DES GROSEILLIERS AND RADISSON, FRENCH FUR TRADERS AND THE FIRST NON-NATIVE AMERICANS DOCUMENTED IN MINNESOTA

Join the French-American Heritage Foundation and the Alliance Française for a presentation by Greg Cash who will discuss the French explorers and traders, Médard Chouart de Groseilliers and Pierre-Esprit Radisson, who were the first Europeans to journey to Minnesota in the mid-1600s, and who played an important role in the establishment of the Hudson’s Bay Company.

The cost for this event is $15.00.  The event will be held in the Grande Salle at the Alliance Française, 227 Colfax Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55405.

Register below or send a letter with your name(s), email address(es), and a check payable to FAHF, P.O. Box 13542, Saint Paul, MN, 55113.

 The painting in the flyer for this event was painted by Frances Anne Hopkins in 1867, and is titled “Voyageurs Encampment (Camp Scene on the Ottawa).