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The list of resource documents for this project keeps growing. Some documents are ready to post on the Internet and others have restrictions that allow “fair use” – in other words are available for free to researchers but cannot be sold or otherwise published. Then there is the issue of knowing what is in a document before opening it or even knowing that it exists. As an interim solution to these needs, a list of documents is shown on this page with descriptions and links to the documents. If access is restricted to fair use, you can request a document by email and it will be sent to you.<\/p>\n

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This page can be searched by using Ctrl-F or using the website search function. It is a simple system. We will see how it works for awhile.<\/p>\n

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The Hudson\u2019s Bay Company\u2019s Fort Colvile, 1825-1871<\/strong>
An annotated bibliography, by Tom Holloway (Thanks to Tom for the first entries in this library.)
Comments welcome, to tomholloway62@gmail.com<\/a>
June 26, 2021<\/p>\n

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Columbia Boats in the Pacific Northwest in the Fur Trade Era<\/a>
With Plans for Building a Modern Replica
By Tom Holloway, Research Volunteer, Fort Vancouver NHS, updated June 2021
Comments welcome, to email: tomholloway62@gmail.com<\/a>
Traveling<\/p>\n

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Barman, Jean, and Bruce M. Watson, \u201cFort Colvile’s Fur Trade Families and the Dynamics of
Race in the Pacific Northwest<\/strong>,\u201d The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 90:3 (Summer 1999), 140-153.
An overview of the social history of Fort Colvile from 1825 to 1871, focused on race,
ethnicity, mixed marriages, and metis children. Includes several historical photos of fort
buildings and the people discussed. (Request copy<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Elliott, T. C., \u201cJournal of John Work, June-October, 1825<\/b><\/a>,\u201d The Washington Historical Quarterly
5:2 (April 1914), 83-115.
Includes (pp. 98-99) a letter from HBC Governor George Simpson, dated April 16, 1825,
instructing John Work to begin construction of Fort Colvile, and Work\u2019s journal entries
(pp. 113-114) detailing that process.<\/p>\n

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Lewis, William S., \u201cArchibald McDonald: Biography and Genealogy,<\/b><\/a>\u201d The Washington Historical
Quarterly 9:2 (April 1918), 93-102.
On the HBC officer in charge at Fort Colvile from 1835 to 1844.\u00a0 He was the great uncle of Angus McDonald, the last fur trader at HBC Fort Colvile. There is more information on Angus below.\u00a0 Archibald was also the father of\u00a0Ranald McDonald<\/a>, the explorer and educator who\u00a0was the first native English-speaker to teach the\u00a0<\/span>English language<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<\/span>Japan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lewis, William S., \u201cFrancis Heron, Fur Trader: Other Herons,<\/b><\/a>\u201d The Washington Historical
Quarterly 11:1 (January 1920), 29-34.
Biography of Francis Heron, the HBC officer in charge at Fort Colvile, 1829-31 and
1834-35.<\/p>\n

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Lewis, William S., \u201cInformation Concerning the Establishment of Fort Colvile<\/b><\/a>\u201d The Washington
Historical Quarterly 16:2 (April 1925), 102-107.<\/p>\n

Quotes at length from several letters from HBC Governor George Simpson and others\u00a0on the topic, concluding with extensive material from the report by John Warren Dease\u00a0<\/span>of July 1827, and John Work\u2019s census of Indian tribes in the area as of April 1829. There<\/span>are no citations of the sources quoted, and a typo on the first page mistakenly gives the\u00a0<\/span>founding year as 1835. The correct year is 1825.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lewis, William S. and Jacob Meyers, \u201cLife at Old Fort Colvile<\/b>,<\/a>\u201d The Washington Historical
Quarterly 16:3 (July 1925), 198-205.
From the journal of Angus MacDonald, written January 1 to 31, 1868.<\/p>\n

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Oliphant, J. Orin, \u201cOld Fort Colville<\/a><\/strong>\u201d The Washington Historical Quarterly 16:1 (January 1925),
29-48.
Mainly consists of a compilation of extended quotations from published documents
concerning the establishment and operation of Fort Colvile from 1825 to 1846. Claims
2 (in an unnumbered note on p. 29) that \u201cthe more common spelling\u201d is Colville. That
claim is clearly contradicted by voluminous HBC documentation spelling Colvile with
one \u201cl\u201d consistent with the surname of HBC board member Andrew Colvile.<\/p>\n

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Oliphant, J. Orin, \u201cOld Fort Colville (Continued<\/a>)<\/strong>\u201d The Washington Historical Quarterly 16:2 (April
1925), 83-101.
A continuation of the previous installment, covering the period from 1846 to 1871,
included details on the final valuation of the property. Concludes with a section (pp.
97-101) on \u201cthe present town of Colville.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Partoll, Albert J., \u201cAngus McDonald, Frontier Fur Trader<\/strong>,\u201d The Pacific Northwest Quarterly 42:2
(April 1951), 138-145.
Biography of the HBC officer in charge of Fort Colvile from 1854 until it closed in 1871.\u00a0(<\/span>Request copy<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Recommended is\u00a0Angus McDonald of the Great Divide – The Uncommon Life of a Fur Trader, 1816 \u2013 1889<\/b><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Anderson, Steve<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watson, Bruce McIntyre, Lives Lived West of the Divide:<\/strong> A Biographical Dictionary of Fur
Traders Working West of the Rockies, 1793-1858. Kelowna, BC: The Centre for Social, Spatial
and Economic Justice, University of British Columbia, Okanagen, 2010.
The bulk of this 1,200+-page work consists of more than 4,000 biographical sketches,
most of them of HBC employees. On pp. 1,059-62 there is a brief history of Fort Colvile,
with a list of the men who worked there. Their biographies can be found in the main
listings. The ebook can be purchased for $5.00 at www.lulu,com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Williams, Christina MacDonald McKenzie, \u201cThe Daughter of Angus MacDonald,<\/b><\/a>\u201d The
Washington Historical Quarterly 13:2 (April 1922), 107-117.
Recollections of the daughter of Angus MacDonald, of growing up at Fort Colvile.<\/p>\n

George Simpson’s Trip Around the World<\/b><\/a>. This file contains 5 pages from a journal “From Edmonton House to Fort Vancouver” that have to do with arriving at HBC Fort Colvile and some negotiations regarding its establishment.<\/p>\n

Supplies sent to Fort Colvile<\/b><\/a>: 1827 from the HBC Archives. Lists tools, medicines, cloth etc. requested from Fort Vancouver by Fort Colvile.\u00a0 Good readable script with amounts and prices for a great variety of goods.<\/p>\n

Original HBC reports<\/b>:\u00a0 The following reports from Fort Colvile are derived from scanned documents in the HBC Archive.\u00a0 They are difficult to read and if anyone is up to it, transcriptions would be very welcome.\u00a0 Tom Holloway has offered some aids which are linked below.\u00a0 They are no longer copyrighted.<\/p>\n

P<\/b><\/a>hilip Goldman Archive<\/b><\/a>:\u00a0 This link goes to transcribed copies of the HBC reports listed below.\u00a0 Thanks to historian Philip Goldman for this work and the\u00a0link to his archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

B45-A-1FtColvile1830-31<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/B45-A-1FtColvile1830-31.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

B45-E-1–FtColvileReport1827<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/B45-E-1–FtColvileReport1827.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

B45-E-2–FtColvileReport1829<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/B45-E-2–FtColvileReport1829.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

B45-E-3–FtColvileReport1830<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/B45-E-3–FtColvileReport1830.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

B45-Z-1–FtColvileRecords1828-56<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/B45-Z-1–FtColvileRecords1828-56.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Aid number 1: Warren Dease Report 1827 – Compare transcription to original writing<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/WarrenDeaseReport1827.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Aid number 2: Fur Trade Report 41 – More legible writing<\/p>\n

https:\/\/crossroadsarchive.net\/HeritageNetwork\/Documents\/FurTradeReport41.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Fort Colvile was Established and Spokane House Closed<\/a>\u00a0: research by Tom Holloway with a lot of interesting insights into\u00a0 fur trade personalities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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