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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James Birnie Retires

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2020 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie Retires

James Birnie was a big man; a broad-shouldered and deep-chested man who stood six feet tall, according to Irene Martin, who wrote the book Beach of Heaven. He spoke in…

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Rose Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 9, 2017 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet, London Ship
Rose Birnie

Rose Birnie was James Birnie’s younger sister. She lived most of her life in Aberdeen, Scotland, but joined her brother at Cathlamet, Washington Territory, to act as teacher for his…

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Charlot Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 5, 2016 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Charlot Birnie

It will shock the descendants of James and Charlot Birnie to know this: that on James Birnie’s return to the Columbia district in 1826 with the incoming York Factory Express,…

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James Birnie, Spokane House to 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 1, 2014 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie, Spokane House to 1823

Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s father in law was James Birnie. He is my great-great-grandfather, and this is his story. I will post this in many parts, because I know a lot about…

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Captain James Scarborough’s Gold

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 26, 2013 Deaths and Murders, Hudson's Bay Company
Captain James Scarborough’s Gold

This is a story especially for Washington State residents, because many of you have heard the story of Captain James Scarborough’s Gold. Alexander Caulfield Anderson played a part in this story…

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