iatse holidays 2016 Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/iatse-holidays-2016 Tue, 17 May 2016 14:49:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Holiday in Iowa http://toursmaps.com/holiday-in-iowa.html http://toursmaps.com/holiday-in-iowa.html#respond Mon, 23 May 2016 07:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=204219 Iowa notable latinos Lisa, Manuel (1772-1820). A well-known fur trader and explorer who founded the Missouri Fur Company, Lisa was born in New Orleans of Spanish parents (his father was a government official from Murcia). Lisa became involved in the fur trade while in his teens. By 1796 he had married a widow, Polly Charles Chew, and was operating a trading vessel along the Mississippi River. In 1799 he obtained a land grant and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri. By 1800 he was a preeminent trader in the fur business, and he was granted a monopoly by the Spanish government

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