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Clark County History

This week in Clark County history, Jan. 17

January 17, 2025, 5:30am 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

Beacon Rock as seen in a lithograph from Frances Fuller Victor’s 1877 book, “Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and a Life on the Frontier.” (Wikipedia Commons)

Clark County history: Early climbers of Beacon Rock

Beacon Rock as seen in a lithograph from Frances Fuller Victor’s 1877 book, “Eleven Years in the Rocky Mountains and a Life on the Frontier.” (Wikipedia Commons)

January 11, 2025, 6:05am Clark County Life

When the Army Corps of Engineers sought to reduce Beacon Rock to rubble, Henry Biddle purchased it for $1 in 1915. Before World War I, he spent another $10,000 building a steep trail to the 848 foot summit, which allowed easy access for the first time. The trail’s popularity soon… Read story

This week in Clark County history, Jan. 10

January 10, 2025, 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

In this December 2009 photo, Doug Halsey demonstrates how firearms were used at Fort Vancouver. In the 1840s, firearms competitions were common during New Year’s celebrations.

Clark County history: In the fur trade, New Year’s Day was the season’s beloved holiday

In this December 2009 photo, Doug Halsey demonstrates how firearms were used at Fort Vancouver. In the 1840s, firearms competitions were common during New Year’s celebrations.

January 4, 2025, 6:07am Clark County Life

In the fur trade, New Year’s Day, not Christmas, was the season’s more beloved holiday. Before Christmas and after New Year’s Day, Hudson’s Bay Company Fort Vancouver employees and families enjoyed an extended year-end celebration. The company released employees from work, allowing them a raucous holiday period crowded with events.… Read story

This week in Clark County history, Jan. 3

January 3, 2025, 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

This Week in Clark County History, Jan. 3

January 3, 2025, 5:58am 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

A page logs the Jan. 26, 1924, arrest of Albert McCord on suspicion of larceny. The page is a part of the Washington State Archives’ Vancouver Police Department photographs of criminals collection.

Vancouver police log from a 100 years ago belies the vision of an ‘idyllic downtown’ without crime

A page logs the Jan. 26, 1924, arrest of Albert McCord on suspicion of larceny. The page is a part of the Washington State Archives’ Vancouver Police Department photographs of criminals collection.

December 31, 2024, 6:18am Clark County News

Vancouver has changed significantly over the past 100 years, and so has crime here. Read story

Docent Bob Prinz of Vancouver cooks an 1840s-inspired Christmas dinner in the kitchen at Fort Vancouver in December 2022.

Clark County history: ‘The holidays are not forgotten in these far distant regions.’

Docent Bob Prinz of Vancouver cooks an 1840s-inspired Christmas dinner in the kitchen at Fort Vancouver in December 2022.

December 28, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

The early European settlers and later soldiers living in this area re-created memories of home as they celebrated the winter holiday that stretched between Christmas and New Year’s. The food, frolic and fun during this time boosted community enthusiasm, morale and spirituality during the darkest time of the year. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Dec. 27

December 27, 2024, 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

Stephen Kenney looks through his extensive collection of Clark County and Vancouver historical postcards at his home in Springdale, Ore.

‘You won’t find these anywhere’: Historic postcards illuminate Vancouver family’s history

Stephen Kenney looks through his extensive collection of Clark County and Vancouver historical postcards at his home in Springdale, Ore.

December 26, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

The grain of the photograph on the old postcard I held was surprisingly clear: an old inn lined with shrubs and trees perched near a cliff overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. This simple ink-stained paper rectangle transported me through time and space. Read story