A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.
- 100 years ago
The schedule for Vancouver’s Twilight League was announced April 23, 1924. Comprised of eight teams, the 14-week baseball season would start on April 29 and run through Aug. 1. The league invited Mayor N. E. Allen to throw out the first pitch on opening day, after “a parade of the players, with a band at the head of the procession.” The inaugural game would be a double-header, with the Marcell Cubs versus the Moose, followed by the Paper Mill taking on the Legion.
- 75 years ago
On April 22, 1949, Inland Air Lines announced it would land a plane at Pearson Field, its “initial orientation flight for a proposed air service between Vancouver and southeast Washington.” The company was navigating issues with the airfield, as well as “other legal difficulties,” but hoped to begin service the first week of May. The public would be able to inspect the plane, a Lockheed Lodestar, after it landed at Pearson.
- 50 years ago
Clark College’s new recycling center opened April 22, 1974. It replaced a smaller recycling center that shut down around two years prior. Clark County businesses, including Alcoa, donated money to construct the updated facility. Around 150 individuals attended the event, which took place on Earth Day. Staff and students even brought “bundles of recyclables as ceremonial offerings.”
