Furs, Fortunes, and a Hole in a Man's Stomach: Market Street and the American Fur Company

In this episode of Michigan Hidden History , Tharan and Robin uncover two stories connected by one street on Mackinac Island: the rise of the North American fur trade and the accidental shooting that helped transform medical science. First, they explore Market Street at the height of the fur trade, when John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company made Mackinac Island the center of a massive commercial…