Postcard from the old trading post in Fond du Lac
This postcard was mailed on Nov. 13, but the year on the postmark is blurred so we’re going to estimate it was about 80 years ago.
The American Fur Company began trading on the St. Louis River at Fond du Lac in 1817 and continued until 1847. A replica was built as a tourist attraction in 1935, and that’s what is depicted in the postcard image. The replica was demolished in the late 1960s.
Miss H. Renolds of Knife River sent the card to Miss F. M. Ludlow of Cleveland, Ohio.
The message on the back reads:
Thanks for postal. It was very pretty. Lend again W[?].
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