Native Culture
This type of disaster struck saw mills in Yacolt, Ridgefield, Camas, and Vancouver.
What is fire?
What is Fort Vancouver?
Trapping of animals near Fort Vancouver was predominately for this purpose.
What is "Fur Trading"?
Clark County's largest city.
The Clark country river where the Cowlitz tribe made their early settlements.
What is the Lewis river?
This city was tormented by floods that overflowed and broke levies on 4 separate occasions.
What is Woodland, Washington?
A town was divided with Irish on the North and everyone else to the South.
What is Battle Ground?
The town who's industry boomed after largest forest fire in Washington State history.
What is Yacolt?
What is "Gambling"?
What is "Haunted Place?"
Also accepted: "Spirit"
The illness that decimated native populations, reducing the Cathapotle tribe from 300 to 12 within ten years.
Also accepted: "Influenza and malaria"
What is "Bachelor Island"?
By forming this kind of group, Dairy Farmer's in Battle Ground found that they could reach larger markets and increase sales.
What is a cooperative?
Also Accepted: Grange or Grange Chapter.
Clark County's Fastest growing city.
What is "Ridgefield, WA"?
The Location on the Columbia river, where Lewis and Clark spent several weeks Hunting birds. The roots that grew in this region resulted in its name.
What is Camas, WA.
Also Accepted: La Camas, Washougal
The contaminant used by the Pacific Wood Treating Company that caused environmental damage to Lake River.
What is Creosote?
The ethnicity of many who originally settled in Camas, due to the completion of the railroad.
The news paper man and business genius who is responsible for the Camas Paper Mill and the building of a famous Portland mansion.
Who is "Henry Pittock"?
Today, this town is home to Sharp Industries, Underwriter technologies and other tech firms.
Where is "Camas, WA"?
The Captain who likely made first contact with Pacific Northwest Natives in 1792.
Who is Captain Robert Gray?
The Cowlitz Indian hero that warned Woodland residents of a planned attack by Yakima Indians.
Who is "Indian Jack"?
The Vancouver settler who went toe-to-toe with the Hudson's Bay Company in order to claim land near Fort Vancouver.
Who is Esther Short?
Before the building of the Merwin Dam, logs were drifted down the Lewis river to this town.
What is Woodland, WA?
The smallest town in Clark county.
What is "Yacolt"?