April 14th
Harry Bryan Klineline cannot be considered a Clark County pioneer, but his legacy will remain long after the names of many real pioneers have been forgotten.
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Battle Ground High School Marching Band 1956
Ferry boat, “City of Vancouver”
Lewisville Family 1888
Historic Downtown Vancouver
"Orchards Freedom Tree," 1981, at Orchards United Methodist Church
Vancouver Waterfront 1905
Union Grade School in 1909
Lee Erickson home on Evergreen Highway.
Bud Anderson and Frank DuPuis squared off in Gus Purvis' poolroom.
Central High School 1904
Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce 1963
1902 Yacolt Burn
Vancouver Police Department 1955
Arthur W. Calder dressed in a prune bag during Prune Festival.
1923 Prune Festival Queen Mary Pierce
Battle Ground Lake 1949
Vancouver waterfront park 1968
Baptisms take place in creek behind Battle Ground Baptist Church 1907.
Welcome to Vancouver 1974
Interstate 5 Bridge Ribbon Cutting 1917
Cedar Creek School 1899
James J. Hill and John P. Kiggins
Battle Ground, Washington
I-205 Bridge ready
Hidden Brick Company
Pearson Air Field
Lewis and Clark
April 14thHulda Klager, a Woodland resident who died in 1960 at age 96, is remembered widely for her propagation of lilacs.April 14thJohn Kiggins built and owned theaters in the golden days of the downtown cinemas. He was active during the transition from silent films to "talkies," and his name still is in use on the last of the downtown theaters.April 14thEdgar F. Kaiser, son of famed industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and a business giant in his own right, was a household name in Vancouver during World War II.April 14thBorn in Bowling Green, Kentucky on November 21, 1850. Nathaniel Bloomfield was educated at Washington University, in St. Louis.April 14thIt's a long leap from a creamery in The Netherlands to the huge chain of Burgerville fast-food restaurants in Washington and Oregon, but it all began with a Dutchman named Propstra.April 14thIn the days when John Jaggy's store was in business, most Vancouver residents were within easy walking distance of all the shops.April 14thGeorge Hutton barely shifted gears as he went from a regular work career to a leader in senior citizen activities not long after World War II.April 14thThey say his eyes were as blue as Irish skies and his heart as big as all Killarney.April 14thOn the subject of Vancouver, Larry Hobbs' enthusiasm was "both obvious and noisy," one interviewer observed.April 14thThe Clark County Courthouse and variety of business buildings and homes are testimony to the abilities of architect Day Hilborn, who died in 1971.April 14thWhen members of the John B. Higdon family came to town, they were able to fill a wagon to capacity.April 14thGermans, Irish and Anglo-Saxons made up a large percentage of the early settlers in Clark County.April 14thAlex 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.April 14thThe 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.April 14thOne 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.April 14thEd W. Firstenburg, the founder of First Independent Bank and a leading Vancouver philanthropist, died Saturday.
