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|   FIRST: Powered, Controlled Flight In Washington - Vancouver, Washington
in First of its Kind Marker giving information about powered controlled flight in Washington. posted by:  BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/22/2013 last visited: 10/13/2020 |
 view galleryN12.4 km | FIRST - Public Park in the Pacific Northwest, Esther Short Park, Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Esther Short Park in Vancouver, Washington was established in 1853, and is the oldest public park in the Pacific Northwest. posted by:  Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 10/21/2007 last visited: 11/1/2020 |
 view galleryN12.4 km | FIRST: Japanese on North American Continent - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Monument at Vancouver National Historic site placed by the Hyogo Rover Boy Scout Troop commemorating the first Japanese on the North American continent. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/12/2013 last visited: 10/9/2020 |
 view galleryN12.6 km | FIRST - Fort Vancouver, Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind In 1824, the Hudson's Bay Company chose this place as the site for a new fort which they named Vancouver in honor of the British explorer, George Vancouver. Little is known of this FIRST fort as it moved early in 1829 to its now well-known location one mile west of this place. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 5/4/2006 last visited: 12/26/2013 |
 view galleryN12.6 km | FIRST: U.S. President To Visit West Coast While In Office - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Historical marker noting President Rutherford B. Hayes visit to the west coast while serving as president. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/10/2013 last visited: 10/9/2020 |
 view galleryN12.6 km | FIRST: U.S. Citizen Born In Vancouver - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Marker noting the birth of the first U.S. citizen in Vancouver, Washington. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/9/2013 last visited: 10/9/2020 |
 view galleryN12.6 km | OLDEST: Washington Settlement - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Marker noting that Vancouver is the oldest settlement in Washington state. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/9/2013 last visited: 10/9/2020 |
 view galleryN12.7 km | FIRST - downtown expresso shop, Java House,Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Vancouver’s FIRST downtown espresso shop, Java House, opened 15 years ago in an old Ford automobile dealership showroom at the corner of Columbia and Evergreen. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 5/5/2006 last visited: 1/27/2014 |
 view galleryN12.7 km | FIRST - U.S. Military Post in Washington - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Monument honoring early events in Washington history in Vancouver, Washington. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 9/30/2013 last visited: 10/13/2020 |
 view galleryN12.7 km | FIRST: Military Post in Oregon Territory - Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Marker giving history of the first arrival of the U.S. military in the Vancouver area. posted by: BruceS location: Washington date approved: 10/9/2013 last visited: 10/13/2013 |
 view galleryN12.7 km | FIRST - Bishop of Nesqually, Oregon Territory, Rt. Rev. A.M.A. Blanchet in First of its Kind The FIRST Bishop of Nesqually was Rt. Rev A.M.A. Blanchet (1797-1887). posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 5/5/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryN12.9 km | FIRST - Saint James Church Bell cast in 1854, Vancouver, Washington Territory in First of its Kind Original (belonging to the beginning; FIRST; earliest) Saint James Bell cast in 1854 and rung in the Cathedrals of Nisqually Diocese. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 5/8/2006 last visited: never |
 view galleryN12.9 km | FIRST - Deans of Clark College, Robert T. Oliver and Lewis D. Cannell, Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind The FIRST Deans of Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, were Robert T. Oliver and Lewis D. Cannell. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 5/4/2006 last visited: never |
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| FIRST - Clark County's Oldest Established Cemetery, Vancouver, Washington in First of its Kind Fisher's Cemetery is the oldest established cemetery in Clark County dating to 1852. posted by: Rose Red location: Washington date approved: 10/9/2006 last visited: 1/4/2021 |
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| FIRST - Town Incorporated West of Missouri River - Oregon City, Oregon in First of its Kind Marker with several firsts on the grounds of the Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City, Oregon. posted by: BruceS location: Oregon date approved: 3/29/2009 last visited: 3/26/2016 |
 view galleryS18.3 km | Site of FIRST - Territorial Statehouse of Oregon Territory - Oregon City, Oregon in First of its Kind Site now occupied by an office building which was the location of the first capitol of the Oregon Territory in Oregon City, Oregon. posted by: BruceS location: Oregon date approved: 3/30/2009 last visited: 3/4/2014 |
 view galleryS18.7 km | FIRST – Paper Mill in the Pacific Northwest - West Linn, Oregon in First of its Kind Willamette Falls furnished the power for the FIRST paper mill in the Pacific Northwest in 1867. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 3/5/2007 last visited: 6/29/2014 |
 view galleryS18.7 km | FIRST – Long Distance Commercial Electric Power Transmission in the United States - West Linn, Oregon in First of its Kind Willamette Falls was the site of the FIRST long distance commercial electric power transmission in the United States to the City Of Portland in 1889. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 3/5/2007 last visited: 6/29/2014 |
 view galleryS18.7 km | FIRST – vessel to navigate up the west end of Willamette Falls, Steamer Maria Wilkins, West Linn, Oregon in First of its Kind Willamette Falls Locks – still in use below this point – were opened on New Years Day, 1873, when the Steamer Maria Wilkins became the FIRST vessel to navigate up the west end of Willamette Falls. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 3/5/2007 last visited: 6/29/2014 |
 view galleryS18.7 km | FIRST – Provisional Governor of the Oregon County, George Abernethy in First of its Kind From 1845 to 1849, George Abernethy was the FIRST provisional governor of the Oregon Country, which extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from California to the northern British Columbia. He served two terms. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 3/5/2007 last visited: 6/29/2014 |
 view galleryS18.7 km | FIRST – incorporated U.S. city west of the Rocky Mountains, Oregon City, Oregon. in First of its Kind Oregon City was the FIRST incorporated U.S. city west of the Rocky Mountains (1844), Provisional and Territorial Capital (1843-52), and the continuous seat of government for Clackamas County since 1843. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 3/5/2007 last visited: 6/29/2014 |
 view galleryS18.8 km | FIRST - Provisional Legislature of Oregon Country - Oregon City, Oregon in First of its Kind Historical marker at a roadside view point of the Willamette Fall in Oregon City giving a brief history of the town and some of its firsts. posted by: BruceS location: Oregon date approved: 3/31/2009 last visited: 9/26/2015 |
 view galleryS18.8 km | FIRST - Paper Mill In Pacific Northwest - Oregon City, Oregon in First of its Kind Historical marker at a roadside view point of the Willamette Fall in Oregon City giving a brief history of the town and some of its firsts. posted by: BruceS location: Oregon date approved: 3/31/2009 last visited: 9/26/2015 |
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| FIRST - white men to see the snow clad peak...Mt. Hood, Oregon in First of its Kind On October 30, 1792...the boat crew from the HMS Chatham (Vancouver’s voyage) were the first white men to sight the snow clad peak which Lt. Wm R. Broughton named Mt. Hood. posted by: Rose Red location: Oregon date approved: 7/16/2006 last visited: 2/15/2009 |
 view galleryE25.1 km | FIRST - School in Camas WA USA in First of its Kind The first school in Camas WA. posted by: rambles location: Washington date approved: 7/30/2012 last visited: never |
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