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52-453: Multnomah may refer to: The Multnomah people , a Chinookan people who lived in the area of modern Portland, Oregon, United States Multnomah , the middle Chinookan dialect of the Multnomah people Places, vessels, and institutions whose name is derived from the name of the tribe Multnomah (sternwheeler) , a steamboat that ran on

104-416: A home rule charter with a council–manager government . The Clark County Council was created in 2014 and has five seats elected by districts of proportional size that are redrawn every 10 years. Prior to the adoption of the home rule charter, the county had a three-member commission. The county manager is the chief executive officer appointed by the council and oversees the administrative departments of

156-510: A boathouse at Vancouver Lake and caused damage to buildings in Hazel Dell before dissolving near Hockinson . Flora and fauna of the region include the normal ecological succession from lowland big leaf maple and western red cedar through Garry oak on up through fire-dependent species such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir , as well as grand fir , silver fir and other species common to Gifford Pinchot National Forest . In addition to

208-433: A family was $ 67,352. Males had a median income of $ 52,160 versus $ 38,167 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 27,828. About 7.8% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over. As of the 2000 census , there were 345,238 people, 127,208 households, and 90,953 families residing in the county. The population density

260-472: A history professor at Portland State University , found and collected much of what is known of Chief Multnomah from many written stories. She documented this in her paper The Restoration of an Iłkák'mana: A Chief Called Multnomah . She hoped to bring more awareness to his existence. Particular accounts came from people such as William Tappan and Dr. Elijah White, both agents of Indian tribes. The many verbal and written accounts of Chief Multnomah were similar. He

312-481: A separate cubicle separated by woven mats. Each family had its own fire, with the families also sharing a communal central fire in the household. The Multnomah diet included salmon , eels , sturgeon , elk , water birds and especially wapato . In one legend described in Jeanne Eder's The Bridge of Gods , the name for the Multnomah people came from a dispute between two brothers. According to Eder's version of

364-540: A state income tax , residents who worked in Oregon were required to pay income tax to that state for earnings in Oregon. Clark County residents also cross the Columbia River to shop without sales taxes, which Oregon also lacks; this phenomenon caused up to $ 5.9 million in estimated lost sales tax revenue for the county government in 2022. As of the 2020 census , there were 503,311 people, and 184,173 households were in

416-557: A wide variety of birds including great blue heron , raptors such as barred owl , osprey , red-tailed hawk and bald eagle , corvids ( raven , crow , California scrub and Steller's jay ) and others, the native streams are home to various species of salmon and the Vancouver Trout Hatchery. Larger mammals include black-tailed deer , coyote , raccoon , skunk and invasive opossum ; with sightings of lynx, bobcat, black bear, cougar and elk not uncommon, especially in

468-515: Is "Csb". Many lakes border the river in the lowlands near Ridgefield , including Vancouver Lake. Eastern and northern Clark County contain forested foothills of the Cascade Mountains , rising to an elevation of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) on the border with Skamania County. Larch Mountain is the county's highest free-standing peak. Mount Hood , Mount St. Helens and Mount Adams are all visible from Clark County, and cold winter winds through

520-469: Is a marsh-grown plant like a potato or onion and a staple food ). In 1830, a disease generally thought to have been malaria devastated the Multnomah villages. Within five years, the village of Cathlapotle was abandoned and was briefly inhabited by the Cowlitz tribe. The Multnomah people had nearly been wiped out by the year 1834 due to malaria and smallpox outbreaks. With only a few Multnomah left by

572-489: Is currently part of The Tichnor Brothers Collection from the Boston Public Library . It is part of a series of Oregon related postcards and published by Angelus Commercial Studio of Portland, Oregon. Clark County, Washington 45°46′N 122°29′W  /  45.77°N 122.48°W  / 45.77; -122.48 Clark County is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Washington . As of

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624-729: Is land and 27 square miles (70 km ) (4.1%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Washington by land area. Clark County is surrounded on two sides by the Columbia River and on the north by the North Fork of the Lewis River . The East Fork of the Lewis River and the Washougal River cut across the county. The largest stream arising solely within the county is Salmon Creek, which terminates at Vancouver Lake before eventually flowing into

676-602: Is now called the Columbia River became the dividing border between the two brothers’ land claims. The first brother's arrow landed in the Willamette Valley where he became Chief Multnomah of the Multnomah people. The second arrow landed north of the river in what is now modern day Klickitat County where he became chief of the Klickitat people. According to Wasco legend, the daughter of Chief Multnomah sacrificed herself to

728-605: The 2020 census , the population was 503,311, making it Washington's fifth-most populous county. Its county seat and largest city is Vancouver . It was the first county in Washington, first named Vancouver County in 1845 before being renamed for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1849. It was created by the Provisional Government of Oregon in Oregon Country on August 20, 1845, and at that time covered

780-568: The 49th parallel . On August 13, 1848, President James K. Polk signed an act creating the entire region as the Oregon Territory. On September 3, 1849, the Oregon Territorial Legislature modified the borders again and changed its name to Clarke County in honor of explorer William Clark. At this time it included all of present-day Washington and continued to be divided and subdivided until reaching its present area in 1880. It

832-670: The Chinookan peoples who originally resided on and near Sauvie Island in Oregon. The Multnomah and the related Clackamas tribes lived in a series of villages along the river near the mouth of the Willamette River on the Columbia River (the Willamette was also called the "Multnomah" in the early 19th century). According to archaeologists , the villages in the area were home to approximately 3,400 people year-round, and as many as 8,000 during fishing and wappato -harvesting seasons (wappato

884-612: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America with 4,827. The area is also home to the nation's largest population of the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church with between 8,000 and 12,000 members living in the county. This is estimated because the Church doesn't keep membership rolls. The Clark County Sheriff's Office is the local, county-level law enforcement agency serving Clark County, Washington. The sheriff's office

936-560: The Fujita scale , striking a local school. A " Friday the 13th " storm in November 1981 brought winds up to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h), with other storms including the inauguration day storm of January 20, 1993, the Guadalupe Day storm of December 12, 1995 (with winds up to 95 miles per hour (153 km/h) at Washougal, Washington ) and small tornado on January 10, 2008 , which destroyed

988-533: The Oregon Trail . The two men look down upon the route that ox teams trudged bringing settlers to the western United States. The older of the two men is said to be Chief Multnomah of the Multnomah people. The statue was donated to the city of Portland from the descendants of David P. Thompson. MacNeil went on the make other statuettes of Chief Multnomah. The inspiration and the name of this sculpture comes from Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ’s expedition across

1040-555: The Chief's daughter's life. The Chief wouldn't allow it, but when the daughter saw the sickness affect her loved ones, she willingly left in the middle of the night to go to the top of the cliff overlooking the Columbia River. She threw herself off the cliff. When the Chief found his daughter's body, he prayed to the Great Spirit for a sign that her spirit was well. Water began pouring from the cliff and became known as Multnomah Falls. Most of

1092-468: The Columbia River Gorge often bring freezing rain and a coating of glaze ice or clear ice known locally as a "silver thaw", especially in southeastern areas of the county closest to the gorge. The counterpart to this are warm winds from the southwest known locally as the " Pineapple Express ". Spring thaws can often swell county waterways, with two of the more destructive floods being those of

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1144-460: The Columbia River and Puget Sound Multnomah, Portland, Oregon , a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon Multnomah College Multnomah County, Oregon Multnomah Falls Multnomah University Waterbrook Multnomah , a division of Random House . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Multnomah . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

1196-657: The Columbia River in June 1894 and May 1948. The 1948 Memorial Day flood almost topped the Interstate Bridge's support piers and completely destroyed nearby Vanport, Oregon . Construction of The Dalles Dam and destruction of Celilo Falls are credited with a decrease in such floods. Significant windstorms in Clark County include the Columbus Day windstorm of October 12, 1962, and an April 6, 1972, tornado which rated F3 on

1248-511: The Columbia River. Like most of Oregon and Washington south of Puget Sound into the Willamette Valley the landscape and climate of Clark County are determined by its placement between the volcanic Pacific Coast and Cascade Ranges , where glaciation helped form a U-shaped valley which meets the river valley of the Columbia River as it leaves the Columbia River Gorge . Volcanic andisol soils are common, with fertile mollisols in

1300-451: The Great Spirit from the top of Multnomah Falls . Tribes along the Columbia River celebrated the marriage of the Chief's daughter to a neighboring tribe. The happiness didn't last long, however, before the area experienced an illness that affected all of the tribes along the river. The medicine man claimed the Great Spirit told him all of the tribe would die unless the Spirit received a sacrifice;

1352-650: The Multnomah people who are still alive today reside in the Grand Ronde Federation and Warm Springs Indian Reservation , but the Multnomah no longer exist as a distinct tribe or people. Many locations in the Pacific Northwest can accredit their names to the Multnomah people. Multnomah County takes its designation from this Native American word. It can also be found in the titles of the Multnomah Athletic Club, Multnomah Falls, Multnomah Village, and

1404-534: The United States. In 1805, upon arriving in Oregon, Lewis and Clark encountered a village. The men described the village of Native Americans who were known as “mulknomahs” encamped on Sauvie Island , and they originally referred to the now Willamette River as the Mulknoma. Chief Multnomah was also depicted on linen postcards during the 1900s around 1930 and 1945. He is shown in colorful, traditional clothing. A print

1456-407: The age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 30.0% were non-families, and 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.15. The median age was 36.7 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 58,262 and the median income for

1508-428: The age of 18 living with them, 56.80% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.50% were non-families. 21.80% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.15. In the county, the population was spread out, with 28.70% under

1560-467: The age of 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 30.80% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 9.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 48,376, and the median income for a family was $ 54,016. Males had a median income of $ 41,337 versus $ 28,537 for females. The per capita income for

1612-484: The collective name The Cathlascans. Furthermore, the Multnomah people were considered “upper Chinook” and spoke the Wasco-wishram language. One of the larger villages, Cathlapotle, was located in present-day Clark County, Washington at the confluence of the Lewis River with the Columbia River and was visited by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1805. According to their journals, Lewis and Clark found 14 houses in

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1664-533: The county was $ 21,448. About 6.90% of families and 9.10% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 6.80% of those age 65 or over. Clark County is religiously diverse, with no single group comprising 10% of the population. The four groups that exceed 1% are nondenominational Christian with 30,026 members, the Catholic Church with 26,886 members, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with 20,793 members, and

1716-429: The county was 85.4% white, 4.1% Asian, 2.0% black or African American, 0.9% American Indian, 0.6% Pacific islander, 2.9% from other races, and 4.0% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 7.6% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.4% were German , 13.1% were Irish , 13.1% were English , 5.7% were Norwegian , and 4.3% were American . Of the 158,099 households, 36.3% had children under

1768-427: The county. The population density was 800.8 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 85.2% White, 2.6% African American, 1.2% Native American, 5.4% Asian,1.0% Pacific Islander, and 4.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 11% of the population. The average household size was 2.67 people per household. 23.0% of the population was under 18, and 5.6% were under 5. 16.3% of

1820-449: The entire present-day state. Clark County is the third-most-populous county in the Portland -Vancouver- Hillsboro Metropolitan Statistical Area , and is across the Columbia River from Portland, Oregon . Clark County was created on August 20, 1845, as Vancouver District , named for its town , following the removal of the area from three other districts on July 27, 1844. It included all

1872-510: The existence of their great chief named Multnomah has been up for debate. Other Native American tribes in the Columbia River Valley area spoke of him in their oral history , while Oregon historians dismissed him as just a myth. Therefore, there is conflicting evidence of whether or not he was real. The Oregon Historical Society had multiple presidents throughout the 1900s who dismissed him as only an imagined chief. However, on top of

1924-401: The government. Kathleen Otto has been the county manager of Clark County since her appointment to the role in 2021. As of 2020 , the current elected officials are: In Presidential election Clark County leans Democratic having voted for the party in every presidential election since 2008. This is in contrast to the rest of Southwest Washington, which leans Republican. Before 2008 Clark County

1976-539: The land north of the Columbia River, west of the Rocky Mountains , and south of Alaska . On December 21, 1845, the provisional government changed its name to Vancouver County. At that time it stretched from the Columbia River to 54 degrees 40 minutes North Latitude in what is now British Columbia , Canada. On June 15, 1846, the United States Senate approved the present boundary between the U.S. and Canada at

2028-401: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multnomah&oldid=897346669 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Multnomah people The Multnomah people are a band of

2080-474: The lower areas. The central and southwest areas of the county are generally flat floodplains, sculpted by torrents of prehistoric Lake Missoula . A series of dramatic floods known as the Missoula Floods took place 15,000–13,000 years ago, as several ice dams melted, forming a series of low steps such as the "Heights", "Mill Plain", "Fourth Plain" and "Fifth Plain". Clark County's Köppen climate classification

2132-645: The northern parts of the county. Common foods used by the indigenous people such as the Klickitat tribe and Chinook included salmon, huckleberry and Camassia quamash (after which the city of Camas, Washington is named). Clark County's largest industries include health care, professional and business services, and retail. In 2019, approximately 65,000 Clark County residents commuted to work in Portland, Oregon; approximately 17,000 residents from Oregon commuted to work in Clark County. Although Washington does not have

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2184-561: The oral descriptions of him there were writings including newspapers and journals, which indicate he was indeed real. Multnomah was the chief of tribes ranging across much of the Pacific Northwest from Oregon to Canada , and, during his 40 years of power, he was chief of the Willamettes, as well as war chief of the tribes and communities of Wauna, Oregon , ruling from his station on what is known today as Sauvie Island . Ann Fulton,

2236-566: The population was over 65. The gender makeup of the county was 50.3% female, and 49.7% male. The median income for a household was $ 82,719. The per capita income was $ 39,371. 9.0% of the population were below the poverty line . As of the 2010 census , there were 425,363 people, 158,099 households, and 110,672 families residing in the county. The population density was 676.2 people per square mile (261.1 people/km ). There were 167,413 housing units at an average density of 266.2 units per square mile (102.8 units/km ). The racial makeup of

2288-631: The statue of Chief Multnomah in a Portland park. Located in Portland, Oregon , Washington Park features a statue of Chief Multnomah called Coming of the White Man . The bronze statue was erected in 1904 by the sculptor Hermon Atkins MacNeil . He drew inspiration from the popularity of Frederic Balch's book Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon , which took the stories Balch had heard from Native Americans while growing up and embellished them. The statue features two Native Americans looking eastward along

2340-436: The story, the Great Spirit, who maintained no physical form, took care of the world's people. Although everyone was content, the two brothers were not satisfied. The Great Spirit brought the siblings to the top of a mountain that overlooked their land. He told the brothers to shoot an arrow in opposite directions, and the Great Spirit allowed each brother to claim their land and chief hood based on where their arrows landed. What

2392-604: The village, most of them ranging from 14-by-20 ft (4.3 m by 6.0 m) to about 40-by-100 ft (12 m by 30 m). They reported that approximately 900 people lived in the villages. The Cathlacomatup were a group of Multnomah that resided along the Multnomah Channel at the Wappatoo Inlet. Lewis and Clark came into contact with the Cathalacomatup in 1805. The Multnomah people received their name from their chief. Yet,

2444-594: The year 1910, the remaining people were transferred to the Grand Ronde Community which is also located in the Northwest of Oregon. In 1854 Multnomah County became an official part of Oregon. The Multnomah people were located in today's Multnomah County, but more specifically, they inhabited Sauvie Island on the Columbia River . The Native American term for Sauvie Island was Wappatoo Island. The Multnomah people shared Sauvie Island with other Chinook tribes under

2496-412: The “mulknomah” people. This referenced Chief Multnomah, as well as the group of tribes that made up his people. The houses of the Multnomah, like the other Chinookan peoples , were largely longhouses made of Western Redcedar planks. The size of a home depended on the wealth of the owner, with the larger houses furnishing living quarters for up to 100 people. Within each house, a particular family had

2548-678: Was 550 people per square mile (210 people/km ). There were 134,030 housing units at an average density of 213 units per square mile (82 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 88.82% White, 1.68% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 3.21% Asian, 0.37% Pacific Islander, 1.99% from other races, and 3.08% from two or more races. 4.71% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 17.7% were of German , 10.2% English , 8.6% Irish , 8.6% United States and 5.1% Norwegian ancestry. 88.8% spoke only English at home; 3.6% spoke Spanish and 1.9% Russian . There were 127,208 households, out of which 37.20% had children under

2600-574: Was established in 1849 and is the oldest law enforcement organization in the state of Washington . Sheriff John Horch and Undersheriff James Hansen lead the Clark County Sheriff's Office. On March 16, 2014, Clark County Fire & Rescue commissioned the Mary Firstenburg , a new fireboat purchased with the financial support from a bequest from Firstenburg's family, and from a FEMA Port Security Grant . Since 2014, Clark County has had

2652-612: Was not until 1925 that the spelling was corrected to its present form. In September 1902 the Yacolt Burn , the largest fire in state history, began in neighboring Skamania County and swept west along a 12-mile front to Yacolt , nearly engulfing the town. Salvaging the remaining timber was a lucrative industry for a time. According to the United States Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 656 square miles (1,700 km ), of which 629 square miles (1,630 km )

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2704-506: Was regarded highly, and many stated that while he was a warrior chief, he was very respected among his people. It is believed that the end of Chief Multnomah's reign occurred with the eruption of Mount Hood during the 1780s. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver and his crew did not encounter Chief Multnomah along their expedition, according to their records, however, later in 1805 when Lewis and Clark reached Sauvie Island they wrote of

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