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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“Indian Mounds”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 11, 2018 Fur Trade History, Natives in the Fur Trade
“Indian Mounds”

In following up another story, I discovered this one on “Indian Mounds” on a river that was supposed to be called the Deschutes, or “Falls River.” This river was supposed…

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To Fort Nez Perces (Walla Walla)

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 3, 2016 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
To Fort Nez Perces (Walla Walla)

I 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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James Birnie and the 1826 York Factory Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 30, 2016 "York Factory Express", James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie and the 1826 York Factory Express

We, who are descendants of James Birnie of Spokane House and Fort Vancouver, have known he went out in the 1826 York Factory Express to Hudson Bay. What we did…

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