A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.

100 years ago

Sheriff William A. Thompson, federal prohibition agents and other officers captured a still and seized “one of the largest collections of intoxicating liquor” in Clark County. The raid took place on Carl Buhman’s property, located two miles north of Camas. Officers confiscated materials for manufacturing alcohol, along with two barrels of blackberry wine, 24 gallons of moonshine and 35 gallons of wine.

75 years ago

Starting Sept. 10, 1950, bus riders in Vancouver paid 13 cents or purchased tokens, two for a quarter, to ride city buses. The new fares were announced by the Washington State Department of Public Service after

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