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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Simpson at Fort Vancouver 1825

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 15, 2025 "Headquarters", HBC Transportation Systems
Simpson at Fort Vancouver 1825

Governor George Simpson spent the winter of 1824-25 at Fort George [Astoria]. So what happened while he was there? There are lots of little stories that I picked up in…

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Fort Vancouver Fire

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 23, 2022 "Headquarters", Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Vancouver Fire

In this blogpost, clerk Thomas Lowe, who is my eyes and ears at Fort Vancouver, is readying himself to tell us more of what is happening at this Pacific Coast…

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William Sinclair Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 16, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
William Sinclair Jr.

William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…

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