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Portland State University student Joshua Haupt, left, scoops dirt into a bucket while Portland State University student Patty Patterson digs in the ground Tuesday during Archaeology Field School at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

Archaeology students aim to determine if Fort Vancouver National Historic Site was used for schools

Portland State University student Joshua Haupt, left, scoops dirt into a bucket while Portland State University student Patty Patterson digs in the ground Tuesday during Archaeology Field School at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.

July 5, 2022, 7:56pm Clark County News

More than 20 college students kneeled in the warm July heat, sifting through small square holes in the freshly dug ground on the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, searching for nails, ceramic remnants and other relics from the past. Read story

Clark County Council seeking historic grants applications

June 28, 2022, 6:02am Clark County News

The Clark County Council is accepting applications for the Historical Promotion Grants program. Under the program, local organizations are eligible to receive grants for historic preservation and programs, including preservation of historic documents. Read story

Frank Wallace, left, along with one of his sons John Wallace, center, and Deb Wallace look at a reproduction of a May 30, 1925 issue of The Dispatch-Herald of Erie, Pa. There were various stories plastered on its front page and, among them, had themes that would relate to his future career as someone who served in the Air Force during World War II.

Reprint of hometown newspaper among events celebrating 97th birthday of Vancouver WWII veteran

Frank Wallace, left, along with one of his sons John Wallace, center, and Deb Wallace look at a reproduction of a May 30, 1925 issue of The Dispatch-Herald of Erie, Pa. There were various stories plastered on its front page and, among them, had themes that would relate to his future career as someone who served in the Air Force during World War II.

June 1, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

Frank Wallace watched as 500 copies of his hometown’s newspaper, dated from May 30, 1925, zoomed on belts overhead. Read story

Red poppies came to be the symbol that represents soldiers who were killed during their service. It was inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," by John McCrae, a Canadian World War 1 soldier. He described observing poppies abundantly grow among soldiers' battlefield graves.

Red remembrance: Clark County groups craft paper poppies to remember WWI’s fallen

Red poppies came to be the symbol that represents soldiers who were killed during their service. It was inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," by John McCrae, a Canadian World War 1 soldier. He described observing poppies abundantly grow among soldiers' battlefield graves.

May 16, 2022, 6:05am Clark County News

Vibrant red poppies, symbolizing bloodshed from World War I, must be assembled delicately. Read story

On the right, Kenneth Teter, once a Vancouver city councilman (1956-1963), stands beside an unidentified man examining an unfortunately worded sign (from today's perspective) donated by the Rotary Club describing the Hudson's Bay Company employees' village that once stood outside Fort Vancouver.

Clark County History: Kanaka Village

On the right, Kenneth Teter, once a Vancouver city councilman (1956-1963), stands beside an unidentified man examining an unfortunately worded sign (from today's perspective) donated by the Rotary Club describing the Hudson's Bay Company employees' village that once stood outside Fort Vancouver.

May 1, 2022, 6:02am Clark County Life

Only a few visitors and scattered historical documents called the rough dwellings outside Fort Vancouver “Kanaka Village.” Instead, those living there in the Hudson’s Bay Company days called the grouping of houses “the village.” Read story

Clark County Historic Preservation Commission seeks applicants

April 21, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

The deadline to apply for a seat on the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission is fast approaching. The commission has two positions available, each for a three-year term that begins July 1. The application deadline is 5 p.m. April 29. Read story

Annual Chief Redheart observance set April 23

April 15, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

In the winter of 1877, the U.S. Army attempted to remove Nez Perce tribal members from their ancestral lands, resulting in the imprisonment of many members and death of an infant. Read story

Clark County Historic Preservation Commission seeks applicants

April 5, 2022, 6:03am Clark County News

Clark County is accepting applications for two seats on the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission. Both positions have three-year terms that begin July 1. Read story

Ryan Hickey, operations specialist with the city of Camas, shows where damage had previously been located on a World War II memorial for mill workers in Camas. The memorial is being moved to the city's Crown Park.

World War II memorial in Camas moving to Crown Park

Ryan Hickey, operations specialist with the city of Camas, shows where damage had previously been located on a World War II memorial for mill workers in Camas. The memorial is being moved to the city's Crown Park.

January 12, 2022, 5:47pm Clark County News

Camas’ Crown Park will soon showcase a memorial honoring 22 Camas paper mill employees who lost their lives serving in the armed forces during World War II. Read story

After surviving a failed Arctic expedition aboard a ship seeking the Northwest Passage in 1831, Forbes Barclay worked for a decade as a surgeon for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver until the company moved its headquarters to Canada in 1850. At that time, he moved his family south to Oregon City, Ore. (Contributed by St.

Clark County History: Forbes Barclay

After surviving a failed Arctic expedition aboard a ship seeking the Northwest Passage in 1831, Forbes Barclay worked for a decade as a surgeon for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver until the company moved its headquarters to Canada in 1850. At that time, he moved his family south to Oregon City, Ore. (Contributed by St.

November 28, 2021, 6:00am Clark County Life

An unnamed boatswain lost a lottery during the Canadian Arctic winter of 1831-32, which meant his life. The ship, Victory, frozen in ice at Felix Harbour, couldn’t be freed until the spring thaw. Explorer John Ross, the captain, had failed his second attempt to find and explore the Northwest Passage… Read story