Military Buildings
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Blockhouse, Upper Cascades, Columbia River - 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Fort Lugenbeel, also known as the Upper Blockhouse, was built in 1856 after the "Cascades Massacre" of the Yakima Indian Wars occurred just downstream. Learn More -
Closeup of Old Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This closeup view shows how the solidly built blockhouse still persisted thirty years after it was abandoned. Learn More -
Fort Canby, Cape Disappointment - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Built during the Civil War to protect the mouth of the Columbia, the garrison buildings for what was initially called Fort Cape Disappointment were located on the protected bay side of of the southern end of Long Beach Peninsula. Learn More -
Fort Canby, From the Bay - c. 1890
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of the southern part of the Fort Canby garrison also shows the extreme southern tip of Long Beach Peninsula, which divides Willapa Bay from the Pacific Ocean. Learn More -
Mule Laden with Casks, Colville - c. 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A mule is out fitted to carry casks for the British Northwest Boundary Commission at their Colville "huts" on the Columbia River. Learn More -
Officers' Mess House, Fort Vancouver - May, 1860
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view of the Officers' Mess Hall is so crisp and clear it's easy to forget it was taken almost 150 years ago. (We missed by five months getting back into the 1850s.) Learn More -
Officers' Quarters, Fort Canby - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Three girls grace the front porch and a couple more children peer from the second-story window, in this view of military officers' housing in southern Washington 125 years ago. Learn More -
The Bay Beach, Fort Canby - c. 1885
$25.00 As low as: $12.00This view is William H. Partridge's take on the garrisons of Fort Canby, located, as the title states, at the Bay Beach on the inside of the southern tip of Long Island peninsula. Learn More -
The Middle Blockhouse at the Cascades - 1867
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Officially known as "Fort Raines", the middle blockhouse was built in 1855 to protect the portage railroad around the Cascade Rapids. It was abandoned in 1857. Learn More -
The Old Blockhouse at The Cascades - 1880s
$25.00 As low as: $12.00The Old Blockhouse, across the Columbia River from Cascade Locks. Learn More -
Troops Drilling on Parade Grounds, Vancouver Barracks - 1907
$25.00 As low as: $12.00A wide-format view of troops drilling at Vancouver Barracks, in the early part of the twentieth century. The East and South Barracks had just been built, increasing the housing at this Army military installation begun in 1850. Learn More -
Vancouver Barracks, Parade Grounds with Cannons - c. 1880
$25.00 As low as: $12.00Vancouver Barracks is but one name given to the U.S. military installation in Vancouver, Washington, adjacent to the old British Fort Vancouver. Learn More











