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In case you want to read it, here is my new blogpost, on William John Macdonald, who worked at Fort #Victoria #BC in 2852 https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/william-john-macdonald/

@Tarnport And you don't live in China.... Let me look tomorrow to see what I can do.

@Tarnport Where do you live? What country, I mean. What that phrase means is that you live in a country, like China, that has a lot of spammers, etc.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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There were many historic posts on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, and in this post I list those that are in the Yukon and northern BC. There were a surprising number of posts up there.... https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/historic-posts-in-the-west/

A canoe on a rapid filled Canadian River, with paddlers working hard and the two gentlemen seated in the centre of the canoe.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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John Stuart turned over the command of the district that surrounded the HBC's #FortStJames to William Connolly in about 1824, and James McDougall, who was second in command, must have resided at this HBC post. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/researching-fort-st-james/

A man in a canoe paddles across a long thin lake. The image is not, however, of Stuart's Lake on which Fort St James sits.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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Finally the group of men who came north from the Columbia River to explore the Fraser began the long journey home again, tired and cold and wet from the constant rains. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/frasers-river/

A prime example of a post and sill building of the HBC, whitewashed and shingle roofed.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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The group of gentlemen and voyageurs finally reached the banks of Fraser's River, and explored upriver as far as Harrison River (I think), and then downriver, to its mouth. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/exploring-frasers-river/

Re-enactors example of an HBC fur trade camp, with canvas tents for the gentlemen and cook fires for all. To the left men talk under a canvas fly. In the background the palisades of replica Fort Langey.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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From Puget Sound, the group of gentlemen and voyageurs from Fort George #Astoria make their way up a narrow winding river to the Fraser. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/nicomekl-river/

Looking up the wide Fraser River toward the mountains in the distance.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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A group of gentlemen and voyageurs have made their way north from Fort George #Astoria to Puget Sound, on their way north to the Fraser River. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/puget-sound/

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
In 1824, a group of HBC men set out from Fort George #Astoria, at the mouth of the Columbia, and made their way north to explore the Fraser River. #AmWriting #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fraser-river/

Fort George, at the mouth of the Columbia River.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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Fort Alexandria and its various locations on both sides of the river: a dip into the post journals helped me figure out the post's first location, and its last. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-alexandria-location/

The banks of the Fraser River, showing where the first location was, and the last.

@ilanderz it’s hilarious! I do that too. I love finding typos on books I’ve read a million times.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
The Hudson's Bay Company took over the headquarters and territory of the North West Company in 1821, and they forced change on the fur trade west of the Rocky Mountains. Historians look at these differently (which is the way it should be). https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/duelling-hisorians/

The cover of my book, The HBC Brigades: Culture, Conflict & Perilous Journeys...

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
In 1813, John Stuart rode over Indigenous trails from the banks of the Fraser River to #Kamloops and on to the Columbia and Fort George, at the mouth of the river. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/john-stuart/

A section of a map that shows the brigade trail which ran through the wilderness between the Fraser River and Kamloops.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
No HBC history on the west side of the Rocky Mountains can go without mentioning their northern headquarters at Fort St. James #FortStJames. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-st-james-2/

Gentlemen on horseback leading out the brigades, riding past a blue lake.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
A short chronology of the fur trade as it happened on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, shows the important of the Hudson's Bay Co trade to modern day British Columbia and Washingon. #BC #WA #History https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/chronology-fur-trade/

A simple map of the Columbia district that surrounded Fort Vancouver, and the New Caledonia district at Fort St. James.

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When you're trash but you're still cute :neocat_peek_owo:

Photo of a cat peeking its head out of a small office trash can with a lid.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
In 1858, the American goldminers invaded Fraser's River, causing chaos everywhere, forcing James Douglas to travel to #Hope #BC to force them to behave. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fraser-river-goldrush/

A ripple in the water of a river that flows between rocky and tree lined river banks toward the high hills in the distance.

STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS BEFORE 1858:
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I wouldn't have thought that the HBC would have imported cheese as part of the traders' provisions, but apparently, they did! https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/cheese/

Historic post and sill building of the HBC fur trade, whitewashed and shingle roofed. This is the old storehouse at replica Fort Langley.

Here is my new blogpost. It has never occurred to me to post it here (and I don't know why not). So here we are: Little Stories make Big Stories. https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/little-stories/

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