>Sorry, hit send tooooo soon. > >Vanport was a contraction of Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA which is across the >Columbia River from Portland. > >Currently, on Ebay, there are a number of photo postcards of the Vanport >flood. Enter a search for Vanport. (I have no involvement with these items.) > >Regards, >Marla The Center for Columbia River History at PSU has an interesting piece on the Columbia River Slough at http://ccrh.org/comm/slough/table.htm . If you follow the entire strand by pressing the salmon icon every time you get an excellent history of the area between North Portland and Vancouver. Loaded with photos and sound clips. About 5 pages on Vanport (building, living, the flood). Or you can do a Google search for Vanport Flood. jim

Thanks again...so much. I will do that also... Joan *_~ Also, visit my 4 personal home pages on spirituality and genealogy: http://www.geocities.com/crystalwoman_2000/roots.html crystalwoman@montana.com > The Center for Columbia River History at PSU has an interesting piece > on the Columbia River Slough at http://ccrh.org/comm/slough/table.htm > . If you follow the entire strand by pressing the salmon icon every > time you get an excellent history of the area between North Portland > and Vancouver. Loaded with photos and sound clips. About 5 pages on > Vanport (building, living, the flood). > > Or you can do a Google search for Vanport Flood. > > jim