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
Despite “lowering skies and a drizzling rain,” Clark County had one of the biggest voter turnouts in its history on Nov. 4, 1924. Precincts had between 80 and 100 voters.
- 75 years ago
Vancouver began the process to purchase 12.5 acres of Vancouver Barracks for a city park on Nov. 8, 1949. The deal, negotiated with the War Assets Administration, cost around $9,700, about half of the property’s appraised value. The city eventually passed an emergency ordinance for the purchase, which today is known as Marshall Park.
- 50 years ago
On Nov. 4, 1974, County Elections Supervisor Jim Gallagher told the Columbian he expected 40 percent of registered voters to go to the polls for the upcoming election. On the ballot was the “first county bond issue submitted in more than 30 years,” authorization to sell up to $8 million in bonds to finance a new public safety building and enlarge the county juvenile detention hall. Ultimately, the bond was defeated.
