by Nikki Rajala | Oct 31, 2021 | Voyageur
My novels focus on the voyageurs as they paddled from Canada. But what were French-Canadian villages like? At Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, we spent three days experiencing what one may have felt like. There were hundreds of take-aways. To give you a flavor, Jean Day...
by Nikki Rajala | Aug 7, 2021 | Voyageur
SUNDAY, SEPT. 26 Reserve your own room at River District Hotel for the nights of Sept. 26-28 https://riverdistricthotel.com/ 608-326-7878, 130 S. Main St., Prairie du Chien, WI 53821; block of rooms is under Abby Marier/French Canadian Family Group. Rate is $129.99...
by Nikki Rajala | Mar 24, 2019 | Featured
Peter Pond, a larger-than-life voyageur, is responsible for the deaths of three men. Death wasn’t uncommon back then, but murder was rare. And three of them? On the credit side: Pond is one of the founders — the only American — of the North West Companywhich...