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Clark County History

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

Largely unknown today, Aimee Semple McPherson, born Aimee Kennedy in 1890, was the most widely known evangelist between 1915 and her death in 1944. Founder of the Four-Square Gospel Church, she was a complex individual. While her views were markedly progressive on religion, she was strictly conservative in her worldview, something her personal life fell short of. Regardless, her notoriety helped earn women pastorships in American churches.

Clark County History: Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson

Largely unknown today, Aimee Semple McPherson, born Aimee Kennedy in 1890, was the most widely known evangelist between 1915 and her death in 1944. Founder of the Four-Square Gospel Church, she was a complex individual. While her views were markedly progressive on religion, she was strictly conservative in her worldview, something her personal life fell short of. Regardless, her notoriety helped earn women pastorships in American churches.

January 22, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson rode through Vancouver streets on the city’s reddest firetruck along with the mayor and a reporter. Mayor J.P. Kiggins dubbed her honorary fire chief to one-up Los Angeles making McPherson an honorary fireman. McPherson had traveled from the Angelus Temple she founded in 1918 to… Read story

This Week in Clark County History

January 20, 2023, 6:05am 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

Margaret Eldred, left, stands next to an unidentified girl and boy at the entrance of a milking barn. There’s a cow in the left side background and milk containers on the right. During the Depression, dairy farming was the most prominent business in Clark County, boosting the local economy by $4 million to $5 million a year. When distributors reduced payments for raw milk to increase profits, the farmers rebelled by blacklisting them, starting a milk war that turned violent in 1931.

Clark County History: 1931 Milk War

Margaret Eldred, left, stands next to an unidentified girl and boy at the entrance of a milking barn. There’s a cow in the left side background and milk containers on the right. During the Depression, dairy farming was the most prominent business in Clark County, boosting the local economy by $4 million to $5 million a year. When distributors reduced payments for raw milk to increase profits, the farmers rebelled by blacklisting them, starting a milk war that turned violent in 1931.

January 15, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

In the late summer of 1931, Clark County farmers poured milk on the roads, most of it confiscated from boycotted distributors’ trucks. Vancouver-Portland milk distributors dropped milk prices low enough it threatened farmers’ businesses. Read story

This week in Clark County history

January 13, 2023, 6:00am 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

Gerda Mattson's recipe for Finnish coffee bread yields three to five slightly sweet loaves. Cardamom seeds give the bread its distinctive flavor.

Reader shares memories, Finnish Coffee Bread recipe from ‘Grandma Hockinson’

Gerda Mattson's recipe for Finnish coffee bread yields three to five slightly sweet loaves. Cardamom seeds give the bread its distinctive flavor.

January 11, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Gerda J. Mattson knew how to bake. Born in 1900 in Kronoby, Finland, she later emigrated to the United States in 1906, catching sight of the Statue of Liberty rising out of the mists on Ellis Island. She lived in Astoria, Ore., for a few years before moving with her… Read story