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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Historic Posts in the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 8, 2025 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
Historic Posts in the West

So lets do a fun post about the Historic Posts in the West: that is, posts on the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The Peel’s River post (Fort McPherson)…

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John O’Brien

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 20, 2021 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
John O’Brien

I have one man I keep stumbling across: his name is John O’Brien. I found him first when he was mentioned in Thomas Lowe’s York Factory Express journal of 1847.…

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Pierre Pambrun Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 27, 2018 Deaths and Murders, Metis in the West
Pierre Pambrun Jr.

There is, of course, always more to the stories I write! I looked at the index in the HBRS book, London Correspondence Inward from Eden Colvile, 1849-1852, and found this,…

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