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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Two Stories

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 5, 2025 "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Two Stories

I have two stories to tell you. The first is the story of Patrick McKenzie, someone who did not become famous in the HBC’s fur trade: anything but, in fact.…

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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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Cape Disappointment

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 23, 2024 "Headquarters", Headquarters
Cape Disappointment

I am exploring what happened when Henry James Warre came to the Columbia district in August 1845, travelling in with Peter Skene Ogden. There were some very interesting conversations going…

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Warre and Vavasour’s Report

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 14, 2024 "Headquarters", "The Brigades", Fur Trade History
Warre and Vavasour’s Report

I am perusing Warre and Vavasour’s Report of their Military Reconnoissance in Oregon over the winter of 1845-46, and finding it very interesting. The fun part of reports and records…

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HMS Modeste and USS Shark

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 1, 2024 "Headquarters", Headquarters
HMS Modeste and USS Shark

The HMS Modeste and the USS Shark both spent time in the Columbia River, anchored off the HBC headquarters of Fort Vancouver. In reading articles about these two historic warships,…

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