Discover the history of the Red River oxcarts and the important role of the Métis across Minnesota. At Crow Wing State Park south of Brainerd is a sign noting the point at which oxcarts crossed the ...

PABLO - The Red River Cart, hand hewn from native pine, aspen and cottonwood, and lashed together with bison hide and sinew, was a vital tool of the Metis, or Buffalo People, in the 1700s and early ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Red River carts were ubiquitous in ...

BRAINERD — Over 150 years ago, the trails within present-day Crow Wing State Park were traversed not by hikers but large wooden oxcarts filled with beaver furs. But details of that history were ...