Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site
Gingras House and Trading Post | |
 | |
  Location in North Dakota  Location in United States | |
| Location | NE of Walhalla off ND 32 |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Walhalla, North Dakota |
| Coordinates | 48°56′13″N 97°53′27″W / 48.93694°N 97.89083°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architect | Antoine Blanc Gingras |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001305 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 21, 1975 |
The Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site is a
Metis legislator and fur trader Antoine Blanc Gingras (1821–1877).[2]
Antoine Blanc Gingras
Antoine Gingras was born in 1821 at
clapboard house on his plot of land in the 1840s. In 1861, the net worth of Gingras was $60,000.00. He soon owned trading posts across the Dakota Territory and parts of Southern Manitoba. In 1851, Gingras was chosen to represent the area in the Minnesota Territorial House of Representatives. He served in the legislature from 1852 to 1853.[2][3]
When
Winnipeg was chartered in 1873, Gingras was present. Gingras died on September 26, 1877, at Walhalla, North Dakota
.
[4][5]
Today
Gingras Trading Post is listed on the
Metis culture, and the Red River Valley
fur trade. It also contains a reproduction of the Gingras Store.
See also
References
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/f1ed23f4-953c-49b8-9ba8-b02f697f38c3 [dead link]
- ^ a b Antoine Blanc Gingras, Metis Fur Trader and member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1852–1853 Minnesota Historical Society, accessed December 6, 2010.
- ^ "Antoine-Blanc Gingras (1821-1877) Metis Trader and Resistance Activist". Louis Riel Institute. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gingras, Antoine Blanc". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Louis Riel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
