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
A.A. Quarnberg, local nut enthusiast and weather recorder, reported rainfall over half an inch on Aug. 18, 1924. The precipitation helped smother forest fires in all parts of the state. Quarnberg predicted continued showers into the following day, a benefit for gardens and orchards throughout the county.
- 75 years ago
Mayor Vern Anderson sent out a call for a missing photograph of a “1,280-pound sturgeon reportedly caught in the Camas slough in May or June of 1912.” Mayor Anderson received a request from a world almanac’s office in New York for information on the record catch, and apparently remembered snaring the fish, asserting “the monster fish was hooked with a rope similar to a clothesline. It was the talk of the town.” Anderson went on to say that the photo was hung from the beams at the Camas dock, then later displayed at Jess Palmer’s barber shop. The mayor’s attempts to locate the photo were unfruitful.
- 50 years ago
On Aug. 22, 1974, The Columbian reported that 28 Washington counties set real estate sales records for a 12-month period — but not Clark County. Clark County was one of 11 counties in the state that failed to reach previous records.
