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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David Douglas goes home

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 28, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas goes home

In this post, botanist David Douglas heads for home in England, after his journey down the Athabasca River with the outgoing York Factory Express. Edward Ermatinger was the leader of…

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David Douglas’s Athabasca River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 26, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas’s Athabasca River

In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled with the outgoing York Factory Express down the Athabasca River to Jasper’s House. From the height of the Rocky Mountains, as shown above, the…

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Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 31, 2018 "Two Canoes", "York Factory Express"
Two Canoes: John Work comes down the Columbia River

So in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. In this bit of journal,…

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Cattle Drive

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 27, 2017 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Cattle Drive

A few days ago I was thinking about the 1843 brigade trail, and wondered if I would get any clues on its location from David Douglas’s journey to New Caledonia…

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Animals in the HBC’s New Caledonia posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 20, 2017 Brigade Trails, Fur Trade History
Animals in the HBC’s New Caledonia posts

I just read an article online, published in the Gering Citizen Newspaper [Facebook page], on Domestic Animals on the Oregon Trail. The author, Lesley Gaunt, listed quite a number of…

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