by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 18, 2016 | Astor, beaver, Columbia District, fur trade, Georg Simpson, Hudson’s Bay Company, joint occupancy, North West Company, Oregon Country, salmon
President-elect Trump’s promise to promote coal mining and open more public lands for development of natural gas and oil is not new politics. And the Indian-centered and inspired movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline is not the first fight by Native Americans...
by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 28, 2013 | Children of the Fur Trade, david thompson, fur trade, Henry Spalding, Hudson’s Bay Company, John C. Jackson, Marcus Whitman, nez perce gardens, North West Company, Spokane Garry
I argued against missionary Spalding as the original source of Wallowa Nez Perce gardens in my last blog post, went on a laborious journey through Spokane House, Spokane Garry, the Church of England, and the fur trade as alternative sources of seeds and irrigation...
