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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The new Fort Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 18, 2022 "Headquarters", Alexander Caulfield Anderson
The new Fort Simpson

On July 16, 1834, the HBC’s ship, Dryad, was moved a little closer to where the new Fort Simpson was to be built, and “Disembarked the passengers & baggage &…

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Tell Your Story

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2013 A Literary A. C. Anderson, Alexander Caulfield Anderson
Tell Your Story

Sometimes when I begin to write a speech, I find it runs away from me and takes on a life of its own. This was one of those talks that…

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The Anderson-Seton family, part one

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 16, 2013 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Anderson-Seton Family
The Anderson-Seton family, part one

  Fur trader Alexander Caulfield Anderson was a member of the Anderson-Seton family — that is, a descendant of tenant farmer Dr.  James Anderson, LLD (1739-1808), and his noble wife,…

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