In this half-day Trip Idea, visit three locations that tell the story of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
Start at the Visitor Center, and visit the nearby memorial to three Japanese castaways who came to Fort Vancouver in the 1830s.
Then, visit Pearson Air Museum and learn about the early history of aviation at Pearson Field, one of the country's oldest continuously operating airfields. Leah Hing, the nation's first American-born Chinese-American woman to earn a pilot's license, took to the skies here.
Finally, take a stroll along the Land Bridge Trail to the Fort Vancouver Village. In the 1840s, the Village was home to the largest population of Native Hawaiians outside of Hawai'i. These Hawaiians, mostly men, came to Fort Vancouver to find work in the fur trade and the fort's agricultural operations. Many returned to the Hawaiian Islands after their contracts with the Hudson's Bay Company expired, but others stayed in the Northwest and created a community here. Learn more about Hawaiians at Fort Vancouver here.
Start at the Visitor Center, and visit the nearby memorial to three Japanese castaways who came to Fort Vancouver in the 1830s.
Then, visit Pearson Air Museum and learn about the early history of aviation at Pearson Field, one of the country's oldest continuously operating airfields. Leah Hing, the nation's first American-born Chinese-American woman to earn a pilot's license, took to the skies here.
Finally, take a stroll along the Land Bridge Trail to the Fort Vancouver Village. In the 1840s, the Village was home to the largest population of Native Hawaiians outside of Hawai'i. These Hawaiians, mostly men, came to Fort Vancouver to find work in the fur trade and the fort's agricultural operations. Many returned to the Hawaiian Islands after their contracts with the Hudson's Bay Company expired, but others stayed in the Northwest and created a community here. Learn more about Hawaiians at Fort Vancouver here.
