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!

NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON
  • Home
  • “The York Factory Express”
    • York Factory Express
  • “The Pathfinder”
    • Following A.C.Anderson around British Columbia
  • “The Brigades”
    • Brigade Trails
  • “Journeys”
    • London Ship
  • Contact Nancy
  • Blog
    • Alexander Caulfield Anderson
      • Anderson-Seton Family
      • A.C. Anderson’s Writing
    • Fur Trade History
      • Deaths and Murders
    • HBC Transportation Systems
    • Natives in the Fur Trade
      • Native plants & foods
    • James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet

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…

Read more

Birnie and the Missionaries

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 27, 2019 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet

It seems that James Birnie was the first HBC man to greet the many missionaries who arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River. I have many stories in my…

Read more

Follow Us on FacebookFollow Us on Google+Follow Us on TwitterFollow Us on RSS

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 148 other subscribers

Blog Categories

  • "Journeys"
  • "The Brigades"
  • "Two Canoes"
  • A Literary A. C. Anderson
  • Alexander Caulfield Anderson
  • Anderson-Seton Family
  • Brigade Trail Journals
  • Brigade Trails
  • Deaths and Murders
  • Explorations
  • Fort Victoria stories
  • Fur Trade History
  • HBC Transportation Systems
  • Hudson's Bay Company
  • James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
  • London Ship
  • Metis in the West
  • Native plants & foods
  • Natives in the Fur Trade
  • North West Company
  • Sasquatch Stories
  • Stuwix Stories
  • The OId Brigade Trail
  • Writing
  • York Factory Express

Recent Posts

  • Paul Kane leaves Jasper’s House February 27, 2021
  • James Anderson’s Mountain Portage February 20, 2021
  • New Books February 13, 2021
  • Thomas Lowe Rounds the Horn February 6, 2021
  • Paul Kane at Jasper’s House January 30, 2021
Copyright © 2021 NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON | Theme by: Theme Horse | Powered by: WordPress