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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Hayes River Posts

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson April 16, 2022 "York Factory Express", Fur Trade History
Hayes River Posts

In 1826, when the first York Factory Express men descended the Hayes River from Norway House to York Factory, they passed through only one Hayes River post: Oxford House. That…

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David Douglas’s Rockies

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson February 19, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas’s Rockies

In 1827, botanist David Douglas travelled out of the Columbia District with Edward Ermatinger’s outgoing York Factory Express. In this section of his journal we will be reading a description…

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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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David Douglas and his YFE journey

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson January 8, 2022 "York Factory Express", HBC Transportation Systems
David Douglas and his YFE journey

The botanist named David Douglas journeyed out of the Columbia District in Edward Ermatinger’s 1827 outgoing York Factory Express. He left behind him an interesting journal. Here goes: On the…

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Book Reviews

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 27, 2021 "York Factory Express", Writing
Book Reviews

Writers always look forward to their first book reviews, and fear them at the same time. But so far, I am getting good reviews that not everyone will be able…

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