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This week in Clark County history, Nov. 29

By Katie Bush, public historian at the Clark County Historical Museum
Published: November 29, 2024, 5:47am

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

On Nov. 24, 1924, the La Center bridge was formally opened. Several hundred people from around the county celebrated the dedication, with a welcome from Mayor C. A. Button “in a happy vein.” The project, which started in August 1923, cost $200,000 and was “the longest bridge of any kind on the Pacific Highway in Washington and is the longest concrete bridge in the state.”

  • 75 years ago

Clifford Thompson, “self-acclaimed world’s tallest man,” visited Vancouver on Nov. 30, 1949. Thompson, whose height was stated as 8-feet, 7-inches, had recently moved to Portland from Wisconsin. The practicing attorney visited The Columbian’s offices to make some personal appearances and get acquainted with people in Vancouver.

  • 50 years ago

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Vancouver police broke up a scheme for defrauding “variety stores of record albums” late in November 1974. Local law enforcement recovered an estimated $10,000 in new albums and arrested two suspects, with more arrests expected. Detectives first learned of the scheme when an assistant store manager at Hi-School Pharmacy alerted them that a man claiming to be a representative of Cascade Records “indicated he was there to replace the record supply with a fresh selection of albums.” The man then took 500 records from the racks, put them in his car, declined to give a receipt, and gave the store 400 low-quality albums.

  • 25 years ago

On Nov. 27, 1999, dozens of Clark County residents prepared to attend the World Trade Organization’s ministerial conference in Seattle during the first week of December. These residents were attending as protesters to make their concerns about the effects of unfettered world trade visible to the organization’s ministers. Environmental and labor groups organized demonstrations of the conference in Seattle, with many groups from Southwest Washington attending.

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