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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John Jeffrey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 11, 2024 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
John Jeffrey

So, who was John Jeffrey anyway? John Jeffrey was a Scottish botanist who came to the west side of the Rocky Mountains in 1851. In early 1850 he had been…

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The Similkameen Valley section of the Brigade Trail

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson June 9, 2018 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails

In 1859, Royal Engineer Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer rode over the brigade trail to Fort Colvile at the side of Angus McDonald, who was then in charge of that Columbia…

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Collin’s Gulch

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 28, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
Collin’s Gulch

In 1849, Deputy-Governor Eden Colvile traveled into the New Caledonia by the Peace River route. As he said in his letter to Sir J. H. Pelly, written from Fort Victoria…

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The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 22, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Louchameen [Zouchameen] Road

In late 1858, Lieutenant Henry Spencer Palmer of the Royal Engineers arrived at Fort Victoria with the second batch of soldiers. By late summer of 1859, he was assigned to…

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The Road Crew

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 29, 2017 "The Brigades", Brigade Trails
The Road Crew

I sometimes work with a researcher who does not listen, and it becomes very difficult to have to explain, once again, that the information he/she is presenting me is not…

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