The Railway vs the Express

Everything ends. Even the York Factory Express, that ran for twenty-six years across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton House, came to a sudden, crashing, end. Surprisingly, its death was caused…
Read moreEverything ends. Even the York Factory Express, that ran for twenty-six years across the Rocky Mountains to Edmonton House, came to a sudden, crashing, end. Surprisingly, its death was caused…
Read moreI have not paid enough attention to Paul Kane, and I am beginning to regret that fact. He is a very useful guy when it comes to west-of-the-Rockies history, and…
Read moreAs the York Factory Express men rushed down the flooding Saskatchewan River in their boats and canoes, they passed historic posts almost without noticing them. On their way upriver, they…
Read moreJohn Work is on his way west to Spokane House, his destination. In our last John Work post, we left his boats at the bottom end of the Upper Arrow…
Read moreI see I have forgotten to include the two journals that cover the short section of the Columbia River east of the Cascades, to Fort Nez Perces. It is time…
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