• 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

    • Baptist Church in Battle Ground 1907

      Baptisms take place in creek behind Battle Ground Baptist Church 1907.

    • Welcome to Vancouver 1974

      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

  • Pearson Field

    Pearson Field

    April 9th
    Pearson Field is the oldest operating airfield in the United States dating to a dirigible landing in 1905. Lincoln Beachey piloted the dirigible, Gelatine, on this flight which was also the first aerial crossing of the Columbia River.
    Places
  • Old Apple Tree

    Old Apple Tree

    April 9th
    Some say that it is the "oldest apple tree" in the Northwest. Some even say it may be the oldest on the west coast.
    Places
  • Lewis and Clark

    Lewis and Clark

    April 8th
    Campsites around Clark County Original names for some landmarks are in parentheses. from The Columbian archives Camp 1 Nov. ...
    Events, People
  • I-205 Bridge ready

    I-205 Bridge ready

    April 8th
    The long-awaited Interstate 205 Glenn Jackson Bridge opened with a trickle of traffic shortly after noon ...
    Places

  • Flood of 1948

    April 8th
    Vanport Flood Felix Baranovich who is the only Vancouverite known to have been an eyewitness to the ...
    Events

  • Dublin

    April 8th
    North County Settlement Was Wee Bit O' Ireland What the Finns were to Hockinson and the Swedes ...
    Places

  • Dollars Corner

    April 8th
    In 1979 the newspaper wrote: The Dollars Corner community, around the intersection of Northeast 72nd Avenue and ...
    Places

  • Clark County

    April 8th
    In 1974 the newspaper wrote that the county commissioner should be thankful they didn't have to ...
    Uncategorized

  • Christening Ceremony

    April 8th
    "Breaking a bottle of rum on a flag-staff, and repeating the following words in a loud ...
    Places

  • China Ditch

    April 8th
    Chinese Laborers Left Mark in County Early Chinese immigrants to the Northwest made a dent in Clark ...
    Places

  • Cherry Grove

    April 8th
    Located in the geographic center of Clark County a mile due west of Battle Ground, the ...
    Places
  • Chelatchie Prairie

    Chelatchie Prairie

    April 8th
    February 22, 1979 The big sign on the general store boasts that the building sits "in downtown ...
    Places

  • Charter Oak

    April 8th
    Charter Oak, a rural area two miles north of Battle Ground, is as picturesque as its ...
    Places

  • Carson

    April 8th
    Carson - About the time L.T. Smith plunked down $2,000 for a back-bar from Chicago, most ...
    Places

  • Camas

    April 8th
    July 21,1974 The late A.O. Hathaway, pioneer land developer who claimed to be around at the time, ...
    Places

  • Burton

    April 8th
    Where Burton is we know, but who was he? Mr. Burton whoever you were and wherever you ...
    Places

  • Burnt Bridge Creek

    April 8th
    In 1889 a small wooden bridge was built over Burnt bridge creek. Although it was a ...
    Places
  • Bee Tree

    Bee Tree

    April 8th
    A historic community with a picturesque name, Bee Tree is fast becoming just a memory. The old ...
    Places
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