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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Betsy Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 29, 2020 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Betsy Birnie

Betsy was the eldest daughter of James and Charlot Birnie, born in 1822 at the North West Company’s Spokane House. She was a toddler at Fort Okanogan. When she was…

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Joachim Lafleur

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 28, 2019 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Joachim Lafleur

Joachim Lafleur worked at Fort Okanogan in the 1840’s, when Alexander Caulfield Anderson was in charge of Fort Colvile. I just wrote a tweet that mentioned Lafleur, and that reminded…

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Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 24, 2018 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Lac La Hache (Axe Lake)

I would love to know how Lac la Hache got its name, but I only know that it is named for an axe which apparently was lost in its waters,…

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Reverend Staines

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 17, 2018 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History
Reverend Staines

In 1850, James Robert Anderson, and his older sister, Eliza Charlotte, traveled over the brigade trail from Fort Colvile with their father, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, to attend the school in…

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