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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Fort Yukon

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 12, 2019 "Journeys", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Yukon

In 1847, HBC trader Alexander Hunter Murray built Fort Yukon on the Yukon River, just inside the boundaries of what was then Russian Territory, on the instructions of Chief Factor…

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Peel’s River Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 6, 2019 "Journeys", HBC Transportation Systems
Peel’s River Post

In the book, Two Journals of Robert Campbell, Early Journal – 1808 to 1851, Chief Factor Robert Campbell briefly described his crossing of the land portage from LaPierre’s House, on…

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