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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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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Fur Trade Reading

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 23, 2014 Fur Trade History
Fur Trade Reading

Here is my second post, with more books that might be considered essential fur trade reading. It is odd how this subject has hit a nerve, but I understand why.…

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