Wright County Educators,
The Wright County Historical Society has a new educational program developed JUST FOR YOU! We are
creating a series of theme-based trunks to help reinforce history in the classroom.
The first trunk in our series
is entitled "THE MINNESOTA FUR TRADE". Items in this trunk include:
- twist tobacco
- tradecloth
-
seed beads
- bone pipe beads
- tin box with strike and flint
-
"Making Fire with Flint and Steel" booklet
- a
horn spoon
- miniature birch bark canoe replica
- authentic Native American harvested wild rice
- musket balls and buckshot
- quill
and quill holder
- muskrat spear
- awl
- tanned buckskin
- tanned muskrat fur
-
tanned rabbit fur
- "The Ojibwa: Wild Rice Gatherers"
- "Minnesota Native Americans Workbook"
- "The Broken Blade"
-
a CD from the Minnesota Historical Society with powerpoint teaching information
- a binder for sharing of material and future trunk ideas
PLEASE NOTE:
Trunks are available on a first come, first served basis and are available for up to a one week loan.
Use of the trunk is free; you will be required to pay replacement costs for any missing or damaged items. All trunks
will be picked up and dropped off at the Wright County Heritage Center located at 2001 Hwy 25 N in Buffalo, Minnesota during
normal business hours of M-F 8:00am-4:30pm.
To request a trunk
please fill out the form below. We have three "Minnesota Fur Trade" trunks and will try to accommodate your first
date request but please add a second date request just in case. A confirming email will be sent to you so please ensure
your email is included in the form.
For more questions please
contact Sally Stevens at sally.stevens@wrighthistory.org or 763-682-8945.
