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This portrait of George Simpson (circa 1787-1860) shows him as he was best known: as an imperious administrator who focused on efficiency and cost reduction, foreshadowing the modern corporation. He wasn't a man who trapped or hunted, but he successfully integrated the British North West Company with the Hudson Bay Company in 1821.

Clark County History: George Simpson

This portrait of George Simpson (circa 1787-1860) shows him as he was best known: as an imperious administrator who focused on efficiency and cost reduction, foreshadowing the modern corporation. He wasn't a man who trapped or hunted, but he successfully integrated the British North West Company with the Hudson Bay Company in 1821.

September 30, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

Near where the Washington School for the Deaf stands today, George Simpson, governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, and John McLoughlin, chief factor of the company’s Columbia District, picked the original site for Fort Vancouver in 1824. Simpson’s territory covered all lands west of the Rockies to Hawaii, north to… Read story

This week in Clark County history

September 29, 2023, 5:15am 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

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan used this portrait in his presidential bid against President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Like several other Civil War generals, McClellan served at the Vancouver Barracks before the war. While there, he was a captain under Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, the post commander. Because he was in the engineering corps, he did a survey attempting to find the best routes for roads and railroads for Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor.

Clark County History: Capt. George B. McClellan

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan used this portrait in his presidential bid against President Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Like several other Civil War generals, McClellan served at the Vancouver Barracks before the war. While there, he was a captain under Col. B.L.E. Bonneville, the post commander. Because he was in the engineering corps, he did a survey attempting to find the best routes for roads and railroads for Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor.

September 23, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

The 1846 West Point graduate Capt. George B. McClellan came to the Vancouver Barracks in 1853 after serving in the War with Mexico. An engineering officer since his graduation, the Army assigned McClellan to Isaac Stevens, Washington Territory governor. Stevens wanted the captain to survey the Cascade Mountains, probing probable… Read story

This week in Clark County history

September 22, 2023, 5:32am 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

The first humorous aviation publication, Tale Spins, spun out of the creative minds of two pilots, Walt and Ann Bohrer. This envelope suggests what the content might appear like inside Tale Spins, the first inflight airline magazine. Airplane enthusiasts enjoyed the humorous and gossipy publication.

Clark County History: First in-flight magazine

The first humorous aviation publication, Tale Spins, spun out of the creative minds of two pilots, Walt and Ann Bohrer. This envelope suggests what the content might appear like inside Tale Spins, the first inflight airline magazine. Airplane enthusiasts enjoyed the humorous and gossipy publication.

September 16, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

United Airlines and Continental Airlines, although one company today, sprouted roots at Pearson Field in Vancouver. Likewise, so did the first airline magazine, Tails Spins. The magazine was written and illustrated by hand, reproduced using a mimeograph, put in an envelope and mailed. Today, we might call it a comic… Read story

This Week in Clark County History

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

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This Week in Clark County History

September 8, 2023, 5:58am Clark County Life

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Applicants sought for Clark County historical grants program

September 6, 2023, 5:55am Clark County News Free

The Clark County Council is accepting applications for the Historical Promotion Grants Program from local organizations that encourage historic preservation and programs, including preservation of historic documents. Read story

Ann Bohrer was among the first women in the Pacific Northwest to fly and parachute. As the air hostess at the Salem Municipal Airport, she was likely the first flight attendant in the Pacific Northwest. Bohrer and her brother wrote and published a humorous aviation magazine and several books. She belonged to the O-X5 Aviation Pioneer's Oregon Wing and the Portland Aviation Breakfast Club.

Clark County History: Ann Bohrer, pilot and parachutist

Ann Bohrer was among the first women in the Pacific Northwest to fly and parachute. As the air hostess at the Salem Municipal Airport, she was likely the first flight attendant in the Pacific Northwest. Bohrer and her brother wrote and published a humorous aviation magazine and several books. She belonged to the O-X5 Aviation Pioneer's Oregon Wing and the Portland Aviation Breakfast Club.

September 2, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive

In a 1991 interview, Ann Bohrer told a Tualatin Times reporter she was born the same year the Wright Brothers first flew. She fibbed. She was born in January 1904, 37 days later. Still, her birth was close enough to the brothers’ first flight that she could reasonably claim her… Read story

This Week in Clark County History

September 1, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

100 years ago Read story