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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AD_the-321st-observation-squadron-1923-1941_Vancouver-WA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AC_the-first-fort-vancouver_Vancouver-WA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AA_theodore-a-penland-rose-garden_Vancouver-WA.html
This rose garden is dedicatedto the memory ofTheodore A. Penland1849 - 1950last Commander-in-Chief ofthe Grand Army of the Republic
Plaque presented by The Daughters of Union Veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the G.A.R. of Cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A9_fort-vancouver_Ridgefield-WA.html
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 in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A6_woodland-community-veterans-memorial_Woodland-WA.html
World War IJames A Forbes · Frank L. Gaddis · Walter Kalahan · Alfred Earl Wells · Tom C. Bair · Fred S. MillardWorld War IIElmer Beebe · Harold R. Chilcoat · Harry A. Lillard, Jr. · Elmer Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59W_the-reservation-monument_Vancouver-WA.html
[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 Vancouver, A.D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59V_the-finn-hall_Woodland-WA.html
In 1916 Finnish immigrants constructed a hall near this site under the name of a literary association (Kirjallixuus Seura), forming a lending library. Although they brought their diet, language, and saunas with them, some old country beliefs were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YC_the-battle-of-spokane-plains_Fairchild-AFB-WA.html
was fought near this spot onSeptember 5, 1858in which U.S. troops under command ofCol. George Wrightdefeated the allied — Coeur d'AlenePalouse, and Spokane Indians
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YB_battle-of-four-lakes_Four-Lakes-WA.html
On this historic ground, Sept. 1, 1858, 700 soldiers under Col Geo. Wright, U.S.A. routed 5,000 allied indians.
Four days later, the rallied hostiles were decisively defeated in a running battle. They sued for mercy, and have ever since maintai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X3_wai-i-lat-pu_Walla-Walla-WA.html
A short distance to the south, near the Walla Walla River, is Wai-i-lat-pu, "The Place of the People of the Rye Grass," a mission founded among the Cayuse Indians of the Walla Walla Valley in 1836 by Dr. Marcus Whitman and his wife, Narcissa.
A…