Simpson at Fort Nisqually
So we are having some fun following Sir George Simpson on his 1841 journey to Fort Nisqually and on to the northwest coast. All this started when I found a…
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I found a file in the British Columbia Archives, labeled “Rough Notes of Journeys in the Northwest,” ca. 1850, Mss-3622. You can see where this story started: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/tiny-stories/ The…
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I have two stories to tell you. The first is the story of Patrick McKenzie, someone who did not become famous in the HBC’s fur trade: anything but, in fact.…
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In 1840 and 1841, Alexander Caulfield Anderson was put in temporary charge of the Cowlitz Farm, and later posted to Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound. The location of the future…
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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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