Fort Nisqually Archives - NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

The Bully of Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 1, 2017 "That Infernal Trail", Brigade Trails

There is another brigade trail which I keep forgetting to mention: of course, until recently I did not know a lot about it. In fact I was quite surprised, only…

Donald Manson’s Retirement

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 17, 2017 "That Infernal Trail", Hudson's Bay Company Employees

Donald Manson was born in 1800, in Scotland, and worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company until 1857, when he retired. This is what Bruce Watson says of him in his…

Grasses

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 27, 2015 Brigade Trails, Fur Trade History

An unlikely heading, perhaps, but one that is becoming of interest to some historians West of the Rocky Mountains. But while I researched my upcoming brigades book, I discovered in…

Governor Blanshard

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 15, 2015 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History

Young James Anderson, A.C. Anderson’s son, was about ten years old when he attended the school inside the walls of Fort Victoria [Victoria, B.C.]. In his memoirs, he wrote about…

John Work’s Journey to the Columbia District, 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 25, 2015 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express

July 1823, Friday 18. Having received orders to that effect I embarked with Mr. [Peter Skene] Ogden for the Columbia with two light canoes, four men in each. Mr. Lewis…

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