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Thomas was born in about 1796 at Sault Ste. Marie, Upper Canada [1] (possibly 1797 or 1798). [2]His father was the fur trader Alexander MacKay.His mother, from a marriage 'à la façon du pays' (in the style of the country), was a Métis woman named Marguerite Wadin, [3] the daughter of a Cree woman [4] and Swiss fur-trader Jean Etienne Wadin.
After crossing the continent the Methodists met Thomas McKay of the British Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) at Wyeth's recently created Fort Hall. McKay guided the group all the way to Fort Vancouver, headquarters of the HBC Columbia district, in what is now Vancouver, Washington.
At the end of July, McKay departed for Fort Vancouver. [6] Although Fort Boise may technically have been built as a private venture of Thomas McKay, it was fully backed and supported by McLoughlin and the HBC. [7] The contest over the Snake Country ended with Wyeth's vacating the region in 1836–1837.
Wyeth abandoned the post in 1836 and the following year, leased it to the Hudson’s Bay Company. [1] [4] After Wyeth left the Pacific Northwest, John McLoughlin, the Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver, ordered Fort William demolished and a dairy farm built on the island. [5] Wyeth also sold Fort Hall in present-day Idaho to the HBC the following year.
Wyeth was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Jacob and Elizabeth (Jarvis) [1] Wyeth. He married Elizabeth Jarvis Stone on January 29, 1824. He began his working career in the 1820s by acting as foreman for a company that harvested ice from Fresh Pond in Cambridge, and thus helping Boston's "Ice King" Frederic Tudor to establish New England's ice trade with the Caribbean, Europe, and India.
“I understand they are talking about harm reduction,” Thomas said. “Those things don’t work in the criminal justice system.” In a subsequent interview, the judge added, “It sounds terrible, but I don’t give them a choice. This is the structure that I’m comfortable with.” Thomas is simply following state court policy.
The Grand Slam Track League has signed 48 racers, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Gabby Thomas, to compete in a four-event circuit beginning April 4 in Kingston, Jamaica. Johnson, the four ...
Throughout 1813 and 1814, trappers who operated out of Wallace House included Thomas McKay, Étienne Lucier, Alexander Ross and Donald McKenzie. [1] A new establishment nearby, the Willamette Trading Post, gradually replaced the Wallace House in importance. Three Americans stationed at the latter location relocated to Wallace House for the ...