Registered National Historic Place Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Pacific County Courthouse
Under the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, this property possesses . . . — — Map (db m129143) HM
A Collision of Cultures
First they came by sea and then by land - the Euro-American presence swelled through the region. The newcomers brought strange illnesses, like smallpox and malaria, and unwittingly spread plagues of death to the . . . — — Map (db m177402) HM
Pacific County was the third county in Washington Territory, and Oysterville served as county seat from 1855 to 1893. In 1875, taxpayers built a courthouse and jail at this location and it served for all county business until "South Bend Raiders" . . . — — Map (db m302237) HM
November 18, Monday 1805
William Clark recorded in his
journal that on this date:
"I set out with 10 men and my man York to the ocian by land.... (later in the day) … I found Capt. Lewis name on a tree. I also engraved my name.... I . . . — — Map (db m120771) HM
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