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Clark County History

This week in Clark County history

August 18, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

Walter Cleland conducts the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in December 1986. The Nebraska farm boy with perfect pitch spent his life teaching, conducting and writing music and could play any instrument he picked up. He started several music groups in Vancouver before launching the Vancouver Symphony. He retired in 1990.

Clark County History: Cleland starts Vancouver symphony

Walter Cleland conducts the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in December 1986. The Nebraska farm boy with perfect pitch spent his life teaching, conducting and writing music and could play any instrument he picked up. He started several music groups in Vancouver before launching the Vancouver Symphony. He retired in 1990.

August 12, 2023, 6:10am Clark County Life

At 5 years old, Walter Cleland began playing the piano and didn’t stop until he died in 1995. Music filled his life. Read story

This week in Clark County history

August 11, 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

Vergne "Vern" C. Gorst (1876-1953), Pacific Air Transport owner and president, stands left of Claude Ryan, manufacturer of Ryan airplanes often used for airmail runs. The two had just finished a 1926 survey flight of Gorst's West Coast route. Boeing Air Transport bought Gorst's company in 1928. The merger led to United Airlines, making him the "granddaddy" of the airline.

Clark County history: Klondike gold seeker Vern Gorst

Vergne "Vern" C. Gorst (1876-1953), Pacific Air Transport owner and president, stands left of Claude Ryan, manufacturer of Ryan airplanes often used for airmail runs. The two had just finished a 1926 survey flight of Gorst's West Coast route. Boeing Air Transport bought Gorst's company in 1928. The merger led to United Airlines, making him the "granddaddy" of the airline.

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

A successful Klondike gold seeker, Vern Gorst, turned his gain toward flight in 1913. Before that, he dabbled in transportation, creating a boat motor launch service, an automobile business, and several West Coast bus lines. With an eye to the future of transportation, he watched the brothers Wright closely, even… Read story

This week in Clark County history

August 4, 2023, 5:51am 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

July 29, 2023, 5:50am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story

David Douglas (1799-1834) used Fort Vancouver as a base camp for his travels to what's now Eastern Washington and Idaho, collecting seeds and plant specimens to send back to England for taxonomy classification. He's best known for the tree named after him, the Douglas fir, but many plants and animals bear his name also.

Clark County History: David Douglas

David Douglas (1799-1834) used Fort Vancouver as a base camp for his travels to what's now Eastern Washington and Idaho, collecting seeds and plant specimens to send back to England for taxonomy classification. He's best known for the tree named after him, the Douglas fir, but many plants and animals bear his name also.

July 22, 2023, 6:26am Clark County Life

In early 1825, passengers waited six weeks aboard the William and Ann for the sea to calm before crossing the dangerous Columbia River Bar. Paddlers canoed Dr. John McLoughlin to meet the ship and bring its passengers to the unfinished Fort Vancouver. There, youthful Scottish scientist David Douglas handed a… Read story

This Week in Clark County history

July 21, 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

Chinook Indian Nation Vice Chair Sam Robinson, from left, Cowlitz Indian Tribe spiritual leader Tanna Engdahl, Cowlitz Indian Tribe Council Chair Patty Kinswa-Gaiser and Mildred Robinson lead campers in song during Camp Confluence at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Camp Confluence in session at Cathlapotle Plankhouse in Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Chinook Indian Nation Vice Chair Sam Robinson, from left, Cowlitz Indian Tribe spiritual leader Tanna Engdahl, Cowlitz Indian Tribe Council Chair Patty Kinswa-Gaiser and Mildred Robinson lead campers in song during Camp Confluence at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

July 20, 2023, 6:51pm Clark County News

The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is a hand-built symbol of Indigenous history. Read story

In 1912, a man sold stamps for the first airmail service between Portland and Vancouver. Walter Edwards made this first interstate flight carrying 5,000 uniquely postmarked letters, some with stamps sold from this booth. Official airmail stamps weren't sold until 1918.

Clark County History: Pearson Field’s role in airmail history

In 1912, a man sold stamps for the first airmail service between Portland and Vancouver. Walter Edwards made this first interstate flight carrying 5,000 uniquely postmarked letters, some with stamps sold from this booth. Official airmail stamps weren't sold until 1918.

July 15, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

A French balloonist, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, delivered the first airmail by crossing the English Channel with deliver of a single letter to France in 1785. In 1793, he delivered the first airmail in the United States, a letter from President George Washington. Read story