Like gold dust on the mining frontier, beaver pelts acted as the medium of exchange in the mountains. Unique to the Amer…
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Greenbacks When did paper money replace gold and silver coins?
The question came up a while back from a reader wanting to know when paper money started being used by the common man in…
The Trapper’s Rendezvous
Like gold dust on the mining frontier, beaver fur was the medium of exchange in the mountains. Unique to the American in…