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A group of men including Senator Ankeny, standing in front of three of the buildings (a bastion and two possible storage houses for fur and grain or even barns for animals) at Fort Colvile. Second from the left possibly Donald McDonald son of Archibald McDonald.
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Fort Colvile
On March 26, 1821 two giant companies merged. The Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), founded on May 2, 1670, bought out its largest upstart rival in the fur trading business, the North West Company. This merger had lasting effects on the fur trade in the…