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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

The 3,700-square-foot Pittock-Leadbetter House is a Camas landmark. The Queen-Anne-style structure was built in 1901 for Oregonian Publisher Henry Pittock’s daughter and son-in-law.

Clark County history: John Roffler came from humble beginning to build the Pittock-Leadbetter House

The 3,700-square-foot Pittock-Leadbetter House is a Camas landmark. The Queen-Anne-style structure was built in 1901 for Oregonian Publisher Henry Pittock’s daughter and son-in-law.

August 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Life

In 1889, a Minnesota widow, Katharina Roffler, and her four children moved into a small homesteader’s cabin near the split at La Camas and Fern roads, where they lived until 1895. From that tiny home came the boy who would someday build the grandest homes in Camas. Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 9

August 9, 2024, 5:44am 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

Waldo “Wally” Olson (1911-1997) grew up as a farmboy watching airmail planes passing over his Scandinavian parent’s land in Lewis County. After flying in World War II, he built and owned Evergreen Airport in east Vancouver.

Clark County history: With a passion for planes, Wally Olson built Evergreen Airport in east Vancouver

Waldo “Wally” Olson (1911-1997) grew up as a farmboy watching airmail planes passing over his Scandinavian parent’s land in Lewis County. After flying in World War II, he built and owned Evergreen Airport in east Vancouver.

August 3, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

Learning to fly for Wally Olson was a series of hops rather than a smooth takeoff. He flew first in 1933 but didn’t gain a pilot’s license until six years later. After flying in World War II, he went to California to teach discharged pilots stunt flying or aviating Douglas… Read story

This week in Clark County history, Aug. 2

August 2, 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

Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

First licensed Black barber in Vancouver remembered as pioneer

Walter Smith cuts hair in his shop.

July 30, 2024, 6:06am Business

The man who battled racism to become Vancouver’s first licensed Black barber died this month and will be grieved today. Read story

Inspired by the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition, in 1832 John Ball traveled overland to Fort Vancouver as part of the Wyeth Expedition. He spent only two years in the area, but left a lasting legacy as a teacher, farmer and amateur geologist.

Clark County history: John Ball taught at Oregon’s first academy after a rough trek west

Inspired by the journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition, in 1832 John Ball traveled overland to Fort Vancouver as part of the Wyeth Expedition. He spent only two years in the area, but left a lasting legacy as a teacher, farmer and amateur geologist.

July 27, 2024, 6:10am Clark County Life

The family of Sgt. John Ordway lived near John Ball’s parents in Hebron, N.H. Ordway had crossed the country with Lewis and Clark, returning in 1806. Young Ball was an eager listener about the journey’s adventures, people, wildlife and geography. Imagining the far corner of the continent appealed to him,… Read story

This week in Clark County history, July 26

July 26, 2024, 5:43am 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

Taken before 1908, this photograph shows early Vancouver policemen — Winfield Gasaway, Henry Burgy and John Secrist — wearing their seven-pointed badges and caps with curved olive branches. Burgy and Secrist would go on to serve as Vancouver police chiefs.

Clark County history: Law enforcement in Vancouver started with a single marshal

Taken before 1908, this photograph shows early Vancouver policemen — Winfield Gasaway, Henry Burgy and John Secrist — wearing their seven-pointed badges and caps with curved olive branches. Burgy and Secrist would go on to serve as Vancouver police chiefs.

July 20, 2024, 6:08am Clark County Life

There seems to be a gap between Vancouver’s 1857 incorporation and any official call for law enforcement. Policing wasn’t high on the city council’s priority list until after 1880, when the census counted 1,722 inhabitants in town. Read story

This week in Clark County history, July 19

July 19, 2024, 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. 100 years ago At a luncheon on July 16, 1924, C.A. Pender, vice president of the Prunarians, gave two members the go-ahead to hunt for gorillas roaming the… Read story