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
Work on taking down the Spruce Production Division buildings at the Vancouver Barracks was already underway on July 8, 1924. After the work was completed in about a year, the site was to be used for new hangars for the barracks airfield.
- 75 years ago
On July 9, 1949, Vancouver Memorial Hospital received a new polio bed. The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Southwestern Washington presented the bed to hospital manager Charles Gerber. Dr. J.C. Woodward expressed appreciation on behalf of the staff, noting that the device “is better than anything that has been used before.”
- 50 years ago
On July 8, 1974, thunderstorms dumped 1.77 inches of rain into the Vancouver area over a 24-hour period. The storm caused scattered power outages, a few fender-benders and “at least two tree fires.” High water was reported throughout the county, measuring up to 21/2 feet in some places.
