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Campau’s Trading House: The Log Post That Started a City
Season 5
Episode 53
Published 1 year, 7 months ago
Description
In this episode of End of the Road in Michigan, we follow fur trader Louis Campau as he builds the first permanent white settlement in the Saginaw Valley in 1815. From his log trading post on the Saginaw River, Campau traded with the Anishinaabe and helped shape the future of Michigan.
His post became the site of the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, a deal that ceded over 6 million acres of Native land to the United States. Learn how one man, one building, and one treaty helped launch the city of Saginaw—and marked a turning point in Michigan’s early history.
Read more about this story at The Campau Trading Post – How One Fur Post Sparked the Founding of Saginaw.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications
His post became the site of the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw, a deal that ceded over 6 million acres of Native land to the United States. Learn how one man, one building, and one treaty helped launch the city of Saginaw—and marked a turning point in Michigan’s early history.
Read more about this story at The Campau Trading Post – How One Fur Post Sparked the Founding of Saginaw.
The End of the Road in Michigan is a production of Thumbwind Publications