Historic Posts Columbia District
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 and Wilkes
Alexander Caulfield Anderson was the gentleman in charge of Fort Nisqually when Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, with his United States Exploring Expedition, arrived at that post in May 1841. As I…
Read moreThomas Lowe, Summer 1845
And so we come to July, 1845, when clerk Thomas Lowe continued to write in his journal on what happened at the Pacific Coast headquarters of Fort Vancouver, in…
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Thomas Lowe’s journal is the only source of information that I have at the moment, on what was happening at Fort Vancouver in Spring and early Summer of 1845. He…
Read moreThomas 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…
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