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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Warre and Vavasour’s Report

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 14, 2024 "Headquarters", "The HBC Brigades", Fur Trade History
Warre and Vavasour’s Report

I am perusing Warre and Vavasour’s Report of their Military Reconnoissance in Oregon over the winter of 1845-46, and finding it very interesting. The fun part of reports and records…

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Fort Alexandria Locations

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 23, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Fur Trade History
Fort Alexandria Locations

Well, as you know, I wrote on our visit to Fort Alexandria a few weeks ago, and you will find that post here: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-alexandria-flood/ This post is updating that post:…

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Fort Alexandria Flood

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 19, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Fur Trade History

Today I am going to talk about the Fort Alexandria Flood. I just spent a week up in Williams Lake, with Ordell Steen showing my friend and me around Dairy…

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Researching Fort St James

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 5, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Fur Trade History
Researching Fort St James

Researching Fort St James is an enormous proposition, and if you had to do it all by yourself, it would impossible to do. Fortunately, we have help. This is a…

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Henry Anderson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 6, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", Anderson-Seton Family, Fur Trade History
Henry Anderson

What do I write about today? The constant question, asked and answered every week! While combing through my HBC Brigade files to find a subject that I have not yet…

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