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History:
Not many facts are known of early Columbia County, but it is known that a trading vessel, the Columbia Rediviva, commanded by Captain Robert Gray, passed upriver in the summer of 1792 to where Fort Vancouver was built.
Later in 1805, the explorers Lewis and Clark passed through here and camped on the Columbia River shoreline.
They took particular note of hostile indians nearby.
Tlatskanai Indians lived on the Clatskanie river, Columbia county, Oregon; a warlike tribe; the early Hudson's Bay trappers did not dare to pass their camp in less numbers than sixty armed men.
It is recorded that this tribe estimated at 3,000 strong crossed the river from the north and displaced the local Indian tribes.
One day a boat of Spanyards landed and brought small pox ashore. The Indians died off until there were only five left, two men and three women.
Formed from Washington County in 1854, it's past was tied to commercial fishing, timber, dairy and farming.
Natural gas fields were tapped are producing and providing local employment.
There are two marine parks, Sand Island on the river and J.J. Collins Memorial Park on the Multnomah Channel.
City Histories:
Clatskanie
Saint Helens
Scappoose
Vernonia
