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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Hayes River Posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 16, 2022 "York Factory Express", Fur Trade History
Hayes River Posts

In 1826, when the first York Factory Express men descended the Hayes River from Norway House to York Factory, they passed through only one Hayes River post: Oxford House. That…

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Book Reviews

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 27, 2021 "York Factory Express", Writing
Book Reviews

Writers always look forward to their first book reviews, and fear them at the same time. But so far, I am getting good reviews that not everyone will be able…

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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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Bits and Pieces

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 18, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Bits and Pieces

Lately, in my research in other quarters, I have been running across bits and pieces of other gentlemen’s York Factory Express journals. None of them are long enough, nor interesting…

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The Railway vs the Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 14, 2020 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
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…

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