Arcadia Publishing, 2004 - 128 Seiten
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.
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The Early Explorers
The Hudsons Bay and the Beginning
An Army Town
The Town Begins
The 1880s and 1890s
The Century Turns 19001919
The 1920s and 1930s
The War Years
After the War
The 1980s and 1990s
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