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fort, Washington, United States
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Fort Vancouver
Fort Vancouver Sketch of Fort Vancouver (now Vancouver, Washington) by Henry J. Warre, 1848. The outpost was a crucial stop for travelers on the Oregon Trail before they headed into the Willamette River valley.

Fort Vancouver was established in 1824 as a Hudson's Bay Company post. It served as the headquarters for the company's Pacific Northwest operations. The fort was named after Captain George Vancouver. In 1848, it became a U.S. military reservation known as Vancouver Barracks. The fort is now a national historic site. The city of Vancouver, Washington, which is the oldest continuously inhabited white settlement in the state, grew around this historic fort.1

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