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Clark County History

In 1912, a man sold stamps for the first airmail service between Portland and Vancouver. Walter Edwards made this first interstate flight carrying 5,000 uniquely postmarked letters, some with stamps sold from this booth. Official airmail stamps weren't sold until 1918.

Clark County History: Pearson Field’s role in airmail history

In 1912, a man sold stamps for the first airmail service between Portland and Vancouver. Walter Edwards made this first interstate flight carrying 5,000 uniquely postmarked letters, some with stamps sold from this booth. Official airmail stamps weren't sold until 1918.

July 15, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

A French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, delivered the first airmail by crossing the English Channel with deliver of a single letter to France in 1785. In 1793, he delivered the first airmail in the United States, a letter from President George Washington. Read story

This week in Clark County history

July 14, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

Park guide Sarah Weber has a group of Bike Clark County campers take the junior ranger oath Tuesday at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site fosters next generation

Park guide Sarah Weber has a group of Bike Clark County campers take the junior ranger oath Tuesday at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

July 13, 2023, 6:07am Clark County Life

For years, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site has highlighted the cultural, historical and archaeological stories of Washington. This summer, it is reaching out to a new generation to shape the future of park stewardship. Read story

John and Marguerite McLoughlin's daughter, Eloisa, was photographed in about 1850 after her arrival in Oregon City. Until then she'd lived at Hudson's Bay Company trading posts, including Fort Vancouver, before settling in Portland. Twice widowed, she died in 1884 and was buried in Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery.

Clark County History: Eliosa McLoughlin

John and Marguerite McLoughlin's daughter, Eloisa, was photographed in about 1850 after her arrival in Oregon City. Until then she'd lived at Hudson's Bay Company trading posts, including Fort Vancouver, before settling in Portland. Twice widowed, she died in 1884 and was buried in Portland's Lone Fir Cemetery.

July 8, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

The “Princess of the Columbia” lived a cosmopolitan life within the walls of Fort Vancouver, a remote Hudson’s Bay Company outpost on the Columbia River, yet found it also stifling. Read story

This week in Clark County history

July 6, 2023, 5:05am 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

The youthful naturalist John Kirk Townsend journeyed to the West with the second Wyeth expedition in 1834, arriving at Fort Vancouver. Interestingly, his sister, Mary, was also a published naturalist. While in the Oregon Country, he collected specimens.

Clark County History: John Kirk Townsend, naturalist

The youthful naturalist John Kirk Townsend journeyed to the West with the second Wyeth expedition in 1834, arriving at Fort Vancouver. Interestingly, his sister, Mary, was also a published naturalist. While in the Oregon Country, he collected specimens.

July 1, 2023, 6:06am Clark County Life

During the late 1700s and early 1800s, American naturalists longed for the scientific credibility of those in Europe. The Lewis and Clark expedition revealed countless discoveries in American biology and zoology that awaited the scientific community. The excitement of that first scientific expedition sent the new nation’s scientists into a… Read story

This week in Clark County history

June 30, 2023, 6:02am 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

Upon Thomas Nuttall's arrival at Fort Vancouver with the 1834 Wyeth expedition, he was greeted by John McLaughlin. The chief factor was likely aware of the scientist's work, given that Nuttall was the best-known naturalist of the era and a former Harvard University lecturer of natural history. The naturalist gathered specimens throughout the Hudson Bay Company's territory for the next year, including Hawaii.

Clark County History: Thomas Nuttall, Fort Vancouver naturalist

Upon Thomas Nuttall's arrival at Fort Vancouver with the 1834 Wyeth expedition, he was greeted by John McLaughlin. The chief factor was likely aware of the scientist's work, given that Nuttall was the best-known naturalist of the era and a former Harvard University lecturer of natural history. The naturalist gathered specimens throughout the Hudson Bay Company's territory for the next year, including Hawaii.

June 24, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

The foremost naturalist of the first half of the 19th century spent about a year at Fort Vancouver hunting flora and fauna around the Pacific Northwest and its coast. Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) joined the second Nathaniel Wyeth expedition in 1834, which was headed for the Pacific Ocean. At the time,… Read story

This week in Clark County history

June 23, 2023, 5:02am 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

Linda Meanus, center, is held by her mother, Josepha, and flanked by her grandparents.

Chronicling Celilo Falls childhood: Indigenous elder’s memoir ‘My Name is LaMoosh’ remembers vanished way of life

Linda Meanus, center, is held by her mother, Josepha, and flanked by her grandparents.

June 17, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

A little girl once told Warm Springs elder Linda Meanus during a school visit that she didn’t know Native Americans exist at all anymore. Read story