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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Mysterious McIntyre

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 4, 2026 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company 2 Comments
Mysterious McIntyre

Who is the mysterious McIntyre who turns up in Sir George Simpson’s book, An Overland Journey Round the World? Whoever it is, it seems he travelled with Simpson on the…

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Simpson at Fort Vancouver

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 19, 2025 "Headquarters", Fur Trade History
Simpson at Fort Vancouver

So we are going to talk about Governor Simpson at Fort Vancouver, and I will attempt to discover what he did there in the week that he stayed at the…

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John Kirk Townsend & the 1836 Brigade

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 24, 2025 "The HBC Brigades", Brigade Trail Journals
John Kirk Townsend & the 1836 Brigade

The 1836 Brigade is only a small part of the story that ornithologist John Kirk Townsend tells — but it is an interesting part of his story. His book, published…

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Little Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 26, 2025 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Little Stories

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.…

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HMS Modeste and USS Shark

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 1, 2024 "Headquarters", Headquarters
HMS Modeste and USS Shark

The HMS Modeste and the USS Shark both spent time in the Columbia River, anchored off the HBC headquarters of Fort Vancouver. In reading articles about these two historic warships,…

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