Fort Colvile Brigade
This is the story of the Fort Covile Brigade in its early years. The story is told by John Work, and there are some very interesting comments made in this…
Read moreThis is the story of the Fort Covile Brigade in its early years. The story is told by John Work, and there are some very interesting comments made in this…
Read moreIn 1836, the S.S. Beaver sails east from the Sandwich Islands to the mouth of the Columbia River and, eventually, Fort Vancouver, the HBC headquarters on the Pacific Slopes. Here…
Read moreRobert Clouston crossed the Rocky Mountains into the Columbia District in 1850, accompanying the botanist John Jeffrey on his journey west. Clouston had plenty to say about the crossing of…
Read moreWith a lot of hard work and a little luck, my book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict, and the Perilous Journeys of the Fur Trade, will be published by Ronsdale…
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