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Clark County History As Seen Through the Eyes of Its Reporters INTRODUCING ABOVE & BELOW THE FOLD NEWS FIT TO PRINT Clark County history as seen through the eyes of its reporters Newspapers have been an integral WHO WAS CARL LANDERHOLM? part of American life since the first one was printed in Colonial times. For Carl Landerholm generations, they have played a criti- (1885-1961) was cal role in shaping and documenting a life-long resi- our history. Along with the people’s dent who had a need for information in a functioning 40 year career democracy, American journalists have in Clark County a constitutional right to report the public schools. facts regardless of the consequences. He was a popular Generations of Americans have teacher, principal relied on the morning or evening paper and superinten- to keep them informed about impor- dent who retired tant issues, community events, even in 1947. He assembled the book, sale prices at local stores. Long before Vancouver Area Chronology, between the internet, newspapers reflected the 1956 and 1959, working steadily, interests of the greater community often five to eight hours a day. With and provided a means of filtering out amazing tenacity, he pored over area rumors circulating via the grapevine. newspapers and documents, reading Drawn from abstracts summariz- literally millions of words. Each selec- ing Clark County newspaper articles tion was carefully documented and from 1850 to 1958 and compiled by made easily accessible for research- Carl Landerholm, this exhibit is an ers seeking information about the overview of what Landerholm focused area. When asked why he did it, he on in his comprehensive publication, replied, “to save people hundreds of the Vancouver Area Chronology. hours in looking up things.” Combining the significant events fea- tured “above the fold” and the unusual This exhibit is dedicated to the events “below the fold,” this is not an memory of Carl Landerholm, exhaustive anthology of Clark County; whose love of history contin- it is rather a glimpse into our local ues to benefit our community past. For more information visit the today. museum’s research library. ABOVE & BELOW THE FOLD: NEWS FIT TO PRINT Agriculture ABOVE THE FOLD BEFORE ‘EATING LOCAL’ WAS COOL, IT WAS OFTEN THE ONLY CHOICE AUTUMN 1876: Arthur Hidden planted the first JAN. 27, 1898: Reported that potato drying for FEB. 2, 1916: A very severe “silver thaw” pros- prune orchard in Clarke County, 4 acres near the Alaska trade was under way. The Seward trated Vancouver and areas along the Columbia, the present 26th and Main Streets, Vancouver. Bros. in Fruit Valley had already turned out – “no light, no power, no school, no nothing.” “$1,000 worth.” C. H. Ricker near Vancouver This was the climax of an unusually severe 1888: Reported “At a place 10 or 12 miles was drying potatoes and onions “for the Klondike January. In places as on Mill Plain, the prune east of Vancouver, called Prune Hill, there is trade.” (The Labor Exchange at La Center trees were so badly wrecked that the industry a great deal of land being set out in prunes, the was also drying potatoes.) never fully recovered. oldest orchard being that of M. A. Boyer. In 1883 he set out 350 yearling trees, of which, DEC. 17, 1910: Clarke County Fruit Inspector A. MAY 12, 1929: The Clark County Potato the past season, he harvested 6 tons of dried A. Quarnberg reported on a complete census Growers’ Association was formally organized prunes.” Six prune orchardists were also listed of prune trees in the county; There were about at Ridgefield. as getting their orchards into prosperous bear- 5,000 acres in prune orchard and between ing near Vancouver. 500,000 and 600,000 trees. DEC. 14, 1942: The Battle Ground Dairymen’s Cooperative announced that business for the year had almost reached $1,500,000. OCT. 24, 1890:The Columbian AUGUST 1, 1931: A MILK War broke out in a long article declared that in Clark County. Enraged by the refusal of Hockinson Creamery. the prune industry “cannot Portland distributors to meet their demands, be overdone; the more that dairymen of the dairy cooperative blockaded is raised, the better the price the Interstate Bridge, “hundreds of determined and demand – the crop this dairymen” taking part, dumped 3,500 gallons year – about $40,000." of milk from Portland trucks. A milk house near Woodland was dynamited. After several days of MAY 21, 1927: A monument indicating the such activity, the dairymen won their demands. location of U. S. Grant’s potato field was dedi- Women outside of prune packing cated at East 5th and Davis Streets by cadets DEC. 4, 1952: After a prolonged struggle by and shipping company. of the Hill Military Academy. dairy interests to prevent it, yellow oleomargarine P03.7.11G went on sale at 12:01 a.m. throughout the state. P03.1.5 Fred Vandermere harvests potatoes in Ridgefield. Anderson Prune Orchard. P03.7.3.1 P15.29.5 ABOVE & BELOW THE FOLD: NEWS FIT TO PRINT Business ABOVE THE FOLD BOOZE, BRICKs, & Boards–open for BUSINESS JUNE 1868: The first brewery building at having a capacity of 30,000 feet is in running SEPT. 7, 1910: The contract for building the Vancouver torn down; built by Henry Weinhard order and supplies the present demand” (at Union Woolen Mills at Washougal was let. (It in 1857. La Camas). Water power. was renamed the Washougal Woolen Mills in 1912). 1871: The Hidden Brick Co. was founded at JAN. 15, 1887: “The first board ever created Vancouver by L. M. Hidden. at Amboy” was sawed in the presence of the JUNE 7, 1920: Christy and Poppa’s new mill editor of the Independent and other Vancouver at Yacolt began cutting lumber for the market; 1872: The M. R. Sparks Co. established its visitors at A. M. Ball’s newly built sawmill capacity, 30,000 feet per day. hardware store at Vancouver, on Main St. there. south of 5th. Water power. Capable of cutting twen- JAN. 22, 1943: The Fred Meyer store on McArthur Boulevard on McL0ughlin Heights P10.50.94 ty-five to thirty thousand feet per day. If MAY 8, 1884: Reported, copied from the opened for business. Employees of the Goodee Potato Chip Company auxiliary power should be needed, oxen would Portland Standard: “A Complete sawmill, prepare bags of chips at their shop in Vancouver, to be supply it. distributed throughout the Northwest, 1958. The Star Brewery, Vancouver. Innovative OCT. 23, 1933: The Star two-hoof shoeing Brewery at Vancouver demonstrated at Joseph Claskey’s resumed operations for the blacksmith shop first time since Prohibition. in the late 1800s. JUNE 22, 1953: The Good-ee Potato Chip Co. of Vancouver turned out its first bag of potato chips. P10.12.115 P10.10.9 Anderson’s Tobacco Shop. P10.66.4 The Smith and Hendrickson auto shop in Vancouver. P10.5.4 ABOVE & BELOW THE FOLD: NEWS FIT TO PRINT A classroom at Vancouver’s Central Education School, ca. 1906. ABOVE THE FOLD CLARK COUNTY GETS SCHOOLED JAN. 1, 1835: John Ball was installed by Bandel, Daisy Tarleton, Minnie Tracy, Edda McLoughlin as the first teacher in the Oregon Mills. Place: Standard Theatre. Country at Fort Vancouver. OCT. 25, 1958: The new Clark College build- SEPT. 1, 1874: School opened in the new House ings and beautiful campus were dedicated, and of Providence, Vancouver, by the Sisters of the new President, Dr. Dwight C. Baird, inau- Charity. gurated with impressive ceremonies. Governor and Mrs. Albert Rosellini with an array of JUNE 24, 1891: The first Commencement civic and educational leaders both local and exercises for a graduating class of Vancouver from the Pacific Northwest in general attend- High School. The members of the Class of ed. Hundred s wandered about the campus 1891: Emma DuBois, Foster Hidden, Maggie and inspected the $2,000,000 buildings. The P72.6 Central School in Battle Ground boasts building Kent, Lizzie Lynch, Olga Bandel, Addie Little, weather was perfect. additions and new outbuildings by 1915. Effie Snodgrass, Maurice Hidden, Theodore P72.37.1B AUG. 8, 1894: Reported that A young Carl “Yacolt now has no school Landerholm with his house.” – It was discovered students at Fairview School in 1905. that by error the building was on a homestead belonging to D. C. Greenwalt, who had sold it to a stranger. The latter forcibly entered the schoolhouse, threw out the furniture, and moved in. “Strange to say, there seems to be no remedy at law!” NOV. 18, 1933: Announcement made that P15.37.7.5 the official name of the new junior college at The first Yacolt school house in 1885. Vancouver would be Clark College. A contest P15.37.2 Yacolt High School chemistry students, 1917. P72.37 had been held to select the name. Girls dormitory at Providence Academy, ca. 1876. Vancouver High School’s Class of 1890. P72.32.2 P48.10.22 ABOVE & BELOW THE FOLD: NEWS FIT TO PRINT Industry ABOVE THE FOLD KEEPING CLARK COUNTY AFLOAT STANDIFER July 12, 1943: The first 60 units of Fruit APR. 5, 1943: The first airplane carrier Valley Homes were opened; to be occupied by launched on the Pacific Coast took to the May 30, 1918: The ship Keneo was launched, ALCOA workers. water at the Kaiser shipyard, Vancouver. Mrs. the first from the Standifer Vancouver shipyard. Eleanor Roosevelt was the sponsor, christening KAISER it the Alazon Bay. 75,000 witnessed the rite. July 12, 1918: The Moosabee and the Benzonia were launched at the Vancouver Standifer yards, JAN. 14, 1942: “The Columbian was told today DEC. 31, 1943: It was reported that 65 vessels the second and third vessels launched there.
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