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
The most popular summer sport in Ridgefield, as well as other towns, was horseshoes, according to an Aug. 11, 1924, Columbian article. The game was experiencing a rapid revival, and even the organization of a local group: the Ridgefield Horseshoe Pitchers’ Club. The club converted a 50-by-100-foot plat in downtown Ridgefield into three regulation-sized courts.
- 75 years ago
Fred Bauer, executive secretary of the Clark County Tuberculosis Association, announced on Aug. 15, 1949, the group’s mobile X-ray unit took photos of 2,507 chests during its weeklong stay downtown. It was the largest number of examinations thus far since the association began surveying in 1945. The group moved on to other Southwest Washington counties to do similar work.
- 50 years ago
Vancouver Sanitary Service and striking garbage handlers and drivers reached a contract agreement around Aug. 11, 1974, allowing garbage collection to resume. During the contract dispute, refuse collection was being done on an emergency basis.
