Carpet Beetles
It is time, once again, to talk about the little bugs that would have plagued fur traders everywhere — carpet beetles! The story begins with my mother, who at 90…
Read moreLittle Fort, on the North Thompson River
It delights me to find people who are interested in the history of the little place they came from — and I have heard from someone who is from one…
Read moreFrom Little Fort to Kamloops
I received a message the other day, from a member of the Simpcw First Nations. These are the people who occupy the territory around Little Fort, north of Kamloops on…
Read morePeter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush
Peter Skene Ogden, Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver in 1848, was definitely a character, and his private letters prove that. However, the hard part of reading Ogden’s letters is his…
Read moreHenry Newsham Peers’ Journal
James, son of Alexander Caulfield Anderson, described Henry Newsham Peers — who kept the journal of the incoming 1848 brigade — as a man of “quite a gay temperament, handsome…
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