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<DIV>Bill</DIV>
<DIV>Interesting sites I was not aware of them.</DIV>
<DIV>My father was born in 1883 and placed for adoption with the Sisters Of Charity that summer and I had not gotton around to inquire of them where to find the adoption records, I see they do not have them.</DIV>
<DIV>I had thought of Providence when I seen the other inquiry about boarding scools,but did not post it glad you did.</DIV>
<DIV>Glen Jones Vice President Clark County Genealogical Society</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Glen A. Jones</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier@earthlink.net> <BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://cf.clark.edu/pdf/media/FortVancouverTapestry.pdf">http://cf.clark.edu/pdf/media/FortVancouverTapestry.pdf</A><BR><BR>THE FORT VANCOUVER TAPESTRY PROJECT<BR><BR>The dream began in 1999.<BR>The mission: to honor and celebrate the history of Clark County, Washington through the beauty and narrative of a hand-stitched tapestry.<BR>The result is the Fort Vancouver Tapestry, measuring 108 feet long and 28 inches high.<BR>It is believed to be the only textile narrative of this scope ever created in the United States.<BR>Clark College. Vancouver, Washington<BR><BR>Panel 45: The Covington House is a log house first used as a boarding school located east of town. It was later moved into Vancouver and has been cared for by the Vancouver Women’
s Club for over 50 years. Is Sasquatch a member?<BR><BR>fwiw -- if there's one, there were probably others ... as in:<BR><BR><A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.sistersofprovidence.net/150years/index.php?page=history&h=timeline">http://www.sistersofprovidence.net/150years/index.php?page=history&h=timeline</A><BR>
<H1><SMALL><SMALL>Providence in the West: A Timeline, 1856-1902</SMALL></SMALL></H1>April 15, 1857 Providence Academy, first permanent school in the Pacific Northwest, opens in Vancouver as a day school, boarding school, and orphanage.<BR><BR>above found googling for <U>historic Vancouver, WA boarding schools</U> -- there is more, all ya gotta do is look<BR><BR>Godspeed!<BR><BR>Bill Strickland<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>