August 19, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life
In the wee hours of Sept. 26, 1907, horse hooves clomped across the La Center bridge. The noise awakened one nearby resident. Had he arisen from bed, his curiosity may have kept the village from burning. Instead, he rolled over and fell back asleep. He didn’t realize that two noisy… Read story
August 18, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
100 years ago Read story
August 12, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life
At 5 years old, Walter Cleland began playing the piano and didn’t stop until he died in 1995. Music filled his life. Read story
August 11, 2023, 5:16am Clark County Life
A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story
August 5, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life
A successful Klondike gold seeker, Vern Gorst, turned his gain toward flight in 1913. Before that, he dabbled in transportation, creating a boat motor launch service, an automobile business, and several West Coast bus lines. With an eye to the future of transportation, he watched the brothers Wright closely, even… Read story
August 4, 2023, 5:51am Clark County Life
A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story
July 22, 2023, 6:26am Clark County Life
In early 1825, passengers waited six weeks aboard the William and Ann for the sea to calm before crossing the dangerous Columbia River Bar. Paddlers canoed Dr. John McLoughlin to meet the ship and bring its passengers to the unfinished Fort Vancouver. There, youthful Scottish scientist David Douglas handed a… Read story
July 21, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life
A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum. Read story
July 20, 2023, 6:51pm Clark County News
The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is a hand-built symbol of Indigenous history. Read story
