For more than 200 years, Fort Vancouver served as the headquarters and supply depot of the Hudson's Bay Company and its fur-trading operation west of the Rockies. Located near the banks of the mighty Columbia River, the fort was also the cultural, economic and political center of the Pacific Northwest and was considered by some as the "New York of the Pacific."

In 1849 the U.S. Army arrived at Vancouver to ensure the orderly settlement of the Oregon Territory, gradually becoming the army's principal administrative center in the Pacific Northwest. The 21 stately Victorian homes lining the north side of the army's Parade Ground were built between 1849 and 1906 for the U.S. Army officers who served the local post and the Department of the Columbia. The garrison was said to be the "prettiest occupied by any military post in the United States," and most officers and their families who lived at "Officers Row" found it to be a pleasing station. Officers who served here include Philip Sheridan, Omar Bradley, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Bonneville, and George C. Marshall.

In the 1980's the Army transferred ownership of Officers Row to the City of Vancouver, Washington, which restored Officers Row to its original grandeur. Global Logistics now has its North American headquarters at Officer's Row.

In 1948 the U.S. Congress designated Fort Vancouver as a National Monument, and in 1961 Fort Vancouver became a National Historic site. In 1996 the area was expanded to establish the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. The 366 acre campus now includes the Fort Vancouver National historic Site, Vancouver Barracks and Officers Row (including the Grant House and the Marshall House), Pearson Airfield and portions of the Columbia River waterfront.

Go to the Fort Vancouver Web Site