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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Fort Vancouver Fire

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 23, 2022 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort 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…

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Thomas Lowe at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 25, 2022 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Thomas 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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William Sinclair Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 16, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
William Sinclair Jr.

William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…

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Bits and Pieces

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 18, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Bits and Pieces

Lately, in my research in other quarters, I have been running across bits and pieces of other gentlemen’s York Factory Express journals. None of them are long enough, nor interesting…

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Thomas Lowe at the Sandwich Islands

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 19, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, London Ship
Thomas Lowe at the Sandwich Islands

In this post of the series on Thomas Lowe’s journey in the London Ship, Vancouver, he will reach the Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]. Or at least I hope he will. Let’s…

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