Simpson to Fort Nisqually
So, in August 1841, Governor (now Sir George) Simpson arrived at Fort Vancouver, on the lower Columbia River. The date of arrival was August 25, and he and his party…
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So, in this post we are looking at the Historic Posts found in the Columbia District. Vancouver’s Island is considered a part of the Columbia District, although it was separate…
Read moreAnderson at the First Fort Nisqually
In early to mid- October of 1841, clerk Alexander Caulfield Anderson finally arrived at the first Fort Nisqually, built in spring, 1833, on Puget Sound. For the fort’s early history,…
Read moreLocating Fort Albert
In a letter written June 24 1842, to the Governor and Committee of the Hudson’s Bay Company in London, John McLoughlin argued that “In a private note dated Taco 24th…
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