In 1841, Governor Simpson travelled west from Fort Garry, on Red River, to the Columbia district. Here’s a continuation of our History Mystery, which began with this post: https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/rough-notes/ and…
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In Fall, 1845, Thomas Lowe continued to record the many new happenings and visitors to Fort Vancouver. I finished the last post with this this paragraph: “Two other British officers are…
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I am exploring what happened when Henry James Warre came to the Columbia district in August 1845, travelling in with Peter Skene Ogden. There were some very interesting conversations going…
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I am perusing Warre and Vavasour’s Report of their Military Reconnoissance in Oregon over the winter of 1845-46, and finding it very interesting. The fun part of reports and records…
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This story has on odd beginning: you would not think that a story about Otter Skins would have anything to do with the construction of a fur trade fort, would…
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