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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Anderson at Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 19, 2023 "Headquarters", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Anderson at Fort Nisqually

In 1840 and 1841, Alexander Caulfield Anderson was put in temporary charge of the Cowlitz Farm, and later posted to Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound. The location of the future…

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Up the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 31, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Up the Columbia River

In August 1849, clerk Thomas Lowe journeyed up the Columbia River as far as Fort Nez Percés, following the same river route that the York Factory Express had travelled in…

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Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 1, 2019 Hudson's Bay Company, James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
Shipwrecks on the Columbia River

The mouth of the Columbia River was crisscrossed with dangerous sandbars, and shipwrecks were relatively common. On many occasions, James Birnie was there to help in the rescue of the…

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The Grande Dalles in the NWC’s Long Narrows

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 10, 2016 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
The Grande Dalles in the NWC’s Long Narrows

The Long Narrows of the North West Company was a “five mile stretch of fast water 194 river miles from Fort George,” or Astoria, their then headquarters on the Pacific…

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Fort Nisqually Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 1, 2014 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Nisqually Stories

A year or two ago I was invited to speak to the Anderson Island Historical Society — Anderson is the name of the island off the old location of Fort…

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