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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Fort Durham Dustup

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 26, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Fort Durham Dustup

  What stories the HBC men had to tell of Fort Durham dustups, or conflicts with the First Nations people that surrounded it! It seems that every HBC man who…

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New Books

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 13, 2021 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
New Books

There have been a number of new books come out lately, after a long time without any of interest, to me, at least. It must have been the pandemic that…

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Christmas Celebrations

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 2, 2021 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company

There is one set of Christmas celebrations that I have forgotten to include in my recent Christmas and New Years posts, and that is those of Thomas Lowe, at Fort…

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Happy New Year

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 26, 2020 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Happy New Year

We have learned from my last post that Christmas Day in the HBC fur trade tended to be quiet and restful, with little trouble from anyone. So let’s see what…

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John Stuart’s Notes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 8, 2020 Brigade Trails, Fur Trade History
John Stuart’s Notes

This is a lovely little document I discovered a few years ago, and want to look at it again. It was written in 1840 by John Stuart, and I suspect…

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