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!

Joachim Lafleur

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

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July, 2024. You can order this book at your local…

Grand Coulee

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 31, 2016 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"

In 1848 Thomas Lowe’s York Factory Express went out by the Grand Coulee. No other express had taken that out of the way route, as far as I am aware,…