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This photo of Edward R.S. Canby was taken in 1873, shortly before he became the only U.S. Army general to be killed in the Indian Wars. Canby is buried in the Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Clark County History: Vancouver commander Canby was the only general killed in Indian Wars

This photo of Edward R.S. Canby was taken in 1873, shortly before he became the only U.S. Army general to be killed in the Indian Wars. Canby is buried in the Crown Hill National Cemetery in Indianapolis.

September 7, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In all the battles the Army fought against Native Americans, Columbia Barracks commander Edward Canby was the only general to be killed. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Sept. 7

September 6, 2024, 5:35am 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

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

50 years ago Vancouver’s Main Street was bustling; the city’s plans hope to recapture those days

JCPenney operated in downtown Vancouver in 1976 before it moved to the Vancouver Mall. Clash Beauty Collective now occupies the building on Main Street.

August 31, 2024, 6:14am Business

A long-awaited $21 million, two-year project to overhaul Main Street in downtown Vancouver is expected to begin this fall. Read story

Josette (Legace) Work and her husband wanted their daughters to receive an education, so they entrusted them to the care of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. It turned out the teacher was a drunkard and predator.

Clark County history: Bickering and scandal at the Fort Vancouver school

Josette (Legace) Work and her husband wanted their daughters to receive an education, so they entrusted them to the care of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver. It turned out the teacher was a drunkard and predator.

August 31, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

Hudson’s Bay Company officers at Fort Vancouver requested a school to educate their children. They got one in 1832. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 30

August 30, 2024, 6:02am 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

Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader John Work (1792-1861) traveled much of what is today Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. An Irishman, he was one of the founding families of Victoria, B.C. and served on Vancouver Island’s Legislative Council. His travels often brought him to Fort Vancouver.

Clark County history: Irishman John Wark joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1814

Hudson’s Bay Company fur trader John Work (1792-1861) traveled much of what is today Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. An Irishman, he was one of the founding families of Victoria, B.C. and served on Vancouver Island’s Legislative Council. His travels often brought him to Fort Vancouver.

August 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

When Irishman John Wark joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1814, the firm made him a steward and anglicized his last name to “Work” on his contract. In 1823, after the HBC and Northwest Company merged, the firm assigned him to the Columbia District, the most distant and financially tenuous… Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 23

August 23, 2024, 5:36am 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

Frank Lackaff operated a saloon at 500 Washington St. in downtown Vancouver, as seen in this photo taken in about 1906. A blacksmith shop on the right is in a building that still stands. Today the site of the saloon is home to a business called REV Rides.

Clark County history: The trouble with saloons and liquor

Frank Lackaff operated a saloon at 500 Washington St. in downtown Vancouver, as seen in this photo taken in about 1906. A blacksmith shop on the right is in a building that still stands. Today the site of the saloon is home to a business called REV Rides.

August 17, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In the years leading up to Prohibition, the “dry” Clark County contingent saw saloons as chambers of criminality, where prostitution, gambling, brawling and even murder took place. They believed crimes extended beyond saloon walls, harming the community. The “wets,” of course, saw the saloons otherwise. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 16

August 16, 2024, 5:33am 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

Lean in closely to make out the name “Fillmore” on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including “president pipes” dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

Fort Vancouver’s presidential pipes were the election swag of the 1840s and 1850s

Lean in closely to make out the name “Fillmore” on this glazed clay pipe fragment, held in the gloved hands of Meagan Huff, curator at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. Archaeologists have found thousands of pipe fragments in and around the fort site, including “president pipes” dated to election campaigns of the 1840s and 1850s, Huff said.

August 15, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In presidential races of yore — before the advent of T-shirts, hats, signs and bumper stickers — voters indicated their preferences through the pipes they smoked, puffing tobacco between their favorite presidential wannabes’ ears. Read story