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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Historic Posts Columbia District

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 16, 2025 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Historic Posts Columbia District

So, in this post we are looking at the Historic Posts found in the Columbia District. Vancouver’s Island is considered a part of the Columbia District, although it was separate…

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The S.S.Beaver sails to the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 17, 2024 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
The S.S.Beaver sails to the Columbia River

In 1836, the S.S. Beaver sails east from the Sandwich Islands to the mouth of the Columbia River and, eventually, Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters on the Pacific Slopes. Here…

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Anderson and Wilkes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 16, 2023 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Hudson's Bay Company
Anderson and Wilkes

Alexander Caulfield Anderson was the gentleman in charge of Fort Nisqually when Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, with his United States Exploring Expedition, arrived at that post in May 1841. As I…

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Anderson and the River of Rapids

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 18, 2023 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Anderson and the River of Rapids

James Anderson is continuing his way up the Back River, having spent the night just north of Baillie’s River. Now it is time to ascend the long rapid — the…

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Thomas Lowe, Summer 1845

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 11, 2023 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Thomas Lowe, Summer 1845

  And so we come to July, 1845, when clerk Thomas Lowe continued to write in his journal on what happened at the Pacific Coast headquarters of Fort Vancouver, in…

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