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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John Jeffrey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 11, 2024 "The HBC Brigades", "York Factory Express"
John Jeffrey

So, who was John Jeffrey anyway? John Jeffrey was a Scottish botanist who came to the west side of the Rocky Mountains in 1851. In early 1850 he had been…

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Robert Clouston

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 22, 2023 "Headquarters", "York Factory Express"
Robert Clouston

Robert Clouston crossed the Rocky Mountains into the Columbia District in 1850, accompanying the botanist John Jeffrey on his journey west. Clouston had plenty to say about the crossing of…

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