In mid-November, 1812, John G. McTavish (ca. 1778-1847) of the North West Company brings news of the outbreak of War of 1812 to Spokane House (near present-day Spokane). This is the first knowledge of...
March 25, 1813, the ship Isaac Todd, owned by the North West Company of Montreal, departs Portsmouth en route to the Columbia River with supplies for the company's fur trading posts in the Northwest. ...
On June 1, 1813, near the mouth of the Palouse River, Astorian John Clarke (1781-1852) vows to hang a Palus Indian for stealing a goblet.
On October 16, 1813, facing an uncertain future due to the War of 1812, Pacific Fur Company agents, known as Astorians after company principal John Jacob Astor (1763-1848), meet at Fort Astoria and ag...
On November 15, 1813, North West Company partners Alexander Henry the Younger (d. 1814), Alexander Stewart (sometimes spelled Stuart) (ca. 1780-1840), and clerk James Keith (1782-1851) arrive at the m...
On November 30, 1813, in the midst of the War of 1812, HMS ship Racoon arrives on the Columbia River with orders from the British Admiralty to seize all American property on the river and along the co...
On December 13, 1813, in the midst of the War of 1812, Captain William Black of the Royal Navy takes possession of the Columbia River drainage for Great Britain and changes the name of Fort Astoria to...
On December 15, 1813, representatives of the North West Company of Montreal officially take possession of Fort Okanogan from the Pacific Fur Company of New York. Alexander Ross (1783-1856), a clerk em...
On December 31, 1813, in the midst of the War of 1812, the Royal Navy warship HMS Racoon departs the Columbia River after taking possession of the region for Great Britain. During a month anchored at ...
In 1818, the North West Company builds Fort Nez Perces (sometimes written "Fort Nez Perce") on the Columbia River at the mouth of the Walla Walla River. The North West Company competes with the Hudson...
On October 20, 1818, in order to improve relations in the wake of the War of 1812, Great Britain and the United States agree to peaceful coexistence in the Pacific Northwest by signing the Convention ...
Around 1824, the Walla Walla Frenchtown is established near the mouth of the Walla Walla River. The community is associated with the Hudson's Bay Company post first built by the French Canadian Northw...