People

Western explorer and Scottish nobleman William Drummond Stewart spent the winter of 1834-1835 at Fort Vancouver.

Eloisa McLoughlin grew up at the Hudson's Bay Company's Fort Vancouver. Her life story is the story of the fur trade in North America - and spans from the Great Lakes, to Fort Vancouver, to Alaska and California.

Edward Bordinghammer was a soldier in the segregated military for nearly 30 years. He served his country from New York to Alaska to Texas. During his time at Camp Skagway, Alaska, he was a musician for Company L, 24th Infantry.

Augustus Snoten served in the segregated military for nearly 30 years. His service took him from Puerto Rico to Alaska and many places in between.

William "Billy" Bruce served as the head gardener at Fort Vancouver from 1833 to 1849.

Michikinikwa or Little Turtle was born in 1752 near Fort Wayne in Little Turtle Village. As a young warrior, he participated in defense of his village in 1780. He later led a small confederation of Native American tribes in defeating federal army forces in 1790 and 1791. Michikinikwa urged people to seek peace prior to the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, where his forces were defeated by Anthony Wayne. He later died in Fort Wayne on July 14, 1812.

Osceola, one of the leading Seminole warriors during the Second Seminole War, militarily resisted American efforts to relocate his tribe to the Creek Reservation in Indian Territory. The US Army, unable to defeat Osceola and his followers in the field resorted to treachery when they seized him under a white flag of truce. A prisoner of war, Osceola died in the custody of the Army at Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor. He is buried outside of the fort.

Discover the story of Maria Barclay, who grew up at Fort Nez Perces, was married at Fort Vancouver, and later lived in Oregon City and Portland, Oregon.

Marguerite McLoughlin was the "first lady" of Fort Vancouver, and later lived at the McLoughlin House in Oregon City.

Naukane, also known as John Cox (or Coxe), was one of many Hawaiians who came to the Pacific Northwest to work in the fur trade. With his royal background and his extensive travels between the Hawaiian Islands, the Pacific Northwest, eastern Canada, and England, Cox’s story is exceptional in many ways. But his final journey to Fort Vancouver was echoed by many of his countrymen, who also found a life that suited them in the fur trade.