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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYAP_the-chkalov-transpolar-flight_Vancouver-WA.html
On June 20, 1937, the world's attention turned to Pearson Field when a Russian ANT-25 aircraft landed after making the first non-stop flight over the North Pole.
The red and gray, single-engined aircraft "Stalin's Route" carried over 2,000 gall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF4B_congressional-medal-of-honor-monument_Vancouver-WA.html
This monument is presented to the city of Vancouver, Washington by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, in recognition of the spirit and sacrifice shown by the valiant Medal of Honor recipients now at rest in the Vancouver Barracks Cemetery.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XY_a-river-of-settlers_Vancouver-WA.html
Before 1846 American immigrants traveling the Oregon Trail to Fort Vancouver had to make a choice at The Dalles (80 miles upriver from here). They could navigate their own handmade raft or take a Hudson's Bay Company boat down the Columbia River t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XW_heart-of-a-trading-empire_Vancouver-WA.html
Look around you. The scenic spot where you now stand was once the heart of one of the busiest shipping ports west of the Rocky Mountains. From 1825 to 1846, Fort Vancouver's waterfront served as the western economic artery of the Hudson's Bay Comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XV_a-busy-place-is-this_Vancouver-WA.html
You are standing on the site of a once-bustling riverfront complex at Fort Vancouver. A boat building operation, blacksmith shop, and tannery filled the air with the sights, sounds, and smells of industry.
A busy place is this. The blacksmith i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7XS_united-states-army-arrives_Vancouver-WA.html
On May 13, 1849, the United States steamer Massachusetts arrived off the Hudson's Bay Company wharf and unloaded Batteries L and M of the First Regiment of United States Artillery. The first permanent official American presence in the Pacific Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OP_st-james-mission_Vancouver-WA.html
Many employees of Fort Vancouver were of French-Canadian descent, and had been raised as Roman Catholics. Separated by thousands of miles from their home parishe, these men pleaded with the Bishop of Quebec to send them priests.
The Reverend Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OO_the-sutlers-store_Vancouver-WA.html
Until the late 19th century, the U. S. Army awarded sales commissions to civilian traders, known as sutlers. Each post or regiment was authorized to appoint one. Described as "a combination of saloon keeper and general store operator," the sutlers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5ON_howard-c-french-alexander-pearson_Vancouver-WA.html
[Top marker]:In loving memory ofHoward C. FrenchMajor Air Corps Reserve1894 - 1938Dedicated by his comrades of the 321st Observation SquadronUnited States Army Air Corps Reserve[Bottom marker]:In loving memory ofAlexander Pearson.Lieutenant Air Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5OJ_the-marshall-house_Vancouver-WA.html
As part of a natural reorganization, the U.S. Army returned the headquarters of the Department of the Columbia from Portland, Oregon to Fort Vancouver in 1878. As a result, the Army funded construction of several new buildings on Officers Row, inc…