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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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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John McLoughlin in 1841

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 14, 2022 "Headquarters", Fort Victoria stories
John McLoughlin in 1841

Fort Vancouver’s Chief Factor, John McLoughlin, had little to do with the building of Fort Victoria, and nothing at all to do with its management, in spite of the fact…

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The Barlow Road

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 25, 2021 "York Factory Express", Explorations
The Barlow Road

THIS POST IS UPDATED with more information of interest to Washington State historians — see below. The Barlow Road was a historic wagon road built in 1846 by some American…

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Fort Victoria Murderers

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson May 15, 2021 "Headquarters", Deaths and Murders, Fort Victoria stories
Fort Victoria Murderers

I wonder how many people today know that Fort Victoria was built, in part, by a group of five murderers from Fort Stikine? Let me tell you the story. There…

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“Indian Mounds”

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson August 11, 2018 Fur Trade History, Natives in the Fur Trade
“Indian Mounds”

In following up another story, I discovered this one on “Indian Mounds” on a river that was supposed to be called the Deschutes, or “Falls River.” This river was supposed…

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