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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Historic Posts in the West

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 8, 2025 "Journeys", Fur Trade History
Historic Posts in the West

So lets do a fun post about the Historic Posts in the West: that is, posts on the West side of the Rocky Mountains. The Peel’s River post (Fort McPherson)…

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Otter skins

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 9, 2024 "Headquarters", "York Factory Express"
Otter skins

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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Connecting Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 14, 2024 "Headquarters", "York Factory Express"

Sometimes, quite by accident, a writer is able to connect one story to another in ways that makes two little stories into another story that is much more important. Connecting…

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Samuel Black

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 27, 2024 "The Brigades", Deaths and Murders
Samuel Black

Samuel Black was the oddest of all the HBC men. Black, born in 1780, was a young highlander of enormous size when he came to Canada and joined the fur…

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Anderson at Fort Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 19, 2023 "Headquarters", A Literary A. C. Anderson
Anderson at Fort Nisqually

In 1840 and 1841, Alexander Caulfield Anderson was put in temporary charge of the Cowlitz Farm, and later posted to Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound. The location of the future…

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