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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Paul Kane and the Brigades

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson July 16, 2022 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express" 4 Comments
Paul Kane and the Brigades

In 1848, the artist, Paul Kane, left Fort Vancouver with the New Caledonia Brigades, traveling with them as far as Fort Colvile. This is the first leg of his journey…

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Buried Alive

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 29, 2022 "York Factory Express", A.C. Anderson’s Writing
Buried Alive

Alexander Caulfield Anderson came into Fort Vancouver with the incoming Columbia Express of 1832. As he and his incoming Express party reached Fort Nez Percés, they had an interesting, but…

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South of Fort Colvile, on the Columbia River

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson December 17, 2016 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
South of Fort Colvile, on the Columbia River

This post is the twenty first leg of the York Factory Express journey, and we are “falling down” the Columbia River south of Fort Colvile. The gentlemen who were keeping…

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Waiilatpu Massacre

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 9, 2016 "The Brigades", "York Factory Express"
Waiilatpu Massacre

From my first book, The Pathfinder, I post the brief introduction to the 1847 measles epidemic in the Columbia district and New Caledonia [British Columbia], that eventually resulted in the…

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Chilcotin Post

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 3, 2015 Fur Trade History, Hudson's Bay Company
Chilcotin Post

The Chilcotin post, first built in 1829 as a temporary post and completed at a later date, stood at the junction of the Chilco and Chilcotin Rivers and was an…

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