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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The Bully of Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 1, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Bully of Fort Nisqually

There is another brigade trail which I keep forgetting to mention: of course, until recently I did not know a lot about it. In fact I was quite surprised, only…

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Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 8, 2016 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Fort Vancouver

In my book, The Pathfinder, I included a caption that indicated the size of Fort Vancouver over the years, and how it changed in size. The caption appears on page…

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Dugald Mactavish

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 2, 2016 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Dugald Mactavish

Who was Dugald Mactavish, who took over Fort Vancouver after Peter Skene Ogden’s death in 1854? Bruce McIntyre Watson, in his book “Lives Lived,” tells us he was born in…

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Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 12, 2015 Deaths and Murders, Natives in the Fur Trade
Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox

I have always been interested in the story of the Walla Walla Chief named Peu-Peu-Mox-Mox — a Native who I think was a very honorable man. I run across him…

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