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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On the way to Sitka

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 25, 2021 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
On the way to Sitka

This post is about Thomas Lowe’s journey north to Sitka, the Russian headquarters on the Northwest Coast, in what is now the Alaska Panhandle.  I do have to correct something…

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Saskatchewan Horses

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 27, 2018 Fur Trade History, HBC Transportation Systems
Saskatchewan Horses

Did you know that the HBC men west of the Rocky Mountains imported horses from the Saskatchewan district to increase the number of horses in their own district? They did…

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York Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 16, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
York Factory Express: Carlton House to Fort Pitt

Between Carlton House and Fort Pitt, the gentlemen in the incoming York Factory Express always hunted for bison on the prairies between the two forts. George Traill Allan passed through…

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James Birnie, 1826

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 9, 2015 "York Factory Express", James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie, 1826

My great-great-grandfather was a member of the 1826 York Factory Express journey that crossed the Rocky Mountains from the Columbia River to Hudson Bay and return. I have known this…

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