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Ron Jefferson of Vancouver, who has spent years tracing his lineage back to enslaved ancestors, talks about his family's history at his home. Twelve years ago he joined ancestry.com -- now he has over 5,000 connections.

Vancouver man’s family tree a window into African American history

Ron Jefferson of Vancouver, who has spent years tracing his lineage back to enslaved ancestors, talks about his family's history at his home. Twelve years ago he joined ancestry.com -- now he has over 5,000 connections.

February 25, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

Decorated with framed photos, timelines, Army medals and awards, Ron Jefferson’s “man cave” has become home to memorabilia from his past 12 years of research — creating a family tree that now has more than 5,000 connections on ancestry.com. Read story

Visitors climb three flights of stairs to the top of the Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Shipyard Memorial tower, alongside the Columbia River in Vancouver's Marine Park.

Memorial tower recalls Kaiser Shipyard, which changed Vancouver forever

Visitors climb three flights of stairs to the top of the Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Shipyard Memorial tower, alongside the Columbia River in Vancouver's Marine Park.

February 19, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

After you’ve climbed the easy 55 steps, train your eyes on the sweeping view of the historic Vancouver waterfront and the Columbia River, not so much on the Henry J. Kaiser Shipyard Memorial itself. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

February 17, 2023, 6:01am Clark County Life

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A former banker turned daredevil pilot, Walter Edwards Kittel, sits in the airplane Silas Christofferson flew off a Portland hotel. He flew as Walter Edwards throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 1912, he carried the first batch of airmail between Portland and Vancouver in this airplane making the first interstate airmail delivery in the United States.

Clark County History: Airmail pilot

A former banker turned daredevil pilot, Walter Edwards Kittel, sits in the airplane Silas Christofferson flew off a Portland hotel. He flew as Walter Edwards throughout the Pacific Northwest. In 1912, he carried the first batch of airmail between Portland and Vancouver in this airplane making the first interstate airmail delivery in the United States.

February 12, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

Estranged from his New York family, he flew under an assumed name during the early years of aviation — perhaps coincidentally, the same name as a silent-film actor of the era, Walter Edwards. Read story

This Week in Clark County History

February 10, 2023, 6:01am Clark County Life

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John McLoughlin met a 16-year-old James Douglas in 1819 when the North West Company employed them and mentored him in the fur trade. Two decades later, Douglas became the assistant to McLoughlin, the Hudson Bay Company's chief factor at Fort Vancouver. In 1863, Queen Victoria knighted Douglas for his work in colonizing British Columbia.

Clark County History: James Douglas

John McLoughlin met a 16-year-old James Douglas in 1819 when the North West Company employed them and mentored him in the fur trade. Two decades later, Douglas became the assistant to McLoughlin, the Hudson Bay Company's chief factor at Fort Vancouver. In 1863, Queen Victoria knighted Douglas for his work in colonizing British Columbia.

February 5, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

With European features and light skin, James Douglas (1803-1877) passed for white, yet his heritage was a racial mix. Douglas spent his childhood in British Guiana (now Guyana) on slave-labor sugar plantations that his father and uncles partially owned. He and his younger dark-skinned sister were the offspring of his… Read story

This week in Clark County history

February 3, 2023, 5:16am 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

Events in Vancouver celebrate Black History Month

January 31, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Every Saturday this February local nonprofit iUrban Teen, in partnership with the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington, will host an event to celebrate Black History Month. Each event will highlight local Black artists and community members. Read story

This lunchroom shows Weinhard Brewery employees sitting around a table in about 1910. They worked nine-hour days, six days a week. Henry Weinhard (1830-1904) followed the 1891 United Brewery Workmen Contract entitling workers to free beer during their shifts, a common practice in breweries then.

Clark County History: Henry Weinhard

This lunchroom shows Weinhard Brewery employees sitting around a table in about 1910. They worked nine-hour days, six days a week. Henry Weinhard (1830-1904) followed the 1891 United Brewery Workmen Contract entitling workers to free beer during their shifts, a common practice in breweries then.

January 29, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

The first time Henry Weinhard made beer in America wasn’t in the Oregon Territory but in Cincinnati, Ohio. The 22-year-old left Wurttemberg, Germany, his birthplace, and immigrated to New York in 1852. Soon after, he headed to the Midwest. He found a thriving German community in Cincinnati with businesses —… Read story

Vancouver's Land Bridge, photographed from above when it was new in 2008.

Bridge to forgotten voices: Confluence publishes field guide to explore Vancouver landmark

Vancouver's Land Bridge, photographed from above when it was new in 2008.

January 26, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

What do you think the banks of the Wimahl River — now generally known as the Columbia — looked and sounded like to explorers Lewis and Clark over 200 years ago? And what do you think the same site might look like 200 years from now? Read story