We have been wanting to go to Ft. Vancouver ever since we passed it last July on the way back from Seattle. You can see it from the highway and it looked really neat. Colm is currently obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder and all things pioneer and Liam’s 4th grade class has been studying the Oregon Trail for a large chunk of the year, so this was the perfect outing.
The tall walls were needed to keep out the wolves and the Americans. The British didn’t like us too much.
John McLoughlin’s house…he was in charge of Hudson’s Bay Company at Ft. Vancouver until they found out he was being too nice to the American settlers, so he “retired” and moved to Oregon and eventually became an American citizen.
She was baking bread in the oven while we were there. She was also warming up water on the fire so the dishes could be washed.
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