City of Vancouver

 
Date Visited:   Saturday, July 27, 2002
City Visited #:   252
County:   Clark
Visited With:   Michelle & High School Jen
City Name History:   The oldest continuously inhabited white settlement in the state was established in 1825 when Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor, moved the Hudson's Bay Company Columbia Department Headquarters upriver from Fort George - now Astoria, Oregon - and named it to honor British explorer George Vancouver.
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