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Columbian Science, Military & History Reporter

Elaine Dorset, National Park Service archaeologist, with two replica sabers that will help re-enactors represent an Army dragoon unit at Fort Vancouver in the 1850s. The saber with the gold-colored bell guard will be carried by re-enactors. The one with the silver-colored bell guard and rubber tip is a training saber.

Fort offers saber classes in nod to 1850s Army dragoons

Elaine Dorset, National Park Service archaeologist, with two replica sabers that will help re-enactors represent an Army dragoon unit at Fort Vancouver in the 1850s. The saber with the gold-colored bell guard will be carried by re-enactors. The one with the silver-colored bell guard and rubber tip is a training saber.

September 13, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Living history will have an edge to it — a dull edge, anyway — during a new training program at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Read story

Vietnam veteran Donald Gagnon of Vancouver bears the American flag during the Patriot Day ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on MondayThe ceremony was held to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Vancouver memorial honors victims of 9/11 attacks

Vietnam veteran Donald Gagnon of Vancouver bears the American flag during the Patriot Day ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on MondayThe ceremony was held to remember the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

September 11, 2017, 11:47am Clark County News

Brave Americans took on several daunting challenges Sept. 11, 2001, to help others; it cost many of them their lives. Their example can inspire us to meet challenges of our own. Read story

Clark County to rule on new retreat for veterans

September 11, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

Clark County councilors could decide in October on a nonprofit group’s proposal to build a therapeutic retreat for military veterans east of Woodland, said Bill Bjerke, county parks manager. Read story

Troy Carpenter, observatory administrator at Goldendale Observatory State Park, with a telescope.

Off Beat: Chances of finding your star can be dim

Troy Carpenter, observatory administrator at Goldendale Observatory State Park, with a telescope.

September 10, 2017, 5:26pm Clark County News

Goldendale has been a solar eclipse crossroads during the last 99 years. Read story

Jadia Ward, second from right, releases doves during the Patriot Day ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on Sept. 11, 2016. The ceremony was held in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Observances mark Patriot Day in county

Jadia Ward, second from right, releases doves during the Patriot Day ceremony at Vancouver City Hall on Sept. 11, 2016. The ceremony was held in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

September 10, 2017, 6:06am Clark County News

The sights and sounds of remembrance — flags and doves, bagpipes and bells — will mark Patriot Day ceremonies Monday around Clark County. Read story

The sprawling Hudson House dorm complex at Vancouver’s Kaiser shipyard.

Clark Asks: The flamey history of Hudson House

The sprawling Hudson House dorm complex at Vancouver’s Kaiser shipyard.

September 10, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Jarvis Smartt’s great-uncle was part of a little-known aspect of one the most significant chapters of Vancouver history. Read story

Ret. U.S. Army Col. Dale Lazo, 57, of Vancouver, who is depicting a U.S. Army soldier from the American Indian War era, and Lydia Sheehey, 25, of Portland, depicting a worker in the Laundress Camp from the 1890s, take part in the Campfires and Candlelight event at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site re-enactment revisits tense time

Ret. U.S. Army Col. Dale Lazo, 57, of Vancouver, who is depicting a U.S. Army soldier from the American Indian War era, and Lydia Sheehey, 25, of Portland, depicting a worker in the Laundress Camp from the 1890s, take part in the Campfires and Candlelight event at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013.

September 8, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

In 1845, tensions between American settlers and Great Britain along this stretch of the Columbia River had the English wondering about the possibility of a war. Read story

The 1902 Yacolt Burn stood as the largest fire in Washington history for 112 years, claiming 38 lives and advancing to the edge of Yacolt, as shown in this Weyerhaeuser Co. photograph taken about 1903.

Yacolt Burn exhibit in Battle Ground timely

The 1902 Yacolt Burn stood as the largest fire in Washington history for 112 years, claiming 38 lives and advancing to the edge of Yacolt, as shown in this Weyerhaeuser Co. photograph taken about 1903.

September 6, 2017, 6:02am Clark County News

For more than a century, the inferno that swept across stretches of Clark County in 1902 stood as the largest fire in Washington history. Read story

Many views of previous Campfires &amp; Candlelight events at Fort Vancouver.

Living-history event returns to Sept. 9, 1845

Many views of previous Campfires &amp; Candlelight events at Fort Vancouver.

September 5, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Life

Our local map was something of a work in progress 172 years ago, as people considered one of the most fundamental aspects of any location. Read story

This photo was taken at the second-ever Campfires & Candlelight event, in 1984.

Off Beat: Fort Vancouver spy story part of 1845 power struggle

This photo was taken at the second-ever Campfires & Candlelight event, in 1984.

September 3, 2017, 3:54pm Clark County News

The message to Mervin Vavasour and Henry Warre in 1845 might have gone like this: Read story