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Looking upstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington.
Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background.
Image taken October 21, 2005.
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Wintler Park ...
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Looking across the Columbia River towards Portland International Airport, from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken October 21, 2005.
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Early Wintler Park area ...
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Two Plat Maps for Clark County were found on "Rootsweb.com" Website (2006). The 1888 Plat Map shows two Donation Land Claims (DLC) in the location of today's Wintler Park. The western claim lists "W. Fritz D.L.C., M. Wintler Est." and the eastern claim lists "Donovan D.L.C., B.I. Wintler Est.". A 1922 Plat Map (date approximate) shows these two sites as "A.E. Wintler Est.". The properties are located within T 2N R2E Sections 30 and 31.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Records Website (2006) shows Michael Wintler and John W. Griffith being granted title to 160 acres (1855 ScriptWarrant Act) on July 15, 1865, for T1N R4E Section 11, and John J. Wintler being granted title to 150.2 acres (1862 Homestead Entry Original) on July 30, 1874, for T1N R3E Section 9. These are both further east than Wintler Park. The Land Office Records shows Christian G. Fritz being given title to 159.97 acres on December 22, 1865 (1850 Oregon Donation Act) for T2N R2E Sections 30 and 31, and the Heirs of Patrick Donegan being given title to 161.42 acres on August 27, 1871 (1850 Oregon Donation Act) for T2N R2E Section 30 and 31.
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Views of Wintler Park ...
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Wintler Park Beach from Tidewater Cove, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken April 5, 2007.
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Looking downstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington.
View looking towards Tidewater Cove.
Image taken December 18, 2004.
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Mount Hood from Wintler Park ...
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Mount Hood, Oregon, from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken October 21, 2005.
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Looking upstream from Wintler Park, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 18, 2004.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, March 31, 1806 ...
we Set out this morning [from their camp at "Jolie Prairie", today the location of Fort Vancouver and Pearson Airpark ... also in this area are Wintler Park and Ryan Point] and proceeded untill 8 oClock when we landed on the N. Side opposit one large House of the Shah-ha-la Nation near this house at the time we passed on the 4th of November last was Situated 25 houses, 24 of them were built of Straw & Covered with bark as before mentioned. those [of] that description are all distroyed, the one built of wood only remains and is inhabited [vicinity of today's Portland International Airport].
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at 10 A. M we proceeded on accompanied by one Canoe and three men, one of them appeared to be a man of Some note,
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passed up on the N. Side of White brant Island [Lady Island] near the upper point of Which a Small river falls in about 80 yards wide and at this time discharges a great quantity of water [Washougal River]. the nativs inform us that this river is very Short and heads in the range of mountains to the N E of its enterance into the Columbia the nativs haveing no name which we could learn for this little river we Call it Seal river [Washougal River] from the great number of those Animals which frequents its mouth. this river forks into two nearly equal branches about 1 mile up and each branch is crouded with rapids & falls. we proceeded on about 2 miles above the enterance of this Seacalf river [Washougal River] and imedeately opposit the upper mouth of the quick Sand river [Sandy River] we formed a Camp in a Small Prarie on the North Side of the Columbia [Cottonwood Beach] where we intend to delay one or two days to make Some Selestial observations, to examine quick sand river [Sandy River], and kill Some meat to last us through the Western Mountains which Commences a fiew miles above us [Cascade Mountain Range] and runs in a N. N. W. & S. S. E. derection. The three Indians encamped near us and visited our fire we entered into a kind of a Conversation by signs, of the Country and Situation of the rivers. they informed us that Seal river [Washougal River] headed in the mountains at no great distance. quick Sand river [Sandy River] was Short only headed in Mt. Hood [Mount Hood, Oregon] which is in view and to which he pointed. this is a circumstance we did not expect as we had heretofore deemed a comsiderable river. Mount Hood bears East from this place and is distant from this place about 40 miles. this information if true will render it necessary to examine the river below on the South Side behind the image canoe [Hayden Island] and Wappato islands [Sauvie Island] for some river which must water the Country [Willamette River] weste of the western mountains to the Waters of California. The Columbia is at present on a Stand and we with dificuelty made 25 miles to day—.
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