Built in 1881 across the Touchet River by the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co. the Union Pacific Railway bought the railroad in 1889. It moved the depot to its present site, on roller logs which were pulled by horse and winch. The stationmaster . . . — — Map (db m158961) HM
Before the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897, there was the Silver Rush: a fierce contest on the North Pacific Coast for glittery, meaty Alaskan salmon. In the late 1880s, nearly 40 canneries operated in Alaska. They flooded the market and barely a . . . — — Map (db m308944) HM
The Old Log Jail is one of the oldest log structures in Oregon. In 1853, Washington County
included all of what is now Multnomah and Columbia Counties, Hillsboro (originally
Hillsborough) was the county seat. The town was composed of twelve . . . — — Map (db m303691) HM
In October 1856, the U.S. Lighthouse Board entered this fog bell and Cape Disappointment Lighthouse into service, thus establishing the first light station on the Oregon and Washington coast.
Positioned on the north side of the entrance to . . . — — Map (db m113153) HM
Columbia County Courthouse: 1887 Washington’s Oldest Courthouse.
Construction of the Territorial Courthouse was completed two years before Washington became a state in 1889.
Designed by local architect W.H. Burrows, the courthouse was . . . — — Map (db m129474) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
