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 On March 30, 1925, Battle Ground’s Trout Haven Lodge announced it would open to anglers April 1. The county’s first fish farm had around 200,000 Eastern brook trout ranging from 8 to 10 inches “waiting to fall victims to the lure of the dry fly.” Manager C.E. McCurdy had been working on the project for nearly two years. McCurdy stated that many local fisherfolk had already applied for permits in anticipation of the opening. 75 years ago Dudley Ryder, chair of Vancouver’s traffic safety council, announced the group had endorsed an improved street lighting program on March 31, 1950. Ryder noted the streets were not bright enough for safe driving, and “car headlights by themselves are not adequate for safe driving in a city.” At the time, the city council had no plans to improve lighting. 50 years ago On April 1, 1974, Union Oil Co. raised wholesale gasoline prices by 3 cents per gallon. This, in turn, raised prices at the pump to about 60 cents.

25 years ago A Camas man faced potential prosecution for allegedly cutting down 70 trees on county property along Vancouver Lake to improve his home’s view. County officials were considering criminal trespass charges, as well as civil penalties for failing to obtain wetlands, flood plain and habitat permits. The area in which the trees were cut was a “priority wildlife area under Clark County’s habitat conservation ordinance.”