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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/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…
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