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South of Fort Colvile, on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 17, 2016 HBC Transportation Systems, York Factory Express
South of Fort Colvile, on the Columbia River

This post is the twenty first leg of the York Factory Express journey, and we are “falling down” the Columbia River south of Fort Colvile. The gentlemen who were keeping…

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Incoming brigades, Journey to Fort Okanogan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 14, 2016 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
Incoming brigades, Journey to Fort Okanogan

William Connolly began the journal of his voyage from Fort Nez Perces to Okanogan with a complaint: “Mr [Samuel] Black Traded a few Horses — but at the rate he…

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Fort Okanogan to Fort Nez Perces

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 11, 2015 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
Fort Okanogan to Fort Nez Perces

At Fort Okanogan, the brigades prepared to descend the Columbia River to Fort Nez Perces [Walla Walla] and Fort Vancouver, their headquarters a hundred miles inland from the mouth of…

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