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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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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George Traill Allan

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 9, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
George Traill Allan

In 1841, George Traill Allan took out the York Factory Express to Hudson Bay, ten years after he had come into the territory in the 1831 Columbia Express. He is…

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James Lowe’s 1853 tour

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 6, 2018 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History
James Lowe’s 1853 tour

James Lowe was the younger brother of Thomas Lowe, who in 1849 retired from the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, and established himself as a store-keeper in Oregon Territory…

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Robert Clouston

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 2, 2017 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Robert Clouston

Chief Trader Robert Clouston wrote pithy letters that were informative and interesting: they are a delight to read, and they also give someone like me a picture of life in…

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Robert Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 11, 2017 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
Robert Birnie

Robert Birnie was the son of James Birnie, of the NWC and HBC. He was born in “Oregon [Territory] in the year 1824, 7th February, place now called Astoria, it…

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