The museum is closed while the collection is being relocated to the John Gumm Building and Civic Center, which will open in the fall of 2025

Research

Library Documents

Available for review at the Courthouse location during Museum hours:

Books, journals, and printed materials

Photographs

Genealogy Records

Government Documents

Maps

Newspapers

Digitized documents from our Library

Columbia County

- The Development of Columbia County 1792 - 1930, Ann Fulton, Ph.D.
- Oregon Biennial 1912-1914 Columbia County Excerpt
- Columbia County Directories - spreadsheet with links to phone books and other directories
- Former Editor (David Davis) writes of the County in Retrospect (1933)
- Extracts from Columbia County Historical Society Meeting Minutes 1930 thru 1968
- Historical Society member correspondence and Quarterly, Vols. #1 thru #3, Jan 1984 thru Dec 1986

St. Helens

Sauvie Island

Sauvie Island Outlook, Gazette & Wappato

Scappoose

- Scappoose Telephone History

Vernonia

- Museum Bldg. site of the Oregon-American Lumber Corporation Mill Office National, Historic Register 2002

Family Stories & Memories

Newspaper columns

Roy Perry's "Away Back When before 1910" Columns

Digitized documents from External Sources

Columbia County Oregon State University Extension Service Annual Reports and Photographs

Columbia County Records 1854-1958

Link to FamilySearch digital record of:

Land and Property (1854-1920)
Civil Registration - Marriages (1854-1958)
Naturalization / Citizenship 1891-1945)
Tax (1898-1908)

Click here for information about how to search these digital records

Link to search the digital records at FamilySearch

Index to Archived Columbia County Records

Copy of Archived Records of Columbia County

External Links for additional information and research

Columbia County History Booklets

Index for Volumes I through 22

May be purchased ($5 per volume) or viewed at the Courthouse Museum

Click on the cover image below for content description

Vol I

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