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!

NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON
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John Warren Dease

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 18, 2016 "Two Canoes", Fur Trade History
John Warren Dease

Two Dease brothers worked on the west side side of the Rocky Mountains: Peter Warren Dease, and John Warren Dease. Peter is quite well known as an explorer; John not…

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Paul Fraser

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 21, 2016 "The Brigades", Deaths and Murders
Paul Fraser

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July, 2024. You may order my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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George Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 23, 2016 "The Brigades", Metis in the West
George Stewart Simpson, son of Governor George Simpson

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You can purchase my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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From Little Fort to Kamloops

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 21, 2015 Brigade Trail Journals, The OId Brigade Trail
From Little Fort to Kamloops

I received a message the other day, from a member of the Simpcw First Nations. These are the people who occupy the territory around Little Fort, north of Kamloops on…

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Peter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 28, 2015 "The Brigades", Hudson's Bay Company
Peter Skene Ogden reports on the California gold rush

My book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, was published by Ronsdale Press in July 2024. You can order my books, The HBC Brigades,…

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