Çnrtlanh (Observer
June 6, 2012
Watersof Change
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tory Project, mothers and fathers
worked, so children were often left
unattended. However, black and
white residents of the crowded com
munity learned to live next to each
other.
“Vanport was one of the first
school districts in the area to inte
grate,” Washington said.
“I never ex p ected to leave
Vanport,” he said. “Your home is
where you sleep at night until some
thing comes along and changes it.”
Washington remembers on the
day the flood came, his mother,
along with the rest of the town,
wanted to go and see the river. “All
of a sudden the sirens went off,” he
said.
Washington’s family ran back to
their home, grabbed a suitcase, some
images and some clothes, and then
proceeded to what is now Denver
Avenue to wait and see what would
happen.
He said, his mother didn’t believe
him at first when he told her he saw
a huge wave of water, until the waves
kept coming in. “Everyone had ex
pected to go home at night,” he said.
“But that was not to be.”
Made possible by the Columbia
Slough Watershed Council and the
Black United Fund, the anniversary
event provided residents with an
insight into the former city.
To learn more about the history
of the city of Vanport and the Co
lo m b ia
R iv er,
v isit
colum biaslough.org.
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