Thomas Lowe, 1845
For Thomas Lowe, it is 1845 — and of course it is time for me to write a Thomas Lowe post. Yet, I discover that most of the information I…
Read moreFort Vancouver Fire
In this blogpost, clerk Thomas Lowe, who is my eyes and ears at Fort Vancouver, is readying himself to tell us more of what is happening at this Pacific Coast…
Read moreThomas Lowe’s Summer 1844
It is summer 1844, and Thomas Lowe, who has faithfully kept up his private journal until September 1843, has now picked up his journalling again. He is still at Fort…
Read moreThomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver
On June 15, 1843, Thomas Lowe arrived at Fort Vancouver, about ninety miles upriver from the mouth of the Columbia, after having served both at the northwest coast post of…
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