He lived in Vancouver and served as Clark County treasurer and Washington Territorial senator. (Wiki Commons) Benjamin Shaw earned his place in history by shedding Native American blood.

Charles Cecil Curtis, pastor of the First Christian Church, pictured here with his family, was also the Ku Klux Klan's provisional Grand Dragon of Washington State in the early 1920s.

The Clark County Historical Museum's digital collection, hosted by Washington State University, gives an extensive look of Vancouver — and how it has developed since the early 1900s.

State architectural historian Michael Houser has said the Clark County farm is the best example of the poor-farm system in Washington state.

After hours of public testimony, the Clark County Historic Preservation Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove a Confederate monument from the historic registry.

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