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. — — Map (db m58004) WM
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 • Lewis L Ray • Eugene P . . . — — Map (db m58851) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m57954) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m112963) HM
Hudson’s Bay Company established Fort Vancouver in 1824 within the area of present-day Vancouver, 83 nautical miles from the Pacific Ocean. Forty Wooden buildings were enclosed within a 20-foot high log palisade until the treaty of 1846 set the . . . — — Map (db m8400) HM
" I slept but very little last night for the noise kept up during the whole of the night by the swans, geese...brant (and) ducks on a small sand island...they were immensely numerous and their noise horrid." Captain William Clark, Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m309216) HM
Navy Captain
Harley H. Hall
F-4 Phantom
Listed P.O.W. 1-27-73
The last pilot shot down in Vietnam just 10 hours before final cease fire was signed.
Native of
Vancouver, Washington — — Map (db m8513) HM WM
The First Towns and Villages on the Columbia River
The Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered more American Indian towns and villages along the Columbia River than at any other time during the journey. Almost every day, the explorers met and . . . — — Map (db m309265) HM
The Columbia River Lowlands were inhabited as early as 6,000 to 8,000 BC by people sharing a common culture with many native groups in the lower Columbia River area. These groups traded coastal goods as far up-river as The Dalles, Oregon, with . . . — — Map (db m309263) HM
The Invisible River
American Indians told Lewis and Clark about the "Mult-no-mâh." a large river entering the Columbia from the south. Islands concealed the river's mouth and the forests did not see it on the westbound . . . — — Map (db m309219) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m57879) HM
William Clark ---- Meriwether Lewis
" my friend ... If therefore there is anything...in this enterprise which would induce you to participate with me in it's fatigues, it's dangers and it's honors, believe me there is no man on . . . — — Map (db m309288) HM
Welcome ...
to the homelands of the American Indian tribes of the Lower Columbia River. Lewis and Clark met and traded with native people every day while traveling through this region. As you travel the Lewis and Clark Trail . . . — — Map (db m309368) HM
Columbian vally wide & butifull
Lewis and Clark realized that this region possessed all the natural elements for a vast settlement. The area had waterways for the transportation of goods and thick forests that could supply buildings . . . — — Map (db m309285) HM
This rose garden is dedicated
to the memory of
Theodore A. Penland
1849 – 1950
last Commander-in-Chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic
Plaque presented by The Daughters of Union Veterans and the Woman’s Relief Corps, . . . — — Map (db m8401) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12292) HM
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 to . . . — — Map (db m12295) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12293) HM
In Recognition of the People Who Have Inhabited this Region for Thousands of Years.
Ilchee Moon Girl
History says she was born along the Columbia River about 1800, daughter of Chinook Chief Concomley and, later, wife of Chief Casinos leader . . . — — Map (db m251506) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12289) HM
[Panel 1]:Captain George Vancouver Monument
October 31, 1792
Lt. William Broughton
Named This Area
For His Captain
Dedicated
October 31, 1992
[Panel 2]:Boat of Discovery
“…The real story of George . . . — — Map (db m8516) HM
[Panel 1]:
Capt. George Vancouver, from King’s Lynn, England, at age 35 and with orders from the British Admiralty to explore and chart the West Coast of America, charted hundreds of miles of coast line from California to Alaska. His maps . . . — — Map (db m8515) HM
The Clark County Courthouse opened Nov. 29, 1941. Although it was not the county's first courthouse, it has endured longer than the previous three. Local architect Day Walter Hilborn designed the six-story building in the Art Deco/Art Moderne-style . . . — — Map (db m287235) HM
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, Oregon . . . — — Map (db m64239) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m113945) HM
These Napoleon 12-Poind Light Field Cannons are replicas created by Mountain View High School students during the 1990 to 1992 school years in Vancouver, Washington. They are the property of the City of Vancouver, which supplied materials. This . . . — — Map (db m8519) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m22867) HM
Even before the advent of a U.S. Army Air Service field at Vancouver Barracks in 1921 and the eventual dedication of “Pearson Field” in 1925, aviation had early hallmarks at Vancouver Barracks.
As part of the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial . . . — — Map (db m83990) HM
In October 1832, the Japanese cargo ship Hojun Maru set sail from near Nagoya bound for Edo (present day Tokyo). Disabled in a storm off Enshu Nada, the Hojun Maru drifted for fourteen months before running aground on the coast near Cape Flattery, . . . — — Map (db m8423) HM
The history of Pearson Field goes back almost to the origins of mechanized flight itself. The landing site of Lincoln Beachey’s groundbreaking flight across the Columbia River from Portland to Vancouver, during the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition, . . . — — Map (db m8406) HM
[Top marker]:In loving memory of
Howard C. French
Major Air Corps Reserve
1894 – 1938
Dedicated by his comrades of the 321st Observation Squadron
United States Army Air Corps Reserve
[Bottom marker]:
In loving . . . — — Map (db m8962) HM
When the U.S. Army arrived in 1849 to establish a new post on the western frontier, few of the officers could afford to bring their families out to such a remote and lonely command. A thriving community of soldiers, officers, wives, and children . . . — — Map (db m8527) HM
Officers Row, a procession of homes for officers and their families, began during the early frontier years when Vancouver Barracks was considered by many to be a remote and lonely assignment. The first officer’s quarters on the Row wer log cabins . . . — — Map (db m8529) HM
Registered National Historic Place
Washington State
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of October 16, 1966, this property possesses exceptional value in commemorating or . . . — — Map (db m8523) HM
Pearson Field is the first airport in the Pacific Northwest and one of the
oldest operating airports in the United States. It served as a major military
airfield in the interwar years. In 1905, a dirigible originating from the
nearby Lewis and . . . — — Map (db m153216) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m8964) HM
Although the U.S. Army allowed civilian aircraft to land at Vancouver Barracks beginning in 1905, military aircraft began operating here in 1921, when the U.S. Army Air Service established a landing field for an aviation forest patrol. The patrol . . . — — Map (db m8405) HM
At the beginning of the 20th century, Vancouver was the headquarters for the Department of the Columbia, a vast administrative unit in the Northwest. The population of the post almost tripled in response to increased military activity both at home . . . — — Map (db m8742) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m50830) HM
In 1824 the Hudson's Bay Company chose this place as the site for a new fort which they named Vancouver in honor of the British explorer, George Vancouver. Little is knowns of this fort as it was moved early in 1829 to its now well-known location . . . — — Map (db m8403) HM
When the U.S. Army arrived at Fort Vancouver in May of 1849, they quickly built nine log cabins for shelter against the upcoming winter. Shown here is the 1850 plan of the two-story post commander’s quarters. It is the only remaining structure built . . . — — Map (db m8499) HM
The Infantry Barracks is the oldest surviving structure in Vancouver Barracks proper. It was constructed in 1887, one of three identical buildings built to house individual companies of the 14th Infantry. Though it was built prior to the . . . — — Map (db m8741) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m8959) HM
This Italianate-Revival style home was built in 1878 for General Oliver Otis Howard, Commanding General of the Department of the Columbia from 1874 until 1880.
This gracious home was considered ”the finest dwelling house north of the . . . — — Map (db m8572) HM
In 1904, the U.S. Army built a new Post Hospital at Vancouver Barracks as a part of a nationwide effort to modernize its forces. Unlike the previous one, the hospital was constructed with brick to enhance sanitation and boasted a spacious floor plan . . . — — Map (db m8739) HM
Following the nation’s entry into World War I, the American Red Cross was authorized to construct convalescent houses adjacent to military hospitals. These facilities provided recreation away from a hospital atmosphere, and helped boost the morale . . . — — Map (db m8743) HM
[Side one of six]: Under the influence of Dr. John McLaughlin, Manager of the Hudson Bay Co., civilization of Washington started at Vancouver, A.D. 1825.
[Side two of six]: The first school in Washington was taught by John Ball, at . . . — — Map (db m8383) HM
[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 . . . — — Map (db m50831) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m8963) HM
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.
. . . — — Map (db m92620) HM
General U.S. Grant
when a young officer was stationed at Columbia Barracks, Vancouver, Washington.
One mile east from here he planted potatoes to reduce the expense of his officer’s mess. — — Map (db m8424) HM
On May 13, 1849, from the deck of the USS Massachusetts, the first U.S. Army troops in the Pacific Northwest spotted the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Vancouver. “Mr. Douglas, the resident Governor received us very politely and Major . . . — — Map (db m8496) HM
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 and . . . — — Map (db m113943) HM
This anchor was dredged from the Columbia River in 1960 near Fort Vancouver’s wharf, one-quarter mile east of the Interstate 5 bridge. The anchor gives some answers about its history, but poses many more questions.
It is a Rogers Paten Small-Palm . . . — — Map (db m8691) HM
Erected 1848 by Richard and Anne Charlotte Covington on Fourth Plain. Boarding school was conducted herein in 1850. This building housed first piano in the Oregon Country and was center of social activity in entire region. — — Map (db m8517) HM
Welcome to Captain William Clark Park at Cottonwood Beach. This riverfront park commemorates the Corps of Discovery's journey along the lower Columbia River and their April 1806 encampment just a short distance from here.
Charge with . . . — — Map (db m309371) HM
Cub Scouting
While hunting across the river from here in spring 1806, members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition discovered a bear den with three cubs inside. The men brought the cubs back to camp to show the rest of the party. . . . — — Map (db m309793) HM
"agreed to stay here some time longer to hunt and dry meat"
One week into the long journey home, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set up camp here on the north bank of the Columbia River, across from the mouth of the "Quicksand river" . . . — — Map (db m309369) HM
Commanding the British vessel Chatham detailed by
Captain George Vancouver R.N.
ascended the Columbia River
by ship's boat
to a point
below this place
and named Mount Hood
October 30, 1792,
following the discovery . . . — — Map (db m309372) HM
