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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25F0_welcome-to-fort-vancouver_Vancouver-WA.html
The London-based Hudson's Bay Company established and extensive fur trading network throughout the Pacific Northwest, utilizing two dozen posts, six ships, and about 600 employees during peak seasons. Fort Vancouver was the administrative center a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EZ_an-english-garden-in-the-wilderness_Vancouver-WA.html
Planting a garden was one of the first things the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) did when they established Fort Vancouver. At its height, in the mid-1840s, the garden had expanded to eight acres and provided not only produce but also large numbers of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TW_early-highway-of-the-west_Ridgefield-WA.html
The Columbia River, located a few miles west of here, was one of the first highways in the West. American Indians used canoes as their principal transportation between camps and villages along the river, carrying fish, roots, berries, baskets and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSK_the-vancouver-farm_Vancouver-WA.html
Fort Vancouver was the first large scale farming operation n the Pacific Northwest. Beginning in 1825, the Hudson's Bay Company established a number of farms and dairies in the area to reduce the high cost of importing food from England.
Agricu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17MR_esther-short_Vancouver-WA.html
After marrying Amos Short in 1829, Esther (Clark) Short set out on the adventure of her life! Originally from Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Esther Short, who was ½ Algonquin Indian, her husband Amos and 10 children traveled west to Linton, Oreg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13YH_crown-zellerbach-employee-world-war-ii-memorial_Camas-WA.html
In honor of the employees from this division who gave their lives while serving in the armed forces during World War II.Curtin P Barnett · James F Hagensen · Thelma A Rancore · Jimmie Clark Berg · Wayne A Harwood &middo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13CK_camas-washougal-war-memorial_Camas-WA.html
This memorial is dedicated to all servicemen from the Camas-Washougal area who have died as a result of hostile action since the beginning of the Vietnam War.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13B7_the-first-school-in-camas_Camas-WA.html
The first school in Camas (La Camas) was built prior to 1882. It was replaced by a four room school (with inside plumbing) in 1886. The first school remained on the school grounds until 1907. In 1907 the then Columbia River Paper Company gave the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1398_fishers_Vancouver-WA.html
For centuries Indians used the trail that later became old Evergreen Highway. Where each creek entered the Columbia River the Indians made camp.
In 1805 Lewis & Clark and their expedition camped on Government Island, a haven for waterfowl. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAQ_the-soviet-transpolar-flight-of-1937_Vancouver-WA.html
[Monument front]:Near this site at Pearson Airfield on June 20th, 1937, three Soviet aviators completed the first non-stop flight from the U.S.S.R. to the U.S.A.
Command Pilot Valeri Chkalov, Co-Pilot Georgi Baidukov, and Navigator Alexander Be…