Northwest. John McLoughlin served as the head of the Hudson's Bay Company's Columbia district. In this position, which McLoughlin held for twenty-one years, he oversaw the company's operations throughout the entire Pacific Northwest. Researching the role Dr. McLoughlin played in the history of the Hudson's Bay Company were Robert C. Clark and Burt B. Barker. Both were historians at the University of Oregon wh...

Wright, Charles R.

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Wright was a telegraph operator in various towns in Vermont during the 1840s. From the description of Charles R. Wright papers, [ca.1848]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072748 ...