THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, & PERILOUS JOURNEYS
From the post at #WallaWalla #WA, the HBC clerk Thomas Lowe will return to Fort #Vancouver by a newly built pioneer road that leads him to the Willamette Valley--the Barlow Road. #TheHBCBrigades #Journeys #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/the-barlow-road/

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, 1847:
"Beautiful day. Had a fine breeeze until noon, after which it fell calm. Current unusually strong. Encamped about 10 miles above John Days River.
"Tuesday. Weather clear and warm, but a strong head wind all day, and consequently made slow progress. The boats were a good deal scraped in coming up the rapids, and had to be gummed. Encamped a few miles below the lower end of the Big Island.
"Wednesday. Remarkably hot... #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE
#Blogpost. When A.C. Anderson arrived at Fort Colvile in 1848, he discovered that he was responsible for building the new mill on the farm, the building of which had been begun, but remained unfinished for three years. #HBCHistory #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-colvile-mill/

HBC BRIGADES JOURNAL, 1831:
"Reached the Islands below the Dalles where we put up for the night.
"Wednesday. Got to the Dalles. In towing the boats up the little Channel one of them filled, nothing lost. With the assistance of the Natives got over the Portage at 3 pm, left that and Encamped near the Chutes Portage. Some salmon was traded here and at the Dalles from the Natives.
"Thursday. After sunset put up near John Days River. Very warm weather. #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory

YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia River, was, in everyone's mind, the centre of civilization west of the Rocky Mountains. It was built over the winter of 1824-25, and the old headquarters of Fort George was then abandoned. Here is Fort #Vancouver #WA 's story: #HistoricJourney #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-vancouver/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
In 1849, clerk Thomas Lowe is in the process of retiring from the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort #Vancouver #WA. Nevertheless, before his actual retirement he makes one more journey up the Columbia River to #WallaWalla. He will return home by a different route, but that's not yet.... #HBCHistory #WAHistory #AmWritingHistory #HistoricJourney https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/up-the-columbia/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE, will be published by Ronsdale Press in May, 2024.
#Blogpost Fort Colvile was a fur trade post, alright, but it was also a farm which shipped its produce all the way north into New Caledonia #FortStJames. But to grind wheat, you must have a mill -- so this is the story of the Fort Colvile mill. #HBCHistory #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-colvile-mill/

THE HBC BRIGADES: CULTURE, CONFLICT, AND PERILOUS JOURNEYS OF THE FUR TRADE, will be published by Ronsdale Press in May 2024:
#Blogpost The building of Fort Colvile, begun in June 1825, was stalled by winter and still not visible, as a fur trade post, when the outgoing York Factory Express passed it in April 1825. But by the fall, it had taken its place in the list of forts built on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/fort-colvile-farm/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
The gentlemen who kept these journals were in a hurry to get home, and many stopped recording their experiences once they had reached Fort Colvile -- after all, they were almost at their final destination of Fort #Vancouver #WA. Here are the few records that did get written. #HistoricJourney #AmWritingHistory #WAHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/final-leg/

THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
In 1846, the artist Paul Kane made his way down the Columbia River, travelling from Boat Encampment to Fort Colvile and, eventually, Fort Vancouver, where his Express arrived very late in the year. I stil don't know why they were travelling so late in the year.... #BCHistory #HistoricJourney #WAHistory #AmWritingHistory https://nancymargueriteanderson.com/paul-kane-9/