The creek is named for an incident involving white trappers in the late 19th century.

Native, white, fisherman, ranger, homesteader, miner, hunter, trapper, they were all listening to Anne Gordaoff.

As a child Shanawdithit was shot by a white trapper while washing venison in a river.

In the 19th century the pass was used by white trappers to traverse the Front Range.

These early operations largely depended on trading posts near Indian villages, where Indians and some white trappers could exchange furs for goods.

Many of the Dene, Cree, and white trappers used La Ronge as their central service point.

The fur trade brought white trappers to the area.

Early explorers traded directly with Indians for furs, but the white trappers eventually evicted the native Americans so that they could control the precious resource themselves.

In the 17th century, white trappers first visiting the area found it occupied mostly by the Osage and Quawpaw tribes.

She rejected his advances and pledged her love to a white trapper, known only as Deadshot.