John McLoughlin in 1841

Fort Vancouver’s Chief Factor, John McLoughlin, had little to do with the building of Fort Victoria, and nothing at all to do with its management, in spite of the fact…
Read moreIn 1841, while he was in charge of Fort Nisqually, Alexander Caulfield Anderson got into a little trouble with Chief Factor John McLoughlin. Anderson had quarreled with a French-Canadian employee,…
Read moreIn 2002 I was introduced to a story in Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s life that I had not heard before. This introduction came in the form of an email sent to…
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