Paul Kane on the Columbia River

In this post on Paul Kane’s journey to the Pacific Slopes (otherwise known as the west side of the Rocky Mountains), we are leaving Boat Encampment and making our way…
Read moreIn this post on Paul Kane’s journey to the Pacific Slopes (otherwise known as the west side of the Rocky Mountains), we are leaving Boat Encampment and making our way…
Read moreJ. Orin Oliphant wrote an excellent article on “Old Fort Colville [Colvile]”, and I am again dipping into it to discover what farm animals were to be found there over…
Read moreJohn 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…
Read moreSo in the last John Work journal, he and Peter Skene Ogden had reached Boat Encampment, having come down the Big Hill from Athabasca Pass. In this bit of journal,…
Read moreAs you will see in this post, https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-murderer/ , there was an Indigenous man at the Fort Alexandria post that creeped everyone else out, because of his supposed direct involvement…
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