How did Battle Ground, WA Get its Name?
Battle Ground, Washington was named for a battle… that never happened. In the 1850’s, significant tension arose between American Indians[…]
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Author: Steve Carroll
1854 Lithograph of Fort Vancouver
I love to hunt for and collect antiques from Vancouver, Washington’s past. The antiques give me a glimpse into Vancouver’s[…]
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Exploring Dead Horse Cave
Dead Horse Cave is an extensive cave system outside of Trout Lake, Washington in Skamania County. It is the largest lava tube cave in the continental U.S. with 14,441 feet of passageways.
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Washington Joins the Union: Map of Washington and Oregon from 1889 Letts’s Atlas
This is my newest antique map that I bought from a dealer in the U.K. Right away I liked it[…]
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McNeil Island: Washington’s own Prison Island
When people think of a prison island they usually think of Alcatraz Penitentiary in the San Francisco Bay. But California isn’t the only state with a prison island. Washington’s Puget Sound is the home to another, older prison island.
Read more1939-S Oregon Trail Memorial Half Dollar
The Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck intermittently by the United States Bureau of the Mint between 1926 and 1939.[…]
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1893 Columbian Expo “Pre-Official” Postal Card, Fisheries Bldg
The newest addition to my early pioneer postcard collection is a postal card from the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The 1893[…]
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Vancouver’s Hanging Holiday
In 1901, Washington State took over the responsibility for the execution of criminals sentenced to death in the state. Before[…]
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Haunted Walking Tours of Vancouver
They’re back!! Vancouver’s Haunted Walking Tours are back and run every Friday and Saturday at 6:00PM in October. This year[…]
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Vancouver and the Great Flood of 1894
As the Columbia River continued to rise, so did the destruction of Vancouver, Washington. At first no-one noticed the water[…]
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