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Clark County History

This Week in Clark County History

December 15, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

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This week in Clark County history

December 8, 2023, 5:04am 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

Charles &ldquo;Vern&rdquo; Bookwalter flew the first official airmail in the Pacific Northwest from Vancouver to Medford, Ore., for Pacific Air Transport in 1926. After surviving a number of exploits, he relocated to Alaska, flying as a bush pilot.

Clark County History: Pilot Vern Bookwalter

Charles &ldquo;Vern&rdquo; Bookwalter flew the first official airmail in the Pacific Northwest from Vancouver to Medford, Ore., for Pacific Air Transport in 1926. After surviving a number of exploits, he relocated to Alaska, flying as a bush pilot.

December 2, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

For Airmail Aviation Week 1938, the Vancouver Post Office created a hand stamp for envelopes sent from the town memorializing the first interstate airmail and the first airmail in the Pacific Northwest. The cachet honored the 1926 flight from Vancouver to Medford, Ore. and back. Read story

This week in Clark County history

December 1, 2023, 5:27am 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

Henry H.

Clark County History: Henry Spalding, myth maker

Henry H.

November 25, 2023, 6:05am Clark County Life

The nation’s largest provider of missionaries for Indigenous populations, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, dispatched Henry and Eliza Spalding to Kansas to Christianize the Osage. The board reassigned them to Oregon Country, and they traveled alongside Marcus and Narcissa Whitman. A troubled relationship emerged between the men… Read story

This Week in Clark County History

November 24, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

On Nov. 19, 1923, The Columbian reported that teachers from 18 Clark County school districts formed a “Teachers’ Council of Community Center No. 1, Clarke County.” Read story

From foot soldier to aviator and balloonist, Carlton Foster Bond (1893-1980) was commander of Pearson Field, and briefly of the 321st Observation Squadron made up of Air Corps reserves. He was known as an excellent administrator and commander. When he retired, he returned to Vancouver to live until 1980.

Clark County History: Carlton Foster Bond

From foot soldier to aviator and balloonist, Carlton Foster Bond (1893-1980) was commander of Pearson Field, and briefly of the 321st Observation Squadron made up of Air Corps reserves. He was known as an excellent administrator and commander. When he retired, he returned to Vancouver to live until 1980.

November 18, 2023, 6:03am Clark County Life

Visitors to Pearson Air Museum often mistake the bronze statue there as a tribute to Alexander Pearson, the park’s namesake. However, inspecting the plaque, they discover it represents Carlton Foster Bond. Unlike Pearson, Bond was closely connected to the airfield, serving as its commander twice, first as a lieutenant (1929… Read story

This week in Clark County history

November 17, 2023, 5:59am 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

Descending from a well-connected family set George Gibbs (1816-1873) on a scholarly path that included helping on surveys for the northern transcontinental railroad route, the border between the Washington Territory and Canada and ethnography of the Indigenous peoples of the territory. His namesake father was a noted Yale geologist, and his grandfather, Oliver Wolcott Jr., was the second U.S.

Clark County History: George Gibbs

Descending from a well-connected family set George Gibbs (1816-1873) on a scholarly path that included helping on surveys for the northern transcontinental railroad route, the border between the Washington Territory and Canada and ethnography of the Indigenous peoples of the territory. His namesake father was a noted Yale geologist, and his grandfather, Oliver Wolcott Jr., was the second U.S.

November 11, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Life

Mostly unknown today, George Gibbs went hands-on with several crucial aspects involving Washington Territory, including documenting Indigenous tribes and languages and participating in surveys for the transcontinental railroad’s northern route and the territorial-Canadian boundary. Later, he worked on resolving Hudson’s Bay Company’s claims against the United States. Read story

The Oregon Volunteer Infantry marches in the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 2, 2022, along Evergreen Boulevard in central Vancouver.

Veterans Day Parade’s new route in Vancouver to end at Pearson Air Museum

The Oregon Volunteer Infantry marches in the Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 2, 2022, along Evergreen Boulevard in central Vancouver.

November 10, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

The Historic Trust will honor local veterans in the 35th annual Lough Legacy Veterans Day Parade on Saturday. Read story