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Vancouver, Washington, with a steaming Mount St. Helens.
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Vancouver, Washington ...
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Vancouver, Washington, is located at Columbia River Mile (RM) 106. Downstream on the Oregon side is the mouth of the Willamette River and upstream on the Oregon side is the Portland International Airport. In the middle of the Columbia lie Hayden Island and its neighbor Tomahawk Island, and slightly upstream is Government Island. Two bridges, the Interstate 5 Bridge and the Interstate 205 Bridge connect Vancouver with the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Vancouver was settled in 1825 when Dr. John McLoughlin moved the northwest headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company from Astoria, Oregon to a more favorable location upstream, Fort Vancouver. He named the site after Point Vancouver, a location upstream at RM 128, and named after British explorer Captain George Vancouver. In 1792, William Broughton, of the Vancouver expedition, traveled up the Columbia River as far as Point Vancouver, before turning around.
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Flags, Vancouver, Washington, United States of America, and Washington State.
View from Vancouver Landing.
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Early History ...
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1792, Captain George Vancouver:
In October 1792, British Lieutenant William Broughton, serving under Captain George Vancouver, was the first European to explore the Columbia River and pass the area which one day would be the City of Vancouver, Washington. Lieutenant Broughton explored 100 miles upriver, reaching as far as a point of land he named Point Vancouver.
He first viewed the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, area on October 29, 1792, and commented on the view of Mount Hood. His camp that night was on the Oregon shore, in the vicinity of today's Portland International Airport.
The next day Broughton would name the "very high, snowy mountain" after British Admiral Samuel Hood.
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"... A very high, snowy mountain now appeared rising beautifully conspicuous in the midst of an extensive tract of low or moderately elevated land lying S 67 E., and seemed to announce a termination to the river. ..."
[Broughton, October 29, 1792]
1805 and 1806, Lewis and Clark:
Lewis and Clark first came through the Vancouver area in November 1805, on their journey to the Pacific Ocean.
On November 4, 1805, Captain Clark walked on the
"Small Prarie" which someday would become
Pearson Airpark.
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"... a Small Prarie in which there is a pond opposit on the Stard.
here I landed and walked on Shore, about 3 miles a fine open Prarie for about 1 mile, back of which the countrey rises gradually and wood land comencies ...
a few Cottonwood trees & the Ash of this countrey grow Scattered on the river bank ..."
[Clark, November 4, 1805]
Heading back home in 1806, Lewis and Clark's campsite of March 30, 1806, was on that "beautifull prarie".
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"... we encamped a little before sunset in a beautifull prarie above a large pond ... " [Lewis, March 30, 1806]
1825, Fort Vancouver:
In 1825, Dr. John McLoughlin moved the northwest headquarters of the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company from
Astoria, Oregon to the present-day Vancouver, Washington, area. The new fort was called Fort Vancouver, after British explorer George Vancouver, who's expedition, led by William Broughton, charted the Columbia River to a point 22 miles upstream.
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1841, Charles Wilkes Expedition:
In 1841, Charles Wilkes and the U.S. Exploring Expedition charted the area. Wilkes wrote:
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"... The shores of the Columbia near Vancouver are low. The river bank is a kind of levee, which is several feet above the river, at its highest flood; were it not for this, it would spread over the while extent of prairie. On this levee is a thick growth of trees and shrubs, which binds the earth together, and prevents a break. ..."
1845, Amos and Esther Short:
In 1845, Amos and Esther Short and their eight children landed at Fort Vancouver, and eventually located a donation land claim in the wilderness near the fort and built a cabin.
Thus the city of Vancouver really began, although to the Shorts this tract of land was just a place to raise potatoes, and to the British a claim to be looked on with suspicion and resentment. Its eastern boundary, marked by a balm of Gilead tree on the banks of the Columbia River, was one day to become Main Street. Then nothing but forests existed except near the western boundary of the square mile claim where level bottomland afforded an opportunity to raise crops.
In 1855 Mrs. Esther Short platted the City of Vancouver, donated Esther Short Park and a long strip of waterfront to the city. In 1857, the City of Vancouver was incorporated.
1849, Vancouver Barracks:
In 1849 the U.S. Army established the post of
Columbia Barracks (later Vancouver Barracks), just up the slope from Fort Vancouver. The neighboring settlement which developed was called "the City of Columbia". The Army and the Hudson's Bay Company coexisted. The Army rented many of the village buildings, hired Native American laborers, and made use of the trade available through the Fort's market. Also in 1849 the Hudson's Bay Company moved their center of operations north to Canada, however, it wasn't until 1860 that the British completely abandoned the area. In 1866 a fire destroyed all visible traces of the British settlement.
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1850 Census:
"The 1850 census listed 95 houses in the newly organized Clark County, of which Vancouver City was the county seat. Two schools were opened, a ferry franchise was granted for river service, and construction began on the Army reservation. R.H. Lnasdale, appointed county agent, replatted the townsite, ignoring the lines used in earlier surveys, which started from the "Witness Tree", a giant cottonwood on the river bank. This new survey not only kindled private boundary disputes, but also infringed on the military reserve. One group of local patriots wished to change the name of the town to Columbia City, but the Washington Territorial Legislature ruled, in 1855, that the legal name was, and should remain, Vancouver."
Source:
"The New Washington: A Guide to the Evergreen State", Federal Writers' Project, 1941.
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1854, "Columbia City":
The location of the City of Vancouver began as the British Fort Vancouver. The site served as a fur trapping trade center. A small "village" evolved around the Fort, which eventually became known as "Kanaka Town" or "Kanaka Village", referring to the Hawaiian word for "person". Many Hawaiians were employed at the Fort and lived in the neighboring village. In 1849 the British headquarters left Fort Vancouver, and the American army moved in. In 1860 the British moved out, leaving the Fort and the surrounding area to the Americans. In 1852 the Americans met at Monticello (today the location of Longview) and created the Washington Territory. Two years later, on March 15, 1854, a Territorial Legislature act passed, which named today's Vancouver "Columbia City" and made it the county seat of Clark County. In 1855, the second session of the legislature changed the name back to "Vancouver". "Vancouver" honors Captain George Vancouver who explored the Columbia River in 1792. The town inherited the name from Fort Vancouver, which had been named by Sir George Simpson on March 19, 1825. See "Vancouver History Timeline" below for more tidbit history of the city. Today there is an Columbia City located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River a few miles downstream of Vancouver.
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Views ...
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Vancouver, Washington, and the Interstate 5 Bridge.
View from Hayden Island.
Image taken May 28, 2007.
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Vancouver, Washington, as seen from Hayden Island, Portland, Oregon.
Joe's Crab Shack and Who Song and Larry's restaurants in the foreground.
Image taken January 24, 2015.
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- Arches ...
- "Boat of Discovery" ...
- David Douglas Park ...
- Earthquake 1914 ...
- Esther Short Park ...
- "Flying Umbrellas" ...
- Fort Vancouver ...
- Hidden Bricks ...
- Interstate 5 Bridge ...
- Murals ...
- "Old Apple Tree" ...
- Pearson Field ...
- Providence Academy ...
- Railroad Overpass Murals ...
- "Remembrance Wall" ...
- Slocum House ...
- Street Scenes ...
- Substation Building ...
- Sunrises and Sunsets ...
- "The Phoenix" ...
- Total Eclipse of the Moon ...
- Vancouver Landing ...
- Vancouver National Historic Reserve ...
- "Vancouver Rocks" ...
- Vancouver Station ...
- Vancouver Tapestry ...
- Vancouver's Witness Tree ...
- Volcanoes ...
- Washington State University, Vancouver Campus ...
- Waterfront Park ...
- "The Waterfront" ...
- Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
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Arches ...
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The brick "Vancouver Arches" are located at 5th Street and Main Street, and were installed in 1984 to create a landmark for downtown Vancouver. They can nicely be seen from the Highway 14 off-ramp to Interstate 5 heading south, or from leaving the Interstate 5 Bridge, heading north.
South Main Landmark:
By Jim Walsh, JD Walsh & Associates.
Location: 5th & Main Street.
"These three brick arches were installed in 1984 to create a landmark for downtown Vancouver."
Source:
"CityOfVancouver.us" website, 2019, Public Art.
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Vancouver and Vancouver Arches, as seen from moving car, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken July 17, 2010.
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Vancouver and Vancouver Arches, as seen from moving car, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 27, 2004.
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Vancouver Washington Arches (sepia toned), Vancouver, Washington.
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"Boat of Discovery" ... (Vancouver Monument) ...
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The Smithsonian Institution's "Art Inventory Catalogue" has Vancouver, Washington's "Vancouver Monument" listed as a sculpture titled "Boat of Discovery".
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The unclad keel of a long boat made of steel and painted red. It sits high over a walkway, and is supported by two pyramidal concrete bases with polished black granite facings, one under each end. The bases are on either side of the brick-walled walkway and the boat keel acts as an arch over it. The sculpture is placed in a plaza of sloping, rounded brick-topped walls. Set in one wall of the plaza is a series of three plaques. Starting at the top of the plaque on the proper right, a replica of the original charted map of the Columbia River continues across and down the other two plaques, to end near the bottom of the plaque on the proper left.
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The monument was dedicated October 31, 1992, to coincide with the bicentennial of
Captain George Vancouver's exploration of the Columbia River.
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Vancouver Monument, Vancouver, Washington.
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"Boat of Discovery", Vancouver Monument, Vancouver, Washington.
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Captain George Vancouver Monument, Vancouver, Washington.
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David Douglas Park ...
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David Douglas Park, Vancouver, Washington.
David Douglas Park is located at the west end of the "Mill Plain".
Image taken August 9, 2015.
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David Douglas Park, Vancouver, Washington.
David Douglas Park is located at the west end of the "Mill Plain".
Image taken August 9, 2015.
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Earthquake 1914 ... (and 1877 and 1882)
QUAKE FELT IN VANCOUVER
Charles A. Bluerock Recalls Disturbances of 1877 and 1882.
"VANCOUVER, Wash., March 24. -- (Special.) -- That there was an earthquake felt in this section of the Northwest Sunday morning at 6 o'clock, is vouched for by Charles A. Blurock, a butcher, who happened to be awake at that time, and who felt it. Mrs. A. Collings said she also noticed the disturbances.
Two earthquakes here are recalled by pioneers. Mr. Blurock said he was in a two-story building where onions were being dried in October, 1877, and he heard the onions rattle and started upstairs with a club, thinking some one was stealing them.
In May, 1882, he was a student in the high school, when three shocks frightened the children, and a number of them, incluing Mr. Blurock, made a break from the room and got outside."
Source:
"The Morning Oregonian", Wednesday, March 25, 1914, courtesy Historic Oregon Newspapers Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, 2017.
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Esther Short Park ...
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Esther Short Park is a five-acre park located in the heart of Vancouver. It is the oldest public square in the State of Washington, having been established in 1853. During the summer the Park hosts many outdoor concerts and is home to the Vancouver Farmer's Market.
The Salmon Run Bell Tower and Glockenspiel is located in the southeast corner of Esther Short Park.
According to the City of Vancouver website (2018), the clock was built by Verdin Bells & Clock Company. The Spiraling Salmon was created by Jim Demetro. Architect was Cindy Sterry. The Salmon Run Bell Tower is 69 feet tall.
On the southeast corner of Esther Short Park is the Historic Slocum House, listed in 1973 on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (Architecture/Engineering, #73001867).
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Sign, Vancouver Farmer's Market, Vancouver, Washington.
View from moving car.
Image taken March 31, 2015.
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Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington.
View from moving car.
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Salmon Tower, Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington.
View from moving car.
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"Flying Umbrellas" ...
Flying Umbrellas:
By Cobalt Designworks.
Location: Evergreen & Main Street.
"This bright and whimsical structure is painted psycho lime green, lollypop red and lollypop purple. It is also sustainable: when it rains, the top umbrella drains into the shaft of the next two umbrellas, then down into the stand and the concrete base, where is dispersed into the plants below. The piece is made of steel.
“Flying Umbrellas” was a joint effort by the City of Vancouver and Vancouver's Downtown Association.
Cobalt Designworks is a partnership between designer Jennifer Corio and metalworker Dave Frei."
Source:
"CityOfVancouver.us" website, 2019, Public Art.
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"Flying Umpbrellas", Vancouver, Washington.
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Fort Vancouver ...
In 1825 Fort Vancouver was established along the Washington banks of the Columbia River at River Mile (RM) 106.5. The fort was first a fur-trading post for the British Hudson's Bay Company and was initially located on a ridge above the Columbia. In 1828 it was re-located on a beautiful prairie along the Columbia's banks known as "Jolie Prairie".
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Cannons, Chief Factor's House, Fort Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken August 27, 2006.
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Interstate 5 Bridge ...
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Interstate 5 Bridge.
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Hidden Bricks ...
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"Nine or ten soft-mud yards have been in operation in and around Vancouver at different times. The one at 15th and Main Streets started in 1871 by L.M. Hidden operated continuously until 1928, when it was moved to 27th and Kauffman Avenue. For many years it was operated as a hand yard. The brick were used in the early Vancouver buildings, also in Portland and Astoria ...
About 1900, this hand yard was changed by installing a Potts soft-mud machine, the brick being dried on pallets in the open yard. The founder retired at this time and the business was carried on by his two sons Foster and Oliver Hidden under the firm name of Hidden Brothers until 1929, when the yard was moved to its new location by Foster Hidden, to be known as Hidden Brick Company, his brother having retired from the business."
Source:
W. Foster Hidden, 1930, "The History of Brickmaking in and Around Vancouver", IN: The Washington Historical Quarterly, vol.21, no.2, April 1930, pp.131-132.
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Hidden Brick, Grass Valley Park, Camas, Washington.
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Murals ...
"Old Apple Tree" ...
Vancouver's "Old Apple Tree" was planted in late 1826 and then eventually placed outside of the gates of the first Fort Vancouver. The seeds for the tree were brought over from England by Emilius Simpson.
Every year the City of Vancouver holds the "Old Apple Tree Festival" on the first saturday in October at the Old Apple Tree Park.
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"Old Apple Tree", Vancouver, Washington.
Currently the "Old Apple Tree" and the "Old Apple Tree Park" are closed and the area is under construction. This picture was taken with permission obtained from the construction crew. Upon completion the Old Apple Tree Park will be one of the endpoints for Vancouver's "Land Bridge" over Washington State Highway 14, connecting Fort Vancouver with the Waterfront Renaissance Trail.
Image taken April 5, 2007.
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Pearson Field ...
When the U.S. Army came to Vancouver in the mid-1800s, the area south of Fort Vancouver and
Vancouver Barracks was used for ammunition storage, a blacksmith shop and garden. In later years it was used as a polo field.
Then, in 1905, one hundred years after the Lewis and Clark expedition, Lincoln Beachey in the dirigible, Gelatine (also seen as "Gelatin"),
took off from Jantzen Beach, Oregon, during the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition, and landed on the polo grounds of the Vancouver Barracks, Vancouver, Washington.
This was the first aerial crossing of the Columbia River and marked the beginning of Pearson Field.
Today, Pearson Field remains the oldest continually operating airfield in the United States. It is also home to the Pearson Air Museum and the Jack Murdock Aviation Center.
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Pearson Field, Washington, with Mount Hood, Oregon.
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Providence Academy ...
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Providence Academy, Vancouver, Washington.
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Railroad Overpass Murals ...
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Located at Vancouver's Columbia Street and 4th Street, the railroad overpass has murals on both sides of the structure.
The blue "squiggly line" mural on the south side of the overpass was painted in 1993 by students from Lewis and Clark High School as a community project in an effort to combat graffiti.
The mural on the north side of the overpass was done in 2000 by students from Lewis and Clark High School with help from a grant from the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington.
The Vancouver Sign Company donated it's installation.
In 2015 the "squiggly line" mural was replaced with a new mural titled "Celebrate Vancouver". This mural was painted by Girl Scout Troup 4765 and was a joint project between the Girl Scouts and the Clark County Mural Society. It is 112-feet long with 4x8-foot panels depicting scenes from around Vancouver. Scenes include Frenchman's Bar, Esther Short Park, the riverfront looking east toward Mount Hood, Fort Vancouver, and Mount St. Helens. Recycling artists Tim Foertsch created fish with recycled metals on two of the panels. The Vancouer Sign Company again helped with the hanging of the panels.
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Mural, north side Railroad underpass, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken October 12, 2008.
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Mural, south side Railroad overpass, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 31, 2016.
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"Remembrance Wall" ...
Vancouver's "Remembrance Wall" was painted in 2005 to honor military veterans from World War II to Vietnam.
Commissioned by the Clark County Mural Society, the mural is located just west of the Railroad underpass (see murals above), on the north side of a 550-foot-long retaining wall owned by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
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"Remembrance Wall", Vancouver, Washington.
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Slocum House ...
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On the southeast corner of Esther Short Park is the historic Slocum House, a two-story Victorian home built in 1867. It has wooden floors, high ceilings, and natural lighting.
In 1973 it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (Architecture/Engineering, #73001867).
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Slocum House, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken November 19, 2018.
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Slocum House, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken November 19, 2018.
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Street Scenes ...
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"Street Scene", Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken October 23, 2019.
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"Street Scene", Vancouver, Washington.
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"Street Scene", Vancouver, Washington.
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Tile work barrier, where Harney meets Mill Plain, Vancouver, Washington.
View from moving car heading west on Mill Plain, looking north.
Image taken November 1, 2019.
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Street light, downtown Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken November 1, 2019.
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Substation Building ...
Built in 1911, the Substation Building is located on the Columbia River banks just east of the Interstate 5 Bridge.
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Substation building, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 30, 2017.
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Sunrises and Sunsets ...
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Sunset.
View from Vancouver, Washington
Image taken June 19, 2005.
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"The Phoenix" ...
The Phoenix:
By Andrew Carson.
Location: 8th & Main Street.
"“The Phoenix” is a whimsical metal and glass kinetic sculpture, powered by wind. It was purchased and installed by Vancouver’s Downtown Association in memory of Carl Dobbs, a VDA member who chaired its public art committee. Mr. Dobbs died in 2010. Ownership was transferred to the City in 2014.
Artist Andrew Carson is based in Seattle. He has "whirlygigs" installed in nearly all of the 50 states."
Source:
"CityOfVancouver.us" website, 2019, Public Art.
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"The Phoenix", Whirlygig, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken October 23, 2019.
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Total Eclipse of the Moon ...
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On January 15, 1805, while at Fort Mandan, North Dakota , Lewis and Clark witnessed a total eclipse of the moon.
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"... between 12 & 3 oClock this morning we had a total eclips of the moon, a part of the observations necessary for our purpose in this eclips we got which is at 12h 57m 54s Total Darkness of the moon @ 1 44 00 End of total Darkness of This moon @ 2 39 10 End of the eclips— ..."
[Clark, January 15, 1805]
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Total Lunar Eclipse, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken September 27, 2015.
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Total Lunar Eclipse, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken September 27, 2015.
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Vancouver Landing ...
Vancouver Landing is located on the downstream side of the Interstate 5 Bridge at Columbia River Mile (RM) 106.5. This once was the location of a ferry landing. It is now a public dock and city park for the city of Vancouver, Washington.
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View at Vancouver Landing.
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Dock at Vancouver Landing.
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Vancouver National Historic Reserve ...
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Fort Vancouver, Washington.
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Grant House on Officers Row, Vancouver National Historic Reserve.
Image taken August 27, 2006.
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"Vancouver Rocks" ...
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Part of my collection of "Vancouver Rocks".
Image taken April 2, 2017.
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Found at Safeway Foods, Lowe's Home Furnishings, Orchards Park, and Dog Days Northwest Training.
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"Shmoos".
Image taken February 21, 2017.
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In my collection of "Vancouver Rocks", painted for me by a dog training friend.
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Vancouver Station ...
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Sign, Vancouver Station, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken July 3, 2005.
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Vancouver Station, Vancouver, Washington.
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Amtrak at Vancouver Station, Vancouver, Washington.
Vancouver Station is visible on the left and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge across the Columbia River is visible on the right.
Image taken March 29, 2007.
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Vancouver Tapestry ...
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Vancouver Tapestry, Panels 1 to 9.
1. Sasquatch
2. Camas Fields
3. Klahowya
4. Mount Hood
5. Columbia River
6. Lieutenant Broughton
7. Lewis & Clark
8. Locating the Willamette
9. Roasting Meat
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Vancouver Tapestry, Panels 25 to 32.
25. Marshall House
26. Sternwheeler
27. Ferry
28. Buchanan's Feed Store
29. Buchanan's Feed Wagon
30. Fire Department
31. Mother Joseph's Academy
32. Paddy Hough
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Vancouver Tapestry, Panels 58 to 62.
58. Smith Tower
59. Clark College/WSU
60. Columbia Day Storm
61. Port of Vancouver
62. I-205 Bridge
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Vancouver's Witness Tree ...
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Vancouver's Witness Tree Information Sign, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 30, 2017.
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Volcanoes ...
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Vancouver, Washington, is surrounded by five volcanoes, all of which can be seen from various parts of the city.
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Mount Hood and clouds.
Telephoto view from the Fishers Landing area, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken March 21, 2007.
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Vancouver hillside scene.
Telephoto view from the Fishers Landing area, Vancouver, Washington.
Flank of Mount Hood, Oregon, is in the background.
Image taken March 21, 2007.
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Washington State University, Vancouver Campus ...
On May 10, 1989, the Washington State Legislature formally established Washington State University, Vancouver, as one of four campuses that make up the WSU system. In 1991 the Salmon Creek property was purchased, in 1994 ground was broken, and on June 28, 1996, the new campus was dedicated.
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Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington.
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Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington.
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Waterfront Park ...
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Waterfront Park, Vancouver, Washington.
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"The Waterfront" ...
According to the "thewaterfrontvancouverusa.com" website (2018):
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"Master Plan Approved --- 20-block, 32-acre urban development, 1.25 million feet of available Class A creative office space, 250,000 feet of restaurant and retail space, and 3,300 housing units."
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"Phase 1 --- 40,000 square feet of restaurant space - Grant Street Pier, 5-6 signature restaurants, 45,000 square feet of ground floor retail - Blocks 6 and 8 (River West), Approximately 270 apartment units - Blocks 6 and 8 (River West), 128 room Hotel Indigo and 40 condominiums - Block 4, "The Waterfront Park", 1/2 mile long riverfront materpiece - Grant Street Pier and Headwaters Wall - fountain."
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"The Waterfront", Vancouver, Washington.
View from the east side.
Image taken November 19, 2018.
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"The Waterfront", Vancouver, Washington.
View from the east side.
Image taken November 19, 2018.
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail ...
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Waterfront Renaissance Trail, Columbia Shores.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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Ilchee Bronze. Columbia Shores, Vancouver, Washington.
Image taken December 31, 2006.
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"The Golden Age of Postcards" ...
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The early 1900s was the "Golden Age of Postcards". The "Penny Postcard" became a popular way to send greetings to friends and family. Today the "Penny Postcard" has become an image of history.
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From the Journals of Lewis and Clark ...
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Clark, November 4, 1805 ...
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