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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John Tod and me

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 1, 2022 London Ship
John Tod and me

No, I am not running off with John Tod of Kamloops: I am just telling you that there will be no blogpost this day, partly because I am so exhausted…

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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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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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William Sinclair Jr.

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson October 16, 2021 Hudson's Bay Company, Metis in the West
William Sinclair Jr.

William Sinclair Jr was one of the most interesting men to work west of the Rocky Mountains, but it took me a long time to put his story together —…

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Bits and Pieces

By Nancy Marguerite Anderson September 18, 2021 "York Factory Express", Hudson's Bay Company
Bits and Pieces

Lately, in my research in other quarters, I have been running across bits and pieces of other gentlemen’s York Factory Express journals. None of them are long enough, nor interesting…

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