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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USSEX at Nisqually

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 12, 2023 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
USSEX at Nisqually

In 1841, the United States Exploring Expedition, whose name is often shortened to USSEX, is about to arrive at Fort Nisqually, on Puget Sound! He had first attempted to enter…

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Constructing Fort Victoria

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 3, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
Constructing Fort Victoria

There is actually very little information on the actual work of constructing Fort Victoria, on the southern coast of the HBC’s Vancouver’s Island, and Roderick Finlayson’s journals may give us…

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