Although Louis Caywood failed to find any archaeological evidence for the 1844 to1860 Carpenter Shop during his pioneering archaeological investigations of the Fort Vancouver site in 1948 and 1950, John Hussey, after reviewing Caywood’s data, was skeptical of Caywood’s conclusions. Read More …
Archaeological excavations conducted at Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Vancouver recovered 100,000+ trade beads of 152 varieties, including 80 varieties of drawn, 57 varieties of wound, JO varieties of mold-pressed and 3 varieties of blown glass beads, as well as one Read More …
For eight years now I have been telling the story in many different ways. My work at FOrt Vancouver led me the Oregon Trail, Lewis and Clark, Native Americans and the fur trade, and to OCTA. Fort Vancouver is the Read More …