Fort Colvile farm
J. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…
Read moreBetsy Birnie
Betsy was the eldest daughter of James and Charlot Birnie, born in 1822 at the North West Company’s Spokane House. She was a toddler at Fort Okanogan. When she was…
Read moreA Hudon Marriage and Baptism in old France
I told you in a previous post that I acquired a manuscript from an archives in France, that tells us of the Hudon-dit-Beaulieu family in France and in Quebec. But…
Read moreWe are still Here: the Métis in the West
As many of you know, I am descended from Joseph Beaulieu, who crossed the Rocky Mountains in 1807 with David Thompson. My DNA test tells me that he is a…
Read moreMurder at Pillar Rock
James Birnie played a role in the punishment of the murderers of the HBC fisherman at Pillar Rock in August 1840. This is the story that I promised you a…
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