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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: June 13, 2008
Caption: Ground Marker on Officers Row
Additional Description: Life on the Row in the 1850’s Before the original log cabins were replaced by the existing houses, the cabins were described as “damp, unhealthy and uncomfortable in the extreme” and as “mere corrals – of regulation size with roofs on them”. Due to the high transportation costs and the frontier hardships, few officer’s families came to Vancouver. Residents of the City were often invited to social functions at the commander’s home, particularly since feminine company was highly regarded at such a lonely post.
Donated by Voiture 99 Forty Et Eight
Submitted: July 8, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p27589
File Size: 0.803 Megabytes

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