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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Seizure at Puget Sound

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 11, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Seizure at Puget Sound

Well, I have a new problem to figure out: that is, exactly what did happen in the seizure of two HBC ships in Puget Sound in December 1851.  This is…

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Thomas Lowe, Fall 1845

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 4, 2025 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Thomas Lowe, Fall 1845

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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Fort Victoria Ships

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson March 30, 2024 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Fort Victoria Ships

The years between 1844, when Charles Ross died, and 1846, when the Fort Victoria journals begin, are a bit of a wasteland so far as information re: the workings of…

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Anderson and Wilkes

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 16, 2023 Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Hudson's Bay Company
Anderson and Wilkes

Alexander Caulfield Anderson was the gentleman in charge of Fort Nisqually when Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, with his United States Exploring Expedition, arrived at that post in May 1841. As I…

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West Coast Christmas

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 17, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
West Coast Christmas

Even in the early days on the west coast of North America, the HBC men celebrated Christmas in much the same way as they had done at home, that is,…

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