Walsh-Pembina County ND Archives Biographies.....Girard, Antoine 1836 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/ndfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 19, 2008, 8:41 pm Author: Antoine Girard GIRARD, ANTOINE He was born near Montreal, Canada, at Longueil in 1836. He came west to Chicago by steamboat, and by rail to Galena over the new road, and up the Mississippi river on the War Eagle, arriving at Pembina August 20th, 1856. For several years he worked for the Hudson Bay Company, under the chief factor, Kennedy, carrying goods to the Chippewas. In 1861, he was employed on the first Red River steamboat, the Anson Northrup, and during the winter carried goods for the Hudson Bay Co. to Roseau Lake, Minnesota. During the Sioux outbreak of 1862, he was employed as guide for parties traveling between Pembina and St. Paul, and was never attacked by the Sioux, owing to the Canadian flag, which he always carried, nailed to his Red River cart. In 1866, he moved to Grand Forks, and the following year while hunting he saw the last large herd of buffalo in the region about Pembina; after this year, the hunters had to seek the buffalo much further west. In 1871-2, he kept a stage station at Acton on the Winnipeg, Breckinridge and Moorhead stage line. In 1891, he established a ferry a few miles above Acton, where he now resides. Antoine Girard. Additional Comments: Extracted from: COLLECTIONS OF THE State Historical Society OF NORTH DAKOTA VOL. I BEING FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE GOVERNOR OF NORTH DAKOTA FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. BISMARCK, N. D. TRIBUNE, STATE PRINTERS AND BINDERS 1906 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/walsh/photos/bios/girard63nbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nd/walsh/bios/girard63nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ndfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb