Alex Heisen, born in 1829 in Germany, arrived in Washington Territory in time to be one of the first settlers. Later, a small community in Clark County was named for him and his wife, Mary Heisen.
The Hathaway name is best known today for a park and a school, both in Washougal. But the Hathaways were tied in with numerous other facets of Clark County history dating back to 1853.
One of the real founders of Clark College, Ralph Wesley Hanna, worked for $25 a month in the beginning -- and felt fortunate to get even that small stipend.