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!

Little Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 26, 2025 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories 2 Comments

I keep running across little stories that I had questions about, but no answers. One of the little stories was the theft of money at the Sandwich Islands in 1850.…

Joachim Lafleur

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 28, 2019 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"

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,…