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 Links

Additional information about the history of Columbia County

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Oregon Resources

Columbia County Records Inventory - Oregon Secretary of State

Columbia County History - Oregon Secretary of State

Oregon Historical Society

Oregon Historic Site Database

Oregon Museums Association

Oregon Historic Sites Database

The Oregon Encyclopedia

Oregon Genealogy Trails

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Oregon Mist 188? - 1913

St. Helens Mist 1913-1921

The Columbia Register (Houlton, OR) 1904-1906

The Columbian (St. Helens, OR) 1882-1886

The Rainier Review 1905 - 1979

Clatskanie

Clatskanie Historical Museum - City of Clatskanie

Columbia City

Caples House Columbia City

Rainier

The Story of Rainier

Lewis and Clark Bridge history

Rainier Historical Museum

St. Helens

St. Helens History - The Oregon Encyclopedia -Cessna (Duke) Smith

The Columbia River, a Photographic Journey

Sauvie Island

Sauvie Island History

Scappoose

Scappoose Historical Society

Scappoose St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church 100 Years of Community 1911 - 2011

Vernonia

Oregon-American Lumber Company - Oregon Encyclopedia

Vernonia - VanNatta Brothers

Other Communities

Birkenfeld - photos

Birkenfeld - VanNatta Brothers

Goble - Tavern

Chapman - VanNatta Brothers

Mist - VanNatta Brothers

Natal - VanNatta Brothers

Marshfield: A Biographical Sketch of the Graham Family - The Columbia County Historian

Other Resources

VanNatta Logging

Columbia County Historian

National Register of Historic Places Listings in Columbia County, Oregon

Burial Sites Guide for Columbia County

Bureau of Land Management Survey Records

Columbia County GENWEB

US News Map Search newspaper pages between 1789 & 1922

Pioneer History Churches of Christ and Christian Churches

Columbia County Maps

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