The Chinook

8000 BC Cathlapotle Village established

The Explorers

1778 Captain Cook exlores Pacific NW

1792 George Vancouver explores Pacific NW

1792 Robert Gray sails up the Columbia River

1805 Lewis & Clark build Fort Clatsop, see also Meriwether Lewis

1825 D. Douglas explores

The Fur Traders

1811 Astor builds trading post

1813 Marie Dorion leaves Astoria with John Reed fur trapping party

1824 Fort Vancouver established

18-1848 John McLoughlin Chief Factor at Fort Vancouver

1826 Old Apple Tree planted

1832-36 Bonneville finds South Pass

The Missionaries

1834 Jason Lee starts a mission near Salem

1836 Whitmans and Spauldings visit Fort Vancouver

1847 Peter S. Ogden rescues Whitman survivors

1848 Joe Meek reports to Washington D.C.

1848 St. James Church built

1852 Mother Joseph arrives

1873 Providence Academy opens

1889 Gardner Chapel built

The Pioneers

1839 James Carty arrives

1845 Esther Short arrives in Vancouver

1846 Covington House built

1849 Grant House built

1850 Brush Prairie settled

1850 Lieser family arrives

1852 La Center established

1852 Henry Caples family arrives

1862 Lewisville established

1867 Slocum House built

1868 Esther Short Park created

1871 L. M. Hidden Brick Company started

1876 Cedar Creek Grist Mill built

1880's Hidden Houses built

1883 DuBois family arrives

1886 Marshall House built

The Railroads

1889 Portland, Vancouver, Yakima Railroad reaches Brush Prairie

1902-29 Yacolt Forest Fires

1902 P,V,&Y Railroad reaches Moulton Falls and Yacolt (now known as Lewis & Clark Railroad)

The County Grows

???? Hulda Klager (Lilac Gardens) House built

1890 Old Glenwood School opens, Glenwood area named

1890 Harney School opens

1899 Teacher Esther Morgan moves to Vancouver

1900 Pioneer Chapel built

1901 Barberton School opens

1905 Pearson Airpark's first flight

1907 Dr. Hoffman begins his practice.

1909 Carnegie Library built (Clark County Historical Museum)

1909 J.P. Kiggins becomes Mayor

1910 Laurin named

1911 Vancouver Elks Building built

1912 Yacolt City Hall built

1913 Femling Farm started

1916 Ella Wintler begins her teaching career

1917 Interstate Bridge built

1920 Pomeroy (Living History) Farm started

1926 Astor Column built

1934 first Telephone Exchange Building

1935 Kiggins Theatre opened

1936 George C Marshall commands Vancouver Barracks

1937 Soviet Trans-Polar Flight

1937 Lewisville Park built

19?? Battle Ground Lake State Park established

1942 Kaiser Shipyards started

1956 Glenwood Tree cut down

1980 Mt. St. Helens erupts

1995 Glenwood School turns 100 years old!