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Bunker Hill, as seen from Stella, Washington.
Image taken October 13, 2007.
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Bunker Hill ...
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The Bunker Hill community is located high on a bluff on the Washington side of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 55. Upstream is Germany Creek and the town of Stella. Downstream is Abernethy Creek and Mill Creek. The high cliffs of Bunker Hill area rise above Washington State Highway 4.
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Early Bunker Hill ...
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While the U.S. Board of Geographic Names does not list "Bunker Hill" as the official name of the hill/ridge, it does list the community at the top (2016).
The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located near the top of the hill, and, according to the U.S. GenWeb website archives, the earliest buriel date with a headstone is July 16, 1877 and belongs to Engel Marie Krentler.
Bunker Hill is located in T2N R4W, Section 2. The 1885 cadastral survey (tax survey) shows the area of today's Bunker Hill being within the Donation Land Claim of C. Mayger. At the base of hill are located the claims of A.S. Abernethy and John Guizendorfer (Guisendorfer).
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office Records (GLO) database (2016) shows Charles Mayger and Minerva Mayger being granted title to 312.77 acres of T8N R4W, parts of Sections 2 and 11, on June 30, 1873 (1850 Oregon-Donation Act).
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Bunker Hill, as seen from Stella, Washington.
View is looking west.
Image taken January 28, 2007.
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Bunker Hill, with the Stella Museum, Washington.
Image taken October 13, 2007.
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Bunker Hill cliff, as seen from Washington State Highway 4.
View is looking east.
Image taken January 28, 2007.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, November 6, 1805, first draft ...
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