NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON

An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!

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Joachim Lafleur

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 28, 2019 "The Brigades", York Factory Express
Joachim Lafleur

Joachim Lafleur worked at Fort Okanogan in the 1840’s, when Alexander Caulfield Anderson was in charge of Fort Colvile. I just wrote a tweet that mentioned Lafleur, and that reminded…

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Murder at Pillar Rock

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 21, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Murder at Pillar Rock

James Birnie played a role in the punishment of the murderers of the HBC fisherman at Pillar Rock in August 1840. This is the story that I promised you a…

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Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 1, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

The mouth of the Columbia River was crisscrossed with dangerous sandbars, and shipwrecks were relatively common. On many occasions, James Birnie was there to help in the rescue of the…

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Flood at Fort Norman

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 10, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Flood at Fort Norman

In 1852, Chief Trader James Anderson (A), who was then in charge of the Athabasca District, made a journey from the district’s headquarters of Fort Simpson, down the Mackenzie River…

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John Kirk Townsend

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 4, 2019 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
John Kirk Townsend

John Kirk Townsend was a naturalist who trekked west to the Columbia River, travelling in with Nathaniel Wyeth’s 1834 expedition. He spent two years in the Columbia district before traveling…

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