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Clark County History

Historic houses sit along Officers Row at the Fort Vancouver National Site. Many of the houses date back to the 19th century.

Panelists reflect on hard work, dedication required to rejuvenate Officers Row

Historic houses sit along Officers Row at the Fort Vancouver National Site. Many of the houses date back to the 19th century.

May 26, 2023, 3:43pm Clark County News

Officers Row in Vancouver hasn’t always been the historical landmark that it is known as today — just ask Pat Jollota. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

May 26, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

This Week in Clark County History

May 19, 2023, 5:58am 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

Mount St.

Clark County History: St. Helens legend Harry Truman

Mount St.

May 14, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

His castle was a lodge on the side of a dormant volcano, and the curmudgeonly Harry Truman refused to leave the hot zone where he had lived since the 1930s. His refusal boosted him to national prominence. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

May 11, 2023, 5:20am Clark County Life

This Week in Clark County History Read story

This Week in Clark County History

May 5, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

Clark County residents were able to see the movie “The Story of an Automobile” on May 6, 1923. Read story

Standing in Esther Short Park isn't the first, but possibly the second, fire engine purchased by the Vancouver City Council. Wooden buildings in the frontier days of the city often caught fire. In Vancouver, the same downtown block burned to the ground twice, once in 1861 and again in 1866. After the second, Vancouver's residents started a volunteer fire department, and the city council bought a fire engine.

Clark County history: Downtown Vancouver burns

Standing in Esther Short Park isn't the first, but possibly the second, fire engine purchased by the Vancouver City Council. Wooden buildings in the frontier days of the city often caught fire. In Vancouver, the same downtown block burned to the ground twice, once in 1861 and again in 1866. After the second, Vancouver's residents started a volunteer fire department, and the city council bought a fire engine.

April 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Much of downtown Vancouver burned to the ground on Aug. 23, 1866, just nine years after the city was incorporated. The fire ate through a crowded block of 12 wooden buildings between Main and Washington and bounded on the east and west by Third and Fourth streets. It broke out… Read story

In 1838, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, John McLaughlin, welcomed two Catholic missionary priests to the Northwest. A century later, the "Flotilla of Faith" historical pageant reenacted their arrival using 200 actors. Two Seattle priests were cast as the first Catholic missionaries, Fathers Francis Blanchet (center) and Modeste Demers (right). Bishop Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet is on the left.

Clark County History: ‘Flotilla of Faith’

In 1838, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, John McLaughlin, welcomed two Catholic missionary priests to the Northwest. A century later, the "Flotilla of Faith" historical pageant reenacted their arrival using 200 actors. Two Seattle priests were cast as the first Catholic missionaries, Fathers Francis Blanchet (center) and Modeste Demers (right). Bishop Augustin Magloire Alexandre Blanchet is on the left.

April 23, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

In May 1939, performers from Seattle and Vancouver presented the grandest Catholic festival ever staged in the Pacific Northwest. It celebrated the anniversary of the arrival of two priests, Fathers Francis Blanchet (1795-1883) and Modeste Demers (1809-1871), at Fort Vancouver in 1838. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

April 21, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

Lt. Alexander Pearson Jr. won high accolades for his 1919 record flight across the country. In 1925, Lt. Oakley Kelly petitioned the War Department to name Vancouver Barracks' old polo grounds Pearson Field. The secretary of war approved it. Unfortunately, the pilot lacked any personal links to Clark County.

Clark County History: Flying ace Alexander Pearson Jr.

Lt. Alexander Pearson Jr. won high accolades for his 1919 record flight across the country. In 1925, Lt. Oakley Kelly petitioned the War Department to name Vancouver Barracks' old polo grounds Pearson Field. The secretary of war approved it. Unfortunately, the pilot lacked any personal links to Clark County.

April 16, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

Any local connection to the namesake of Pearson Field has always been more rumor than fact. The flying ace Alexander Pearson Jr. (1885-1924) reputedly attended Vancouver High School. But quite possibly, he never set foot in that school or trod the ground in Vancouver or the airfield. Read story