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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Impossible Journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 29, 2021 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Impossible Journey

When I was doing research some time ago for another book (“The Brigades”), I ran across one man who made an impossible journey through New Caledonia, heading north to the…

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Descending the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 1, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Descending the Columbia River

I thought that for this series on the Columbia River, I might be able to access and read Samuel Black’s journal of his descent of the river in 1825. He…

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James Birnie Retires

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 20, 2020 Fur Trade History, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie Retires

James Birnie was a big man; a broad-shouldered and deep-chested man who stood six feet tall, according to Irene Martin, who wrote the book Beach of Heaven. He spoke in…

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Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 2, 2019 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Thomas Lowe and the York Factory Express

Thomas Lowe worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company from 1842 to his retirement in 1849, and he kept journals of his experiences in the Columbia district the entire time he…

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Lillooet Lake to Fort Langley

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 6, 2018 "The Brigades", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Lillooet Lake to Fort Langley

We begin again with Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s journal of his exploration/expedition from Kamloops to Fort Langley, by what later became the Harrison-Lillooet Trail. The year is 1846, and his party…

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