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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Seizure at Puget Sound

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 11, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Seizure at Puget Sound

Well, I have a new problem to figure out: that is, exactly what did happen in the seizure of two HBC ships in Puget Sound in December 1851.  This is…

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Oars or Paddles

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 8, 2024 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
Oars or Paddles

Did the HBC men use oars or paddles in their boats? I would have thought paddles, but I think I am not correct in every instance. So, let’s find out!…

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Samuel Black

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 27, 2024 "The Brigades", Deaths and Murders
Samuel Black

Samuel Black was the oddest of all the HBC men. Black, born in 1780, was a young highlander of enormous size when he came to Canada and joined the fur…

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Fort Colvile Brigades

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 23, 2024 "The Brigades", Brigade Trail Journals
Fort Colvile Brigades

In this blogpost we continue the stories of the incoming 1828 Fort Colvile Brigades, as they make their way up the Columbia River from Fort Vancouver. The man who kept…

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Fort Colvile Brigade

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 16, 2024 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Fort Colvile Brigade

This is the story of the Fort Covile Brigade in its early years. The story is told by John Work, and there are some very interesting comments made in this…

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