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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Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 10, 2025 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories 1 Comment
Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken

So lets talk about old Fort Victoria through the eyes of Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken, who arrived at this post in the HBC ship Norman Morison in March, 1850. The…

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William John Macdonald

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 3, 2025 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories 4 Comments
William John Macdonald

William John Macdonald worked at Fort Victoria in the early 1850s. He was also a member of the Victoria Voltigeurs — but when? This is what I am trying to…

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Little Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 26, 2025 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories 2 Comments
Little Stories

I keep running across little stories that I had questions about, but no answers. One of the little stories was the theft of money at the Sandwich Islands in 1850.…

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Columbia Express

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 13, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Columbia Express

As we know, if you have purchased and read my book, The York Factory Express, the proper name for the incoming Express was the Columbia Express — although some people…

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Reverend Staines

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 17, 2018 Fort Victoria stories, Fur Trade History
Reverend Staines

In 1850, James Robert Anderson, and his older sister, Eliza Charlotte, traveled over the brigade trail from Fort Colvile with their father, Alexander Caulfield Anderson, to attend the school in…

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Recent Posts

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