Downtown Vancouver (Images of America) - Softcover

Jollota, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738529591 ISBN 13: 9780738529592

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2004

Synopsis

Named for a British sea explorer, Vancouver was conceived in the early 1800s when Lewis and Clark camped at the waterfront and deemed the area ripe for settlement. The Hudson s Bay Company soon established its fur-trading empire here, and Fort Vancouver became the commercial center of the area. In 1849 American troops set up Columbia Barracks nearby, establishing the area as a military stronghold. In 1857 the city of Vancouver was incorporated, and gradually became an important industrial and residential city. Vancouver is now a big city, and along with nearby Portland, Oregon, is home to high-tech, maritime, lumber, and manufacturing industries."

About this title

About the Author:

Author Pat Jollota, who spent 22 years as curator of the Clark County Historical Museum, has compiled this amazing collection of images of Vancouver s beginning and early downtown. Jollota, who serves on Vancouver s city council, is also the author of the historic book Naming Clark County, as well as a collection of Clark County ghost stories, Darkness Next Door.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0738529591
• ISBN 13: 9780738529592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128