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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Joseph and Josephine Rondeau

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 25, 2018 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Joseph and Josephine Rondeau

I get asked a lot of questions, for the most part because people think I know everything about the Hudson’s Bay Company. I do not, although I have a lot…

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Two Canoes: John Work arrives at his destination

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 5, 2018 "Two Canoes", "York Factory Express"
Two Canoes: John Work arrives at his destination

John Work is on his way west to Spokane House, his destination. In our last John Work post, we left his boats at the bottom end of the Upper Arrow…

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Charlot Birnie

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 5, 2016 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Charlot Birnie

It will shock the descendants of James and Charlot Birnie to know this: that on James Birnie’s return to the Columbia district in 1826 with the incoming York Factory Express,…

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James Birnie, Spokane House to 1823

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 1, 2014 James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
James Birnie, Spokane House to 1823

Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s father in law was James Birnie. He is my great-great-grandfather, and this is his story. I will post this in many parts, because I know a lot about…

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